Events
Romeo visits this person immediately after leaving Juliet’s balcony.
Friar Lawrence
How does Romeo end up at Juliet's balcony/ window?
He climbs over the garden wall after the party (same night)
This character helps to deliver messages between Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
Who sends a challenging letter to the house of Montague, foreshadowing an upcoming duel of swords?
Tybalt
"Hie you do Friar Lawrence' cell; there stays a husband to make you a wife"
Nurse
In the timeline of their relationship and how long they have known each other, when do Romeo and Juliet get married?
Day 2 (late afternoon)
Juliet famously asks, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” What does “wherefore” mean/ what is she asking?
"why?" - of all the names, why did he have to be from the house of Montague
The girl that Mercutio and Benvolio believe Romeo is in love with...
Rosaline
Juliet says she wishes Romeo was [this thing], but if so, she would accidentally kill him with "much cherishing," foreshadowing an intense but also immature type of relationship between them
her pet bird
"That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Juliet
The Nurse takes this amount of time to return with Romeo’s message, frustrating Juliet.
3 hours
Juliet expresses worry that Romeo's love is like _____, which is inconstant and "monthly changes"
the moon
The Nurse tells Juliet she must go to Friar Laurence’s cell under the pretense of doing this in order to get married
confession (shrift)
Friar Laurence is collecting herbs/plants and warns that they can be both ____ and _____, foreshadowing how a plant will later play a key role in the tragedy.
Poisonous AND healing
"I pray thee chide me not. Her I love now... and love for love allow. The other did not so"
Romeo
Name of the male servant who accompanies the Nurse when she acts as a messenger between Romeo and Juliet?
Peter
Juliet says to Romeo on the balcony that maybe their love and commitment is "too rash, too sudden, too like the lightning." What does this foreshadow about their relationship?
it will end quickly (like a flash of lightning)
Before agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence expresses hope that their union will do this.
end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets
Explain what Friar Lawrence's warning to Romeo is foreshadowing: “these violent delights have violent ends”
foreshadows their tragic deaths by saying that passionate love can be delightful at first, but when acting on it too quickly, can become destructive
The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite
Friar Lawrence
The Nurse teases Juliet by doing this instead of giving her Romeo’s message about the wedding right away.
complaining about headaches/ being tired from the journey
What does Romeo say to Juliet to offer a proposal of marriage?
Why does Romeo need help getting a rope ladder at the end of Act II?
to climb into Juliet's room on their wedding night
How does Romeo tempt fate right before his wedding?
By saying out loud that fate can go ahead and do whatever it wants. As long as he can marry Juliet, he'll be happy.
Is not this better now than groaning for love? Now art thou sociable, now art though Romeo..."
Mercutio