Characters
Plot
Literary Elements
Who said it?
Essential questions
100
Who has raised Juliet since she was a little girl?
Nurse
100
Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?
At a party at the Capulet's house
100
Romeo says:
"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"

What literary element is this?

Simile
100
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name!
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I'll no longer be a Capulet
Juliet
100
How does the difference between the younger and older generations create conflict?
Romeo and Juliet feel they have to hide their relationship from their feuding parents
200
Who performs Romeo and Juliet's marriage?
Friar Laurence
200
Why does Romeo get banished?
For killing Tybalt
200
Name one conflict in the story and explain if it is man vs. man, man vs. self, or man vs. society
(Plenty of different answers!)
200
Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!
Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,
So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes
Friar Laurence
200

Based on Romeo and Juliet, should one follow their love or listen to society's demands?

Probably not follow their love because it can lead to drastic consequences
300
Who is Romeo's cousin, who is peaceful and kind?
Benvolio
300
Why does Friar Laurence get so angry when Romeo wants to kill himself after he is banished?
He says that Romeo is being childish and grateful, that he has so much to live for and so much has gone right for him (he met Juliet, he wasn't given the death penalty, there is still a whole world out there)
300
What is the setting for the main town of the play?
Verona
300
Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!
I tell thee what-- get thee to a church a Thursday
Or never after look me in the face.
Capulet
300
How do one's emotions drive their motivations in Romeo and Juliet?
Anger leads to fighting (ex. Tybalt)

Love leads to drastic actions (R+J)
Depression gets overwhelming (Romeo)
and more!

400
Who is Juliet's cousin, who is angry and violent? 
Tybalt
400

Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he thinks it's too soon?

To bring the feuding families together
400
What is one negative characterization of Romeo, and when do we see it in the story?
Impulsive, stubborn, spontaneous, doesn't think things through. Such as falling in love at first sight, marrying Juliet, killing Tybalt, committing suicide, killing Paris
400
But I can give thee more

For I will raise a statue in pure gold
That whiles Verona by that name is known
There shall be no figure at such rate be set
As that of true and faithful Juliet

Montague
400

How can world events affect societal values and character desires?

The plague - people more excited to be alive and embrace arts

Renaissance - more emphasis on human emotions and feelings

500
Who is Romeo's best friend, killed by Tybalt?
Mercutio
500
Why does Romeo not get the letter from Friar Laurence that Juliet is planning to fake her death?
Friar John was unable to deliver it because he was quarantined on suspicion of having the plague
500

Friar Laurence says:
"Virtue (goodness) itself turns vice (sin), being misapplied 

And vice sometimes by action dignified" 

What is one example of this in the play?

Romeo and Juliet's love turning to death

Romeo and Juliet's deaths lead to family coming together
Romeo defending friend leads to murder

And others!

500
Help me into some house, Benvolio

Or I shall faint. A plague on both your houses!
They have made worm's meat of me. I have it,
and soundly too. Your houses!

Mercutio
500
Create your own essential question for the unit
(ex. What is a question about society that this play can answer?
Various answers
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