Mr. Worldwide
(The Bard & The Globe)
(The Bard & The Globe)
Traditionally, who played the female roles for Shakespeare's plays?
Young boys/prepubescent/adolescent boys
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile- uses like or as (The clouds are like cotton candy)
Metaphor-direct comparison (The clouds are cotton candy)
In the beginning of the story, how is Romeo feeling and why?
Lovesick/melancholic (sad)
Rosaline doesn't love him back
Why does Romeo fight and eventually kill Tybalt? What is his punishment?
He is enraged over Mercutio's death
Benvolio asks for mercy and the Prince exiles/banishes him instead of the death penalty
**This is big because previously, he said anyone fighting in the streets would be killed**
Romeo and Juliet are ____________ lovers
star-crossed
Who were the groundlings?
The "cheap seats" peasants that were rowdy and threw food when they were not entertained.
What language did Shakespeare write his plays in?
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Early Modern English
D. High English
C. Early Modern English (also called Elizabethan English)
What are the names of the feuding families?
Romeo is a...?
Juliet is a...?
Montague and Capulets
Romeo=Montague
Juliet=Capulet
How do the families insult each other in the beginning of the play? Give the specific gesture.
Bite their thumbs
Benvolio is Romeo's __________.
Mercutio is Romeo's __________.
Cousin/friend
Best friend
Sunlight/Open roof
What is an oxymoron?
Two words side by side that contradict each other
ex: Jumbo shrimp
ex: Controlled chaos
ex: Plastic glasses
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He thinks it could bring peace between the families
What allows Romeo to climb over the Capulet's walls?
A. The light feet of freedom
B. Love's light wings
C. Benvolio lifts him up without Mercutio knowing
D. The ladders of love's sweet lifting
B. Love's light wings
Who are the only two characters that know about Romeo and Juliet's wedding?
Friar Laurence and Nurse
What three types of plays did Shakespeare write?
A. Histories, Horror, & Comedy
B. Tragedies, Comedies, & Histories
C. Sarcasteries, Ironies, & Metaphorics
D. Mysteries, Tragedies, & Comedies
B. Tragedies, Comedies, & Histories
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep”
This is an example of which of the following:
A. Metaphor
B. Oxymoron
C. Pun
D. Hyperbole
D. Hyperbole
Boundless as the sea is an exaggerated idea of how vast/deep his love is
How do Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio find out about the Capulet party?
The capulet servant, Peter, can't read the guest list and he asks them for help not knowing who they are
Lord Capulet gives Juliet an ultimatum. She can either ___________ or she can___________.
Marry his friend, Paris
or
Beg/starve/die in the streets
Who is the character (or explain the situation) that causes the issue with Friar Laurence's letter? Why does that letter not make it to Romeo?
Friar John-suspected of having the plague...he was not allowed to leave the city to complete the delivery/stopped by guards
Shakespeare often wrote his sonnets and plays using a specific meter that had a rhythm like a heartbeat. What was this called?
A. Triple meter
B. Iambic pentameter
C. Quadrameter
D. Couplet meter
B. Iambic pentameter
What form of poetry is the prologue written in?
This has 14 lines of alternating rhyme scheme and ends in a rhyming couplet.
ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG
Sonnet!
In Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, what did soldiers dream of?
Cutting foreign throats
What kind of advice does Friar Laurence give to Romeo prior to getting married?
A. Try to reason with Juliet's parents
B. Don't move too quickly
C. They are too young
D. Their love won't last forever
B. Don't move too quickly
What is the Prince's final conclusion at the end of the play? He says that all are ___________.
A. Banished
B. Dead inside
C. Punished
D. Imprisoned
C. Punished