Characters
Who is Romeo's best friend?
Mercutio
“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
Juliet
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
metaphor
What causes Romeo to decide to go to the party?
He sees Rosaline's name on the guest list
"My child is yet a stranger in the world" (Capulet)
Juliet is still too young to get married.
Where do Romeo and Juliet get married?
The church in Verona.
Who is Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt
“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”
Romeo
"Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon"
personification
What causes Romeo to kill Tybalt?
Tybalt kills Mercutio
"...she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-" (Romeo)
Juliet is like a pearl / jewel that is shining brightly against a dark background (night / Ethiop's skin).
Where did Romeo and Juliet first profess their love?
The courtyard/balcony
Who is Romeo's cousin?
Benvolio
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
The Prince
"The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars..."
hyperbole
What causes Capulet to arrange for Paris to marry Juliet?
She won't stop crying over "Tybalt's death
"O, swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon" (Juliet)
The moon is changeable and Juliet does not what Romeo to swear by the moon because it cannot be trusted.
Where do Romeo and Juliet first kiss
The Capulet's party
Who married Romeo and Juliet?
Friar Lawrence
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
Friar Lawrence
"For thou art as glorious to this night...as a winged messenger of heaven"
simile
What causes Tybalt to challenge Romeo?
Romeo crashed the Capulet's party
"O for a falconer's voice / to lure this tassel-gentle back again!" (Juliet)
Juliet wishes she had a louder voice to call Romeo back to her like a falconer would call his falcon back to him.
Where do Romeo and Juliet live?
Verona
Who did Juliet's father want her to marry?
Paris
"I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword or manage it to part these men with me."
Benvolio
heavy lightness; loving hate; angelic devil; dovelike raven
oxymoron
What causes the fight at the start of the play?
Sampson and Gregory pick a fight with Abraham/insults Abraham
"Some grief shows much of love; But much of grief shows still some want of wit." (Lady Capulet)
She means that grieving shows that you loved the person who is dead, but too much crying (like Juliet is doing) shows lack of intelligence.
Where was Romeo hiding after he killed Tybalt?
With Friar Lawrence/the church
Who was the servant who told Romeo about Juliet's death?
Balthazar
"Look for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
Mercutio
“I fear too early, for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels, and expire the term
Of a despisèd life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”
foreshadowing
What causes Romeo to not find out about Juliet's fake death?
Friar John basically couldn't go alone and got stuck in the house out of fear of the plague
"Beauty's ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in they cheeks, and death's pale flag is not advanced there." (Romeo)
Juliet is still beautiful - her cheeks and lips are still red. The pallor of death has not yet set in.
Where did Romeo hide/wait for news about Juliet?
Mantua
Who was supposed to bring Romeo the news about Juliet's fake death?
Friar John
"I hate peace, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
Tybalt
"Well in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit
With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit..."
allusion, intertextuality or a reference to greek mythology that Shakespeare expected the audience to know
What causes Romeo to kill Paris?
He refused to leave Romeo alone with Juliet's "body"
"The sun for sorrow will not show his head" (Prince)
It is as if the sun is also sad at this tragedy and it is overcast.
Where did Romeo kill Paris?
At the Capulet's tomb