Plot
The names of the two families who have an "ancient grudge" against each other.
Who are the Capulets and Montagues?
The Capulet maiden Romeo is "in love" with at the beginning of the play.
Who is Rosaline?
A relatively long speech by one character.
What is a monologue?
The number of total syllables in one line of iambic pentameter
What is 10?
What is the Elizabethan Era?
What Rosaline does that makes Romeo think she is being "wasteful"
What is becoming a nun?
The noble who seeks Juliet's hand in marriage in Act 1 Scene 2.
Who is County Paris?
A remark by a character only heard by and directed toward the audience.
What is an aside?
The stress pattern of an iamb.
What is unstressed / stressed?
Common themes of Shakespeare's plays.
What is love/death/power/free will/ambition/fate?
The reason Juliet refuses to marry Paris in Act 3 Scene 3.
What is she's already married?
This long-winded character always lends a helping hand to their "babe", though probably gives TMI along the way.
Who is the Nurse?
An instance in the play where the audience’s knowledge exceeds that of the characters in the scene.
What is dramatic irony?
The number of metrical feet in one line of iambic pentameter.
What is 5?
The place where all of Shakespeare's plays were performed during his time.
What is the Globe theater?
The reason Mercutio exclaims "A plague on both your houses!" in Act 3 Scene 1.
What is Tybalt stabs him under Romeo's arm / he dies because of their pointless feud?
Who is Mercutio?
Poem with 14 lines broken into 3 quatrains and a couplet
What is a sonnet?
What is 2?
Shakespeare's birthplace.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon, England?
What is refuse his name?
I have an important message to deliver!
...oh no, I've been quarantined....I hope this doesn't have any drastic repercussions....
Who is Friar John?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What is rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
The social ranking of characters who speak in iambic pentameter.
What is high class/nobility?
The total number of plays Shakespeare wrote during his life.
What is 38?