Act 1 & 2
He isn't sure about the marriage, but he decides it might help stop the fighting between families.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
This character overhears Juliet speaking to herself.
Who is Romeo?
Provided instructions for entrances, exits, actions, etc.
What are stage directions?
An example would be:
Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
"O, I am fortune's fool!"
Who is Romeo?
He threatens to kill anyone caught fighting.
Who is Prince Escalus?
This is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt.
What is banishment?
A long speech given by an actor on stage with others listening
What is a monologue?
Examples include:
Damned saint, honorable villain, beautiful tyrant
What is an oxymoron?
"It is an honor that I dream not of"
Who is Juliet?
What "wherefore" means.
What is "why"?
These are three of the steps of Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet.
What is:
1. Pretend to be happy, say you'll marry Paris
2. Be alone at night
3. Drink the sleeping vial
4. Be placed in the crypt
5. A letter will be sent to Romeo
6. Romeo and Juliet will run away to Mantua
The number of lines a sonnet has.
What is 14?
When the audience knows something that the character(s) on stage do not.
What is dramatic irony?
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
Who is Mercutio?
Romeo swears to give this up to love Juliet.
What is his name?
This character discovers Juliet dead the morning of her wedding to this other character.
Who are the Nurse and Paris?
A Shakespearean play is divided into different chapters called ____.
What are "acts"?
What is foreshadowing?
"Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets!"
This character wants to commit their life to the church, spoiling the plans of Romeo.
Who is Rosaline?
This character threatens to send mercenaries after Romeo in Mantua for revenge.
Who is Lady Capulet?
Act 1 and Act 2 begin with one of these.
What is a Prologue?
A symbol that repeats itself throughout a literary work. In Romeo and Juliet, stars would be an example.
What is a motif?
"This intrusion shall, now seeming sweet..."
Who is Tybalt?