A line that an actor says to the audience that other characters cannot hears is called what?
An aside
100
Who is Benvolio?
Romeo's cousin.
100
What is Lord Capulet trying to do for Juliet? (This is part of why they are having a masked ball)
Find her a suitable husband.
100
Why is Juliet standing on a balcony in that famous scene?
To symbolize how angelic she is.
100
"... I never saw true but till this night."
Romeo
200
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
12 Lines: 3 Quatrains (ABAB) and 1 Couplet (AA)
200
Who is Mercutio?
A friend of Romeo and his family.
200
Who is Juliet's confidant?
The Nurse.
200
Why does Romeo speak to Juliet using biblical pick up lines?
To show that their love is pure/pious/special/divinely sanctioned.
200
"I do bite my thumb, sir."
Sampson, [Gregory or Capulet man]
300
Spell the vocabulary word that describes Shakespeare's profession.
P-L-A-Y-W-R-I-G-H-T
300
Who does Romeo go to for help?
Friar Lawrence.
300
How old is Juliet?
About 13
300
Which story from ancient Greek Literature clearly influenced the plot of Romeo and Juliet?
Pyramus and Thisbe
300
"My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/ To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
Romeo - Ball Scene
400
What is an iamb?
A unit of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
400
How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about the Capulet ball?
The illiterate servant asks them to read him the guest list, so that he can invited them.
400
How is Rosaline related to Juliet?*
They are cousins.
400
Before the ball, Romeo describes himself as ___________ which symbolizes what?
A light bearer/ torch holder. Symbolizes bringing light which means bringing knowledge/reason to the situation of silly quarreling.
400
"O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,/That monthly changes in her circled orb, / Lest that thy love prove likewise variable."
Juliet, Balcony Scene
500
In most of his plays, Shakespeare has the people of high birth speak in iambic pentameter and sonnets while the common people speak in prose. What statements might he be making about the distinction between the social classes?
Maybe something about how aristocrats always need to play a prescript-ed role because no one could always speak in perfect verse unless it was predetermined for them.
500
Name at least two reasons why Shakespeare made up words.
To fit his rhyme scheme and meter, to describe something new, original, or slightly different, for emphasis, for comedic effect.
500
Who is the Prince of Cats?
Tybalt
500
What does the prologue reveal to us about the rest of the play?
That the play is more about death and violence than love, although all three things are often messily woven together and usually occur between pairs of people.
500
"True, I talk of dreams, / Which are the children of an idle brain,/ Begot of nothing but vain fantasy/"