William Shakespeare
This person was in power in England when Shakespeare began writing and performing plays.
Queen Elizabeth I
When Juliet makes a reference to Pheobus and Phaeton, she is making a(n) ______________.
allusion
Capulet and Montague
Who proposes marriage to whom?
Juliet proposes to Romeo.
This was the Friar's plan for Romeo.
Be with Juliet tonight, but leave before morning. Go to Mantua and wait until I send word that it's okay to come back. People will welcome you back with open arms.
This was the name of the theater that Shakespeare helped build and in which he performed most of his plays.
The Globe Theater
When Lord Capulet capitalizes "Death" in his speech about how Juliet has married Death, he is using __________________.
Personification
This is how Romeo and Benvolio know about the Capulet party.
They run into a servant who doesn't know how to read the guest list.
How do Mercutio and the other boys make fun of the Nurse?
They call her a prostitute and a ship (because she's fat).
This is the Friar's plan for Juliet.
1) Go home and make sure you're alone. 2)Drink this vial, and you will become like you are dead for 48 hours. 3)You will be buried in the tomb. 4)I will write to Romeo. 5) He will come get you out, and you will run away to Mantua.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Name one other playwright that probably influenced Shakespeare's writing.
Christopher Marlowe
Thomas Kyd
oxymorons
Who is Queen Mab and when is she mentioned?
Queen Mab is the fairies' midwife who flies over people's body parts and makes them dream about things accordingly. Mercutio describes her in a crazy speech after Romeo mentions that he had a dream.
Give two worries that Juliet has about following the Friar's orders.
She worries that the Friar might be trying to kill her.
She worries that she'll wake up before Romeo gets there and she'll go crazy and beat out her own brains.
She worries that the vial won't work at all.
This was the type of verse in which Shakespeare wrote most of his plays.
Iambic Pentameter
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! "Feather of lead," and "misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms" are examples of ______________.
antithesis
When Romeo and Juliet meet, how many times do they kiss?
Twice
What is the reason Romeo has to love Tybalt?
He is now Tybalt's in-law.
Why is the Friar's messenger detained from getting Romeo the letter?
There was a plague in the city, and the messenger was quarantined.
This was the name of Shakespeare's acting troupe (give the name before and after the death of the queen).
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
The figurative language term that is the umbrella term encompassing antithesis and oxymoron is called ______________. It is supposed to express confusion.
Name two things that Romeo compares Juliet to.
A jewel in an Ethiop's ear, a torch, the sun, the stars
Describe how everyone dies in Act III, scene i.
Tybalt wants to fight Romeo, but Mercutio initiates a fight. Tybalt and Mercutio fight, and then Romeo tries to break it up. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm and kills him. Romeo fights Tybalt as revenge and kills him.
Describe Romeo and Juliet's death scene.
Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and rides to Juliet's tomb. He fights and kills Pairs. Romeo observes how alive Juliet looks, and then drinks the poison. He dies. The Friar enters and Juliet awakes to see Romeo dead. The Friar tries to convince her to leave with him, but she won't. She tries to kiss poison off of his lips, but is unsuccessful. She takes Romeo's dagger and stabs herself.