Characters
How does Paris feel about moving the wedding up?
He is excited and states that the wedding can't get here fast enough!
In the first act of the play, what does the Prince say will happen the next time the Montagues and Capulets disturb the peace of Verona?
All involved will suffer the death penalty
Doomed
How does Romeo die?
He drinks poison
How does Juliet die?
She stabs herself with Romeo's knife
When Lord Capulet hears Juliet's refusal to marry Paris, what does he do? How does he respond?
He becomes furious and threatens to disown her
What is the Prince's punishment for Romeo following Tybalt's murder?
Rather than have him put to death, the Prince banishes Romeo to Mantua.
The Capulets and Montagues are both alike "in dignity." What does this mean?
Both families are wealthy and of high social status in Verona
When Romeo first tells Friar Lawrence about his love for Juliet, he claims it's different from his love for Rosaline. Why is his love for Juliet different?
Unlike his love for Rosaline, his love for Juliet is returned.
After Juliet takes the potion, what will the Friar do?
Send a letter to Romeo explaining the plan, and telling him to come get Juliet so they can run away together to Mantua
Who is more of an angry hot-head: Benvolio or Tybalt?
Tybalt
According to the Prologue (before Act I), this ultimately ends the fighting between the Capulets and Montagues
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo?
Friar John is quarantined due to the plague
In Act III, why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?
Romeo doesn't want to fight his own kinsman now that he and Juliet are married.
After taking the potion, Juliet starts to slip out of consciousness. What does she think she sees as she's losing consciousness?
Tybalt's ghost seeking Romeo
True or False: Romeo is from a poor family, while Juliet is from a wealthy family.
False
True or False: By the end of Act I, both Romeo and Juliet know that their new love interest is a member of the enemy family.
True
Why does Paris think Romeo has come to Juliet's grave?
To desecrate the graves of the Capulets
True or False: Romeo kills Paris.
True
Romeo: Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear,That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops—
Juliet: O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,That monthly changes in her circled orb,Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear by the moon?
Juliet tells him not to swear by the moon because it's constantly changing, and thus unstable.
In the opening scene of the play, the Capulets and Montagues are fighting. 1 person tries to stop the fight--who is he, and to which house does he belong? (Hint: He's a peace-keeper throughout the entire play, and one of the ones who survives the tragedy.)
Benvolio
This is a 2-part question; be sure to answer both parts!
At the Capulets' party, Tybalt talks to his uncle, Lord Capulet, about Romeo's presence.
What does Tybalt want to do about Romeo?
What does Lord Capulet want to do about Romeo?
1. Tybalt wants to confront Romeo and kick him out of the party.
2. Lord Capulet wants to leave Romeo alone, since he's being respectful and isn't causing any trouble.
What is a soliloquy?
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
This is a 2-part question; be sure to answer both parts!
Why does the apothecary NOT want to sell Romeo poison?
Why does the apothecary eventually agree to sell it to him?
1. The apothecary doesn't want to sell the poison because it's illegal to do so, and he doesn't want to get caught.
2. He ends up selling the poison to Romeo because he's poor and really needs the money.
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague?
It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man.
O, be some other name!
What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title.
Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself."
This is Juliet's soliloquy in Act II, Scene 2. What does Juliet think about how Romeo's name determines his character?
Juliet thinks that it doesn't matter what Romeo's last name is--he is still the person she's falling in love with, and their names shouldn't keep them apart.