Characters
Romeo's Last Name
Juliet's Last Name
Romeo Montague
Juliet Capulet
"Death is my son in law" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
What does the Prologue of the play foreshadow?
The deaths of Romeo & Juliet
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the sun"
Romeo; compares Juliet to the sun
What is the beginning part of the play called when we're given an overview of the plot?
The Prologue
Who do Romeo & Juliet trust with the knowledge of their wedding?
Friar Lawrence & The Nurse
"You have dancing shoes with nimble soles, I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground I cannot move" is an example of:
Pun
Where is Romeo banished from?
Verona, Italy
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Juliet; Romeo would still have the same personal qualities if he had a different name.
How are plays split up? (2 answers)
Acts & Scenes
Who tells Romeo the news of Juliet's death?
Balthasar
Dramatic Irony
After the wedding, explain the deaths in Act 3 scene 1 (the fight scene). (Who started the fight, why, and how did this scene end?)
Tybalt wants to fight Romeo, Romeo declines. Mercutio tries to defend Romeo's honor by fighting Tybalt. Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo kills Tybalt out of revenge.
"The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appetite."
Friar Lawrence; too much of a good thing all at once can be harmful or dangerous.
A long monologue where they talk about their innermost thoughts and feelings.
Soliloquy
Who discovers Juliet's dead body in Act 4?
The Nurse
"Cold fire, sick health" and "Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical" are examples of what type of figurative language?
Oxymoron
Why didn't Romeo hear of the plan, and in turn, think Juliet was actually dead?
Friar John couldn't deliver the letter to Romeo because he was quarantined after visiting the sick.
"A man, young lady! Lady, such a man as all the world — why, he's a man of wax."
Nurse; commenting that Paris is handsome.
What poetic form are the prologues written in? (14 lines, ending in a rhyming couplet)
Sonnet
Who's death is the last one we learn about in the play?
Lady Montague
Comic Relief
What is the final moment of suspense in Romeo & Juliet (in the Capulet tomb)?
Romeo notes the signs of life in Juliet (rosy cheeks, red lips, warm to the touch).
"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Prince Escalus; there was never a bigger tragedy than Romeo & Juliet.
What is the rhyming meter that the play is written in?
Iambic Pentameter