Characters
Identifies Romeo for Juliet at the party
Nurse
Why was Friar John unable to deliver the letter to Romeo in Mantua
Unable to travel because of the plague
"Part fools! Put up your swords, You know not what you do."
Benvolio
"It is the East and Juliet is the sun"
Metaphor
Reference to a play, Greek mythology, or another literary work
Reminds Lord Capulet that younger girls than Juliet are already mothers
Paris
Why does Paris think Juliet has killed herself?
Because she missed Tybalt
For my mind misgives some consequences yet hanging in the stars"
Romeo
"Being but heavy, I will bear the light"
Pun
A joke that exploits several meanings of a word
Pun
Worries that Romeo spends too much time in his darkened room alone
Lady Montague
"Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man". What does Mercutio mean?
His death is inevitable
"Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here?"
Friar Laurence
Personification
Characters whose qualities highlight another character's qualities by contrast
Character Foil
Kinsman to the Prince, talks of dreams and Queen Mab - friend of Romeo
Mercutio
What does Juliet think would have happened to Romeo if he hadn't killed Tybalt?
Tybalt would have killed Romeo
"Wisely and slow. Those stumble that walk fast."
Friar Laurence
"No world without Verona walls But purgatory, torture, hell itself"
Hyperbole
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
Who starts the brawl in the streets in Act 1 by biting his thumb?
Sampson
In Act 2 Scene 2, what does Juliet think should happen to Romeo after he dies someday?
Cut him into little stars so he can make the face of heaven high
"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow"
"Towards Phoebus' lodging: such a wagoner As Phaethon would whip you to the west"
Classical Allusion
Dramatic Irony