Act I
Who is Rosaline?
Who is Romeo's first love who does not love him back.
Benvolio's role in Act I
What is that Benvolio shows concern for Romeo and tries to calm the fighting families.
If there is a mutiny in the streets what would a
passerby most likely to observe?
A group of people fighting.
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, simile, pun, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below.
"Well that hit you miss. She'll not be hit/With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian wit."
What is Allusion
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, pun, simile, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"
Metaphor
What penalty does Prince Escalus
threaten if further violence breaks out between the two families?
death to those who participate in violence
What does Lady Capulet describe Paris is like in her speech to Juliet?
"Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face / And find delight writ there with beauty's pen; / Examine every married lineament, / And see how one author lends content; / And what obscured in this fair volume lies / Find written there in the margent of his eyes"
Paris is like a beautiful book.
"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"
To whom does "she" refer to in Romeo's speech?
The moon
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, personification, simile, pun, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"So smile upon the heavens this holy act."
What is Personification
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, pun, simile, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"My bounty is boundless as the sun!"
Simile
Why does the Prince call the Montagues and
Capulets "Rebellious subjects"?
What is because the families are always feuding/fighting.
How can we characterize Capulet as a father?
What is Loving
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the marriage?
He thinks the marriage may end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.
Find the oxymoron in the quote below:
"At my poor house look to behold this night/Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light."
What is dark heaven light
What point does Juliet make about names when she says: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet."
She loves Romeo even though he has the last name Montague.
What is the main purpose of the PROLOGUE?
To set the scene for the entire play.
What word describes Tybalt's personality in Act I?
Aggressive
What is the most important development in Act II?
Romeo and Juliet's decision to get married.
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, pun, simile, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready to stand."
What is Metaphor
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, pun, simile, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"The grey eye'd morn smiles on the frowning night."
Personification
How does Romeo react when he first sees Juliet?
He wonders who she is and he immediately falls in love with her
What actions support the way Capulet is?
He promises to support Juliet's own wishes about her marriage.
How are Romeo and Juliet different in personalities in Act II, scene ii (the balcony scene)?
Juliet is practical and reasonable; Romeo is impractical and flighty or impulsive.
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, pun, simile, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"Not believe me. You have dancing shoes/With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead."
What is a Pun
What literary device (allusion, metaphor, pun, simile, personification, oxymoron) can be found in the quote below:
"Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word."
Allusion