Characters
Who are the two feuding families?
The Montagues and Capulets
Who kills Tybalt?
Why?
Romeo - he killed Mercutio
What is a soliloquy?
One character talking alone - they are being completely honest about their thoughts and intentions
Where does the play take place?
How do Romeo and Juliet meet?
A Capulet ball
Who do Lord and Lady Capulet WANT to marry Juliet?
Paris
Who kills Mercutio?
Why?
Tybalt - he wants to fight Romeo, but accidentally stabs Mercutio
What is comedic relief?
A break from the seriousness of a tragedy - a joke, funny characters, a humorous scene, etc
Who is the author?
William Shakespeare
Romeo loves love - falls in love easily and feels strongly. He is obsessed with Rosaline at the beginning of the play, just to move on and fall for Juliet very quickly
Who marries Romeo and Juliet in secret?
Friar Lawrence
Who kills Paris?
Why?
Romeo - they fought at the Capulet tomb because Paris wanted to arrest him
What is a foil character?
Two characters who are opposites
Where does Juliet get her potion from?
What is it supposed to do?
Friar Lawrence
It is supposed to make her SEEM dead for 48 hours
Why does Friar John not deliver the letter to Romeo?
There was a plague that prevented him from travelling all the way to Mantua - he had to turn around
Which two characters are conspiring with Romeo and Juliet, helping them to meet up in secret and eventually marry?
Friar Lawrence and the Nurse
Who killed Romeo and Juliet?
Why?
They kill themselves - they both believe the other is dead, so they commit suicide to die with them
What is dramatic irony?
What is an example of dramatic irony in this play?
When the audience knows something the characters do not
The audience knows Romeo and Juliet are married, but their parents do not and Lord Capulet is trying to get Juliet to marry Paris
Where does Romeo buy his poison from?
The Apothecary
What does Friar Lawrence say in his monologue in Act V Scene iii?
He summarizes the events, saying he and the Nurse enabled Romeo and Juliet's relationship, helped them to marry in secret, came up with this plan to fake Juliet's death to be with Romeo, and that it seems like they both took their own lives to be together
What role does Paris take on throughout the play?
He sets the consequences for the families choosing to fight, making the dangers of Romeo and Juliet's relationship more prominent
Who else dies at the end of the play? How do they die?
Lady Montague - dies of grief due to Romeo's banishment
What are two or more examples of foil characters and how are they foils?
Juliet and Rosaline - love for Romeo
Romeo and Mercutio - feelings about love
Tybalt and Benvolio - temper/anger
Nurse and Lady Capulet - motherly affection/feelings
What is the example of comedic relief in this play?
Peter and the musicians - they are hired to play music at the wedding, but when their services aren't needed they still have a conversation and joke about staying for the meal
What does the prologue tell us before we even start the play?
*5 things
- Two families, similar in status, are feuding
- The children of the families fall in love
- The children end up committing suicide
- The deaths end the feud between the families
- The play is two hours long