Characters
What are the names of the two feuding families?
Montegues and Capulets
What happened in the opening scene?
Fight between Montegues and Capulets
What is the setting?
Verona
What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
When someone or something is giving more attention to unimportant details are they___________.
a) linguistic
b) anaphoric
c) pedantic
c) pedantic
Who is the character who took care of Juliet when she was young?
Nurse
What does Lady Capulet want for Juliet?
She wants her to marry Paris.
What is the current conflict?
Romeo is infatuated with Juliet and she is the daughter of the enemy.
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
What is the term for the voice that talks over a story, or a movie?
Narration
What character absolutely despises the Montegues?
Tybalt
How does Romeo end up at the feast?
Peter accidentally invited him because he cannot read.
What is the literary element is used in this example:
"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" (Prologue line 6).
Foreshadowing
True or False:
Shakespeare had many surviving siblings.
False. Shakespeare was the last surviving sibling.
In a plot structure the opening of the story is called __________.
Exposition
Who is Romeo's close friend?
Mercutio
What does Romeo realize after he kisses Juliet the second time?
He realizes she is a Capulet.
What is the point of view of the play?
Third person omniscient
What is the name of the theater?
Globe Theater
What is the study of meaning of words and sentences?
Semantic
Who is Benvolio?
Montegue's cousin and Romeo's thoughtful friend
How does Capulet feel about Romeo?
He is a dignified gentleman, he is a well-behaved man.
True or False:
Romeo and Juliet are experiencing an internal conflict about their love?
True!
True or False:
When someone is a natural in Shakespearean lingo they are humorous
False.
A "natural" is a fool
Humorous or humor would be "vein"
What is the meaning of linguistic?
a) the study of belonging to a language
b) the study of languages
c) the fear of languages
a) the study of belonging to a language