Act I
Who reads the prologue to the audience?
The chorus
Why is Romeo melancholy at the beginning of Act I
Rosaline does not return his affection.
When Romeo says that "her eyes are like stars, except more dazzling," what literary technique does Shakespeare employ?
Simile
"For Never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Prince Escalus
"O, she is rich in beauty, only poor/ that, when she dies, with beauty dies her store."
Romeo commenting on Rosaline
This story mainly takes place in _______________________________, Italy.
Verona
Why does Juliet attend the masque party?
Juliet is to be introduced to Paris.
When Romeo returns to Verona to find Juliet in the family vault, what type of iony is this and why?
Dramatic irony because we know Juliet is not dead, but Romeo does not know.
..."A villain that is hither come in spite/To scorn the solemnity this night."
Tybalt to his uncle Lord Capulet.
What style is the prologue written?
Sonnet
What realization does Juliet have at the end of Act I?
Romeo is a Montague.
Why is Juliet afraid of having Romeo swear by the moon?
Juliet wants Romeo's vow to be unchangeable; unlike the moon which is constantly changing.
What literary element is employed with this line, "True, I talk of dreams, which are the children of ...."
Personification
Either withdraw unto some private place/ Or reason coldly of your grievances, / Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us.?
Benvolio
What punishment has the prince decreed for the next civil brawl?
Death
What does Tybalt send Romeo the day after the masque party.
Tybalt sends the Montague family an invitation to fight with swords to the death.
What plans do Romeo and Juliet make in scene 2 Act II
marriage.
How long will Juliet be "asleep"?
42 hours.
"The earth, that's nature's mother, is her tomb;/ What is her burying gave, that is her womb."
Friar Laurence.
The peacemaker of the play is?
Benvolio
What is the best theme for this play?
Hate breeds violence and death.
Shakespeare wrote this shortly before his death.
The epitaph for his tombstone.
"A plague o' both houses! I am sped..."
Mercutio