Romeo & Juliet Characters
What are the names of the two main families?
Capulet and Montague.
Where is Romeo and Juliet set?
Verona, Italy.
Where to Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time?
They meet at a party at the Capulet's house.
How many acts are there in the play?
There are 5 acts
Who sends Romeo away from Verona?
The prince of Verona
Who is Tybalt?
Juliet's cousin
When is Romeo and Juliet set?
In the 14th century/1300s
What happens the first time they meet?
They fall in love at first sight.
Romeo and Juliet meet.
What does Juliet do when Romeo is banished from Verona?
She asks Friar Lawrence for help.
Who is Paris?
He is the man Juliet's father wants her to marry.
Where are Romeo and Juliet when they decide to get married?
Why is it a problem that Romeo and Juliet fall in love?
It is a problem because their two families, the Montagues and the Capulets are feuding.
How can we describe the second act?
Romeo and Juliet get married.
What is Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet?
He gives her a potion to make her seem dead. When she wakes up Romeo will be there and they will go away together.
Who is the nurse?
She is her babysitter and teacher.
She is a very important character in the play and she helps Juliet with everything.
Where are the characters in the last scene of Romeo and Juliet.
In the tomb of the Capulet family.
Who does Romeo ask for help when he wants to marry Juliet?
Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to help them and to marry them.
What happens in the 3rd act that is very important in the play.
Tybalt kills Mercutio and then Romeo Kills Tybalt.
Friar Lawrence's plan doesn't work, why?
Because Romeo doesn't get the message and he thinks Juliet is really dead.
Who are the two neutral characters?
The Prince of Verona and Friar Lawrence
Think about the 14th century and today. What was different for young girls in this time?
Young girls got married when they were around 13.
Young girls didn't go out of their house alone.
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
What happens after Romeo Kills Tybalt?
Romeo is banished from Verona.
What happens at the end of the play when Romeo sees Juliet and he thinks she is dead.
Romeo drinks poison and dies.
Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead.
Juliet kills herself with Romeo's dagger.