Prologue and Scene 1
What literary device is in the following quote?
”If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.”
Personification
Act II, Scene 2 is famously referred to as ______________________.
The Balcony Scene
What is the reason that Romeo is visiting Friar Lawrence?
So he can marry and bear witness to Romeo and Juliet.
The Nurse warns Romeo not to __________ Juliet.
Betray
Romeo and Juliet have known each other for __________.
One day.
What does Romeo mean when he says, “How can I go forward when my heart is here?”
He doesn’t want to leave the place where he met his love, Juliet.
Literary Device: ”It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
Metaphor
What does “unrequited” mean? How has Romeo had an unrequited love?
Unrequited = not given back. Romeo loved Rosaline but she did not return that love.
What will Romeo send so he can climb the orchard walls at the Capulets?
A rope ladder
Romeo and Juliet overlook their _____________.
Last names
What literary devices (2) are in the following quote?
”Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie”
Personification, alliteration
Literary Device: Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Oxymoron
Provide meaning: “Young men’s love lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.”
Men more often than women fall in love at first sight. It is not a deep love.
What does it mean to “love moderately”?
Don’t “love” all at once. Slow it down!
Friar and the Nurse serve as __________ at Romeo and Juliet’s marriage ceremony—it is legal!
witnesses
What does Shakespeare mean by the following quote?
”Being held a foe/ He may not have access/ To breathe such vows as lovers used to swear.”
Romeo is Juliet’s enemy; it will not be easy for them to marry.
Provide Meaning: “What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man.”
Montague is just a name, and therefore, she should not let this be held against Romeo.
Describe Friar Lawrence as we first meet him.
He speaks with backward phrases and is known for his ominous sense of foreshadowing.
What does Shakespeare mean in the following quote?
”But passion lends them power, time means, to meet/ Temp’ring extremities with extreme sweet.”
Romeo and Juliet will have their fair share of difficulties and love.
Literary Device: ”…else would I tear that cave where *Echo lies and make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine.
*Echo is a mythological nymph who fell in love with Narcissus but could not be with him.
Allusion
Provide meaning: “In one respect, I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.
The marriage of Romeo and Juliet can mend the disagreement between the families.