Figurative Language
“Juliet is the sun” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
This scene features Romeo and Juliet meeting for the first time and sharing a sonnet.
What is the Capulet party?
Represents love and passion.
What is light?
The prince of Verona.
Who is Prince Escalus?
The two feuding families.
Who are the Montagues and Capulets?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
In this scene, Romeo overhears Juliet confess her love for him while standing in her garden.
What is the balcony scene?
Represents secrecy and danger.
What is darkness/night?
The servant who cannot read the party invitation.
Who is Peter?
The fight that leads to Mercutio’s death.
What is the duel with Tybalt?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
This scene includes a duel where Mercutio is killed, leading Romeo to seek revenge.
What is the street fight where Tybalt kills Mercutio?
Juliet compares Romeo to this celestial object.
What is the sun?
The friar who fails to deliver the letter.
Who is Friar John?
Internal struggle Romeo faces after killing Tybalt.
What is guilt/remorse?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
In this emotional scene, Juliet begs her parents not to force her to marry Paris.
What is Juliet arguing with her parents about marrying Paris?
The poison represents this concept.
What is death/desperation?
The apothecary sells Romeo this item.
What is poison?
Juliet’s conflict about marrying Paris.
What is obeying her parents vs. loving Romeo?
A contradiction that reveals truth (e.g., “loving hate”).
What is a paradox?
This final scene takes place in a tomb where both Romeo and Juliet die.
What is the tomb scene?
The recurring idea of stars relates to this theme.
What is fate?
Juliet wakes up how long after taking the potion?
What is about 42 hours?
The ultimate conflict that ends the play.
What is the tragic misunderstanding/death of Romeo and Juliet?