a. Romeo tells Friar Lawrence about his love for Juliet.
or
b. Benvolio and Mercutio can’t find Romeo after the party.
b. Benvolio and Mercutio can’t find Romeo after the party.
100
Oh 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
The reason Romeo isn’t supposed to swear on the moon.
It’s always changing.
100
A comparison stating that one thing is another.
Metaphor
200
I am the first person who died.
Mercutio
200
a. Tybalt sends a letter of challenge to Romeo.
or
b. The Nurse meets with Romeo to find out if he plans to marry Juliet.
a. Tybalt sends a letter of challenge to Romeo.
200
No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
Mercutio
200
“wherefore”
Why
200
A comparison using “like” or “as”.
Simile
300
I killed Tybalt.
Romeo.
300
a. Romeo sees Juliet at her balcony.
or
b. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet.
a. Romeo sees Juliet at her balcony.
300
O swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circl’d orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Juliet
300
What Mercutio means when he describes his wound:
“No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”
His wound will kill him.
300
A pair of contradictory words
Oxymoron
400
I performed Romeo and Juliet's marriage.
Friar Lawrence
400
a. Romeo tells Friar Lawrence about his love for Juliet.
or
b. Tybalt sends a letter of challenge to Romeo.
a. Romeo tells Friar Lawrence about his love for Juliet.
400
"What she bid me say, I will keep to myself; but first let me tell ye' , if ye' should lead her in a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say:
Nurse
400
“Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.”
They only really care about how a girl looks.
400
A speech delivered while the speaker is alone.
Soliloquy
500
I told the Prince what happened during the fight that killed Mercutio and Tybalt.
Benvolio
500
a. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet
or
b. Tybalt sends a letter of challenge to Romeo
b. Tybalt sends a letter of challenge to Romeo
500
"And why, my lady wisdom? Hold your tongue, good prudence; smatter with your gossips".
Capulet
500
“O, I am Fortune’s fool.”
Fate is playing with me by giving something great (Juliet) and then taking it away (by banishing me).
500
When the audience knows something the characters do not.