Name one piece of irony Shakespeare uses in this play.
What is
1. Romeo notices Juliet does not look dead, but kills himself anyways.
2. Friar Lawrence arrives at the tomb just after Romeo has died.
3. Friar Lawrence & Juliet do not approve of the hasty marriage to Paris, yet the entire relationship/marriage to Romeo is hasty.
4. Anything else Mrs. D feels exemplifies irony.
100
"Then I defy you, stars!"
Who is Romeo?
100
Friar Lawrence realizes Romeo never got his letter.
What is scene 2?
100
"This letter was not nice but full of charge."
What is this letter is not casual but of much importance?
200
"My intents are savage wild, more fierce than empty tigers or the roaring sea."
What is metaphor?
200
Explain the ironic nature of love and hate in this play.
What is Romeo and Juliet ultimately died because they couldn't be together due to their parent's hatred?
200
"The letter was not nice but full of charge, and the neglecting it may do much danger."
Who is Friar Lawrence?
200
Paris speaks his last request that he be buried with Juliet.
What is scene 3?
200
"Death that hath sucked the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty."
What is "You do not look dead yet."
300
"I dreamt my lady came and found me dead...."
What is foreshadowing?
300
Why does Shakespeare write Romeo & Juliet over the course of only four days?
What is to show the rash decisions made by the characters, and to add suspense?
300
"His looks I fear, his intents I doubt."
Who is Balthazar?
300
Romeo is joyful and feels good news is on its way.
What is scene 1?
300
"A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intentions."
What is God has intervened and turned our good intentions into tragedy?
400
"Thou detestable womb of death, I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, and in despite I'll cram thee with more food."
What is personification?
400
Name one moral of this play, starting with, "Do not..."
What is
1. Do not tell secrets.
2. Do not make rash, hurried, decisions.
3. Do not ignore your children's opinions
4. Do not ignore your parents' decisions.
400
"Thus with a kiss, I die."
Who is Romeo?
400
Friar Lawrence admits to all the secrets he's kept about Romeo and Juliet's marriage.
What is scene 3?
400
I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious tale.
What is, I will be brief because I will not live long enough to tell a long tale?
500
Prince says that the Friar has always been a holy man, yet Friar has committed many acts of unethical behavior.
What is irony?
500
Shakespeare uses foils, or characters that sharply contrast each other, to enhance the characters' personalities. Name one SET of foil characters (two names, total).
What is
1. Nurse and Friar Lawrence (bawdy vs. holy)
2. Mercutio and Romeo (skeptic vs. lover)
3. Tybalt vs. Benvolio (aggressive vs. peacemaker)
500
"For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
What is Prince?
500
How many scenes are in Act 5?
What is 3?
500
But the true ground of all these piteous woes we cannot without circumstance descry."
What is we can't determine the reasons for this tragedy without more information?