Shakespeare
Elizabethan Terms
R & J Charcters
Drama Terms
Act One
100
Stratford-On-Avon
What is where was Shakespeare born?
100
aye
What is yes?
100
The two families fueding for decades
Who are the Montegues and the Capulets
100
Hint of things to come
What is forshadowing?
100
Hometown for Romeo and Juliet
What is Verona, Italy?
200
The type of poems that Shakespeare wrote
What are sonnets
200
hither
What is come here?
200
Juliets cousin
Who is Tybalt?
200
a drama that ends in catastrophe
What is a tragedy?
200
Problem with the bearer of the invitation/guest list of the Capulet's party
What is illiterate?
300
Also known as "the Wooden O"
What is the Globe Theatre?
300
anon
What is soon?
300
He is described as a fiery hotheaded person who is hostile and impulsive
Who is Tybalt?
300
A speech made by an actor alone on a stage to let the audience know what is on the character's mind.
What is a soliloquy?
300
“Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach?”
Who is Lord Montegue?
400
The Theatrical company he was in
What is the King's Men?
400
foe
What is enemy?
400
Juliet's suitor
Who is Paris?
400
Shakespeare often references mythology or the Bible.
What is an allusion?
400
two forms of advice Lord Capulets gives Paris regarding Juliet
What is wait 2 years and to woo her?
500
Shakespeare was not considered a famous novelist, but was revered as a world renouwned one of these.
What is a famous playwright?
500
Wherefore
What is To Which?
500
“If love be rough with you, be rough with love.”
Who is Mercutio?
500
A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work.
What is a foil?
500
The fight in Act I, Scene I starts because
What is because the Capulet and Montague servants argue over petty insults?
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