The Prologues
The Prologue is written in the form of a _____.
What is a sonnet?
He isn't sure about the marriage, but decides it might help stop the fighting between families.
Who is Friar Laurence?
This character overhears Juliet speaking to herself.
Who is Romeo?
Examples include:
Damned saint, honorable villain, beautiful tyrant
What is an oxymoron?
"O, I am fortune's fool!"
Who is Romeo?
What is the purpose of the prologue at the beginning of Act 1?
What is provide a summary of the play?
He threatens to kill anyone caught fighting.
Who is Prince Escalus?
This is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt.
What is banishment?
What literary element is used in the following lines:
"Juliet is the sun" ?
What is a metaphor?
"Parting is such sweet sorrow..."
Who is Juliet?
The number of lines a sonnet has.
What is 14?
What does wherefore mean?
What is why?
Come up with at least three of the steps Friar Lawrence tells Juliet to do to fake her death.
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 Capulet vault
5. A letter will be sent to Romeo
6. Romeo and Juliet will run away to Mantua
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?
The last two lines of a sonnet are called the ____.
What is a Heroic Couplet?
Romeo swears by ____ to convey his love to Juliet.
What is the moon?
This character discovers Juliet dead the morning of her wedding to this other character.
Who is the Nurse?
What is foreshadowing?
"Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets!"
Who recites the prologues at the beginning of Acts 1 & 2?
What is the chorus?
This character wants to commit their life to the church, spoiling the plans of Romeo.
Who is Rosaline?
This character believes that Romeo should be killed because he killed Tybalt.
Who is Lady Capulet?
What is a motif?
"This intrusion shall, now seeming sweet..."
Who is Tybalt?