Who Am I?
I am Romeo's cousin and good friend. I am trustworthy and peaceful.
Benvolio
The Prologue of Romeo and Juliet is set up in what poetic format that contains 14 lines and a fixed rhyme scheme?
Sonnet
Act I, Scene I opens the story with a...
Fight
Phrase used in the prologue to describe two people who are destined to be apart.
Star-crossed lovers
"Look for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man," is an example of THIS type of figurative language.
pun
I am a young lady of noble status who has fallen in love with my family's foe.
Juliet
How many acts does Romeo and Juliet have?
5
What allowed Romeo, Benvolio, and friends to attend the Capulet's party unnoticed?
Masks
Moon
The many references to Cupid in the play is an example of this literary device.
Allusion
I have a close relationship with Juliet and I am often characterized as foolish.
Nurse
What is a speech delivered by a single character that reveals the character's thoughts and emotions to the audience when they appear to be alone on stage?
Soliloquy
Who does Tybalt kill in Act III, Scene I?
Mercutio
This character believes Romeo and Juliet's marriage will end the feud between the two families.
Friar Laurence
Honorable villain, violent delights, beautiful tyrant... these are all examples of this literary device.
Oxymoron
I am a Capulet whose death marks the turning point of the play.
Tybalt
Because of its unfortunate ending, Romeo and Juliet is considered to be what type of play?
Tragedy
What is the Princes punishment for Romeo in Act III, Scene I?
Banishment
This demographic had little rights during the Elizabethan age, explaining Lord Capulet's anger in Act III.
women
"These violent delights have violent ends," uses this literary device to allude to a later point in the story.
Foreshadowing
Lord Capulet wants me to marry Juliet for my wealth and status.
Paris
Type of meter Shakespearean Sonnets are written in (10 syllables per line with 2 syllables per foot).
Iambic Pentameter
Juliet would rather do what than marry Paris and be without Romeo?
Die
This is the meaning of "wherefore" when Juliet ponders, "Wherefore art thy Romeo?" in the balcony scene.
Why?
dramatic irony