Character Profiles
The two feuding families featured in the play.
Who are Capulet and Montague?
O' Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Who is Juliet
Romeo meets Juliet
What is Act I?
Juliet is just asleep and not actually dead.
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun..." is a great example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor
This fair maiden refuses to return poor Romeo's love.
Who is Rosaline?
Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Tybalt kills Mercutio
What is Act III?
Romeo and Juliet's deaths end the feud instead of their marriage.
What is situational irony?
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!" is a great example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
This rambling character raised Juliet from the time she was a small child.
Who is the Nurse?
Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
Who is Mercutio?
Juliet fakes her death.
What is Act IV?
By trying to stop Tybalt and Mercutio from fighting, Romeo gets Mercutio killed.
What is situational irony?
"Madam, an hour before the worshipp'd sun
Peer'd forth the golden window of the east,
A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad ..." is a great example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
Romeo's friend who is killed defending Romeo's honor.
Who is Mercutio?
Thursday is near. Lay hand on heart, advise. An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend. An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets...
Who is Lord Capulet?
Romeo and Juliet get married.
What is Act II?
Romeo will not fight Tybalt because he is married to Juliet.
What is dramatic irony?
"Then love-devouring death do what he dare; It is enough I may but call her mine." is a great example of these two types of figurative language.
The Capulet servant who bites his thumb at the Montague servant.
Who is Sampson?
God 'i' good e'en. I pray, sir, can you read?
Who is Peter?
Lord Capulet tells Juliet she will marry Paris.
What is Act III?
Mercutio telling everyone his fatal wound is, "but a scratch."
"Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground I cannot move." is a great example of this type of figurative language.
What is a pun?