Young Love
Doesn't love him back (wants to remain chaste)
What is Romeo and Juliet's plan for the day after they first meet?
To be married
What threat does Juliet make that causes Friar Laurence to come up with the fake poison plan?
What is Friar Laurence's plan for Juliet to be back together with Romeo?
Fake her death
At the end of the play, what are the Capulets and Montagues determined to do?
Make peace with one another
How does Juliet respond to Romeo's initial advances when he's hitting on her at the ball?
She responds with interest (flirts back)
Why does Romeo want to avoid a fight with Tybalt?
They are now family
Why does Juliet not tell her nurse about her plans to fake her death?
The nurse thinks she should marry Paris (doesn't believe in her and Romeo's true love)
The apothecary agrees to sell Romeo poison for this reason
What is he is poor and needs the money?
Why does Romeo agree to go to the Montague party in the first place?
To creep on Rosaline
Why does Romeo decide to fight Tybalt?
To avenge Mercutio's death
Why does Lady Capulet tell Juliet she'll send someone to poison Romeo?
She thinks it will cheer Juliet up/avenge Tybalt's death
What does Friar Laurence do when Friar John tells him he never got the letter to Romeo
Why does Paris think Romeo has come to the Capulet tomb?
to vandalize the Capulet gravesite
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo to Juliet?
It could end the feud between the two families
When the nurse tells Juliet of the fight between Romeo and Tybalt, she leads Juliet to think...
Romeo is dead.
Who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead?
His servant (Balthasar)
Why does Paris go to Juliet's tomb?
to mourn her (lay flowers at her grave)
As Juliet waits for the nurse to return with news from Romeo about the wedding, she worries whether...
Romeo still wants to marry her
What's Mercutio's last pun?
You shall find me a grave man
After Romeo kills Tybalt and has to flee, what "blessings" does Friar Laurence use to cheer Romeo up?
He and Juliet are still alive and married, and he is exiled instead of put to death.
Who does Prince Escalus say is responsible for Romeo & Juliet's deaths?
The Capulets & the Montagues
Which family loses more members in the play? Capulets or Montagues?
Its a draw (both lose two)