Family and Friends
These are the two main families in the story who have been fighting each other since before the events of the play take place.
Who are the Montagues and the Capulets?
Before she will be forced to marry Paris, Juliet begins to experience suicidal thoughts in this act.
What is Act 3?
Shakespeare considered himself to be this and not a writer.
What is an actor?
Juliet was nearly forced to marry this man by her two strict royal parents.
Who is Paris?
The ball where Romeo and Juliet meet was hosted by this family.
Who are the Capulets?
These are the names of Romeo's two close aids; however, only one of them survives the play.
Who are Mercutio and Benvolio?
Mercutio is killed by Tybalt in this act.
What is Act 1?
Shakespeare was part of the team of men that assembled this famous theater in London where many of his plays were performed.
What is the Globe Theatre?
This woman was the first love that Romeo had in the play before he met Juliet.
Who is Rosaline?
A brawl here opens the play by showing the audience the previous conflict.
What are the streets?
Generally considered as more than a mother figure to Juliet than her actual mother, this person provides an embarrassing story about Juliet early in the play.
Who is the Nurse?
The famous "balcony scene" from the play, where Juliet delivers a very famous line from a balcony while Romeo watches from below in a garden, takes place in this act.
What is Act 2?
Shakespeare was born and baptized in this town.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
This was the name of Romeo's friend who was brutally murdered by Tybalt in the streets.
Who is Mercutio?
This Italian city was where the events of the play took place.
What is Verona?
This brave warrior that kills Romeo's friend in the streets and then gets killed by Romeo is a cousin to Juliet.
Who is Tybalt?
Paris confronts Romeo in this act, eventually dying next to Juliet before Romeo too kills himself with poison.
What is Act 5?
Shakespeare married this woman is 1582 and had three children with her.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
This religious leader secretly married Romeo and Juliet even though he initially had suspicions.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Juliet is here when the Nurse reveals to her about the events of the fight between Romeo and Tybalt.
What is Juliet's room?
This person is the only person in the play who is known to have a good relationship with both families.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Friar Laurence devises a clever plan to reunite the two lovers by sneaking Romeo back into Verona in this act.
What is Act 4?
These seven years were considered "The Lost Years" of Shakespeare's life.
What were the years of 1585-1592?
These two friends are both servants of the Capulet house that are the first characters to speak in the play.
Who are Sampson and Gregory?
Looking up at Juliet while she is on the balcony, Romeo is here.
What is the garden?