Quotes
“The reason I have to love thee/ Doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting.”
Who is Romeo?
These two characters begin the sword play on the streets of Verona.
Who are Tybalt and Mercutio?
“Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry, ‘tis enough.”
What is irony?
This character tries to prevent a “brawl” before it ever begins mentioning forebodings.
Who is Benvolio?
A fencing step forward with a thrust.
What is passado?
“For blood of ours, shed blood of Montague.”
Who is Lady Capulet?
Out of revenge for his friend’s death, he duels with Tybalt—disobeying the prince’s decree, which he sought to uphold.
Who is Romeo?
“Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical!/ Dove-feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb!”
What is an oxymoron?
This character has to snap Romeo back from his desperation and sorrow---he tells him to quit being such a girl and take care of his wife.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Food for worms.
What is worm's meat?
"Will you speak well of him that killed your cousin?”
Who is Nurse?
The Prince’s punishment that creates a new problem for the two newlyweds—distance.
What is banishment?
“Poor ropes, you are beguiled,/ Both you and I, for Romeo is exiled./ He made you for a highway to my bed…”
What is personification?
This character has decided a quick wedding would make his daughter’s sorrow disappear.
Who is Capulet?
A mythical serpent whose look could kill
What is a cockatrice?
“There is no world without Verona walls/ But purgatory, torture, hell itself./ Hence ‘banished’ is ‘banished’ from the world,/ And the world’s exile is death.”
Who is Romeo?
Juliet’s new conflict at the end of scene 4…though she is not aware
What is an arranged marriage?
“That ‘banished,’ that one word ‘banished,’ / Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts.”
What is hyperbole?
He tries to extend love to his new family member though he can’t declare himself family just yet.
Who is Romeo?
What is God 'i' g' eden?
“These times of woe afford no times to woo.--/ Madam, good night. Commend me to your daughter.”
Who is Paris?
He decides to pick a fight with Tybalt though he had no quarrel with him directly…inadvertently setting a great chunk of the story in motion.
Who is Mercutio?
“There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk.”
What is a metaphor?
He is very excited for his upcoming wedding day….Thursday.
Who is Paris?
A form of anemia thought to affect girls in puberty, making them pale
What is green-sickness?