Friar Lawrence
What is Friar Lawrence's main role in Act II?
He mainly serves as Romeo's spiritual adviser.
In Act I, Scene I, Sampson, the fiery Capulet servant, bites his thumb at Abram to start a fight
This is Renaissance version of...
What is flipping someone off.
He calls Romeo a “villain” and demands that he face him like a man.
Who is Tybalt?
What is the most important development in Act II?
Romeo and Juliet decide to get married.
The nurse proves she is self-absorbed when....
She delays giving Juliet the message from Romeo.
Nurse. I am aweary, give me leave awhile. . . .
Do you not see that I am out of breath?
Juliet. … The excuse that thou dost make in this delay
Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse.
What is Friar Lawrence's hobby?
Grows medicinal herbs
When Mercutio calls Tybalt the “Prince of Cats,” he’s mocking this part of Tybalt’s personality.
What is his arrogance or obsession with dueling and formality?
When Romeo first sees Juliet, he says, “Did my heart love till now?” This shows that Romeo is quick to do what?
What is fall in love or become infatuated?
Who writes the letter challenging Romeo to a fight?
Who is Tybalt?
If Billy Joe Bob is a convincing liar he would be considered.....
What is cunning?
How does Friar Lawrence respond when Romeo tells him he has forgotten Rosaline?
Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!
Was Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,
so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies
not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.
The Nurse calls Mercutio “a saucy merchant” and “a gentleman that loves to hear himself talk.” In today’s language, she’s calling him this.
What is a loudmouth or a show-off?
Tybalt kills this character, setting off a chain of tragic events.
Who is Mercutio?
In the famous balcony scene what does Romeo compare Juliet to?
What is the sun?
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
When Peggy Sue wants to tell you a secret she is taking in to her.....
What is confidence?
After Romeo says to Friar Lawrence "Thou didst bade me bury love", the Friar responds by saying...
(foreshadowing)
"Not in a grave"
Romeo tells Tybalt he has “reason to love thee” — but Tybalt takes it as an insult because Romeo refuses to do this.
What is fight him?
The fight in Act I, Scene I begins when the servants do this rude gesture.
What is bite their thumbs?
When Juliet says "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
What does Juliet mean?
She doesn't care that Romeo is a Montague
This is something that is not what it appears to be.
What is counterfeit?
The Friar agrees to help Romeo because he thinks....
The feud will end between the two families if Romeo and Juliet get married.
When Mercutio says, “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” he’s really saying this.
What is ‘Come on, let’s fight, tough guy’?
Tybalt calls Romeo a “villain” when he crashes the Capulet party. This word shows how Tybalt views Romeo — as what kind of person?
What is a dishonorable or low-born enemy?
In what way do Romeo's and Juliet's personalities differ?
Juliet is more practical and Romeo is more impractical.
This comes from the Latin meaning against
What is the Latin prefix Counter or Contra