Shakespearean Tragedy
Lines 102--108 are an example of
What is a soliloquy?
The person who Tybalt fights and kills
Who is Mercutio?
This word describes the relationship between Tybalt and Mercutio
What is hostile?
paraphrase line 45: "We talk here in the public haunt of men."
What is "We are talking in a public place"?
Romeo's motivation for drinking the poison
What is he thinks Juliet is dead and cannot live without her?
X3-The line that breaks the blank verse in Act III, Scene I 63–67
What is Line 66?
Romeo's mental state before he meets Juliet
What is moody and depressed?
X2-The reason Friar Laurence gives Juliet the sleeping potion
What is she begs for his help and threatens to kill herself?
In line 68, the audience knows the reasons behind Romeo’s behavior, but Mercutio does not
What is dramatic irony?
Romeo's motivation for killing Paris
What is Paris wanted to arrest him and take him away from the tomb, but Romeo wanted to stay and die next to Juliet?
x2-Lines 115--122 reveal Romeo's
What is Tragic flaw?
where Romeo and Juliet meet for the 2nd time and confess their love
What is the balcony?
Romeo's foil in lines 55-67 of Act III, scene I
Who is Tybalt?
Mercutio using the word "grave" in two different ways
What is word play?
the reasons Romeo buys the poison from the apothecary
What is he does not get the Friar's letter, thinks Juliet is dead and cannot live without her?
The reason why Shakespeare might have broken the pattern of blank verse with Act III, Scene I: line 109
What is to emphasize Mercutio's death?
Why Friar Laurence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet
What is to end the family feud?
Mercutio's foil in lines 31-50 of Act III, scene I
Who is Benvolio?
Paraphrase line 89: "Courage, man. The hurt cannot be much."
What is "Be brave. You are not hurt badly"?
The reason Juliet stops confiding in the nurse
What is the nurse told her to stop move on from Romeo and marry Paris?
The reason you can identify Romeo as a tragic hero because he has a
What is he has a tragic flaw?
The Capulets and Montagues decide to do this in the resolution of the play
What is to end the feud between the families and build a statue to Romeo and Juliet?
How Lord Capulet responds after Juliet begs to not have to marry Paris
What is insulting her and threatening to disown her?
The literary device: Mercutio referring to Tybalt as the “King of Cats” in line 72
What is an allusion?
Lines 125-129 imply that the antagonist is
What is fate?