Vocabulary
True or false: A brawl is a noisy quarrel or fight
True
"My only love sprung from my only hate!"
Juliet
Told the Capulets and Montagues that any further fighting would be punishable by death.
"He is a man of wax..."
He is beautiful, he is perfect, etc.
The city where the story takes place
Verona
not genuine, fake
Counterfeit
"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
Romeo
Which member of the Capulet household not only knows about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, but is assisting with it?
The nurse
"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Why are you Romeo?
What happens to Paris at the end of the play?
He is killed by Romeo
liable to change very rapidly, erratic; marked by a lack of constancy or steadiness
Fickle
"Go girl; seek happy nights to happy days."
Nurse
Who does Romeo kill and who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
"Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"
Are you disrespecting us? Are you flipping us off?
How does Juliet die?
Stabbing
Define: Cunning
having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion; cleverness
"A plague o' both your houses!"
Mercutio
Lady Capulet
"As rich shall Romeo's by his lady's lie - Poor sacrifices of our enmity"
Romeo and Juliet being dead are sacrifices of the feud between the two families.
Why does the Friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He believes it will stop the feud between the Capulets and Montagues.
Define Transgression
the violation of a law, duty, or moral principle
"I would the fool were married to her grave."
Lady Capulet
Attempts to stop the fight that Tybalt gets into, but is called out for being more violent than he lets on.
Benvolio
"What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."
How important are names? If Romeo had any other name he would still be the same person.
Who finds Juliet after she drinks the poison? How do they react?
The nurse - and she is distraught and upset.