Terms
Scene 1
Scenes 2 & 3
Scenes 4 & 5
Vocabulary
100
Define soliloquy.
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
100

The Friar gives Paris two reasons why he cannot perform the ceremony, but what is the real reason?

She is already married to Romeo.

100
Why is Lady Capulet concerned about moving the date of the wedding?
Because there isn't enough time to prepare for the wedding.
100

This is how Paris feels about Juliet's death.

He feels cheated. He doesn't consider the Capulets' feelings, but his own.

100

"Despised, distressed, hated, martyred, killed! - Distressed means

upset, troubled
200
Define dramatic irony.
There is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true.
200
At the beginning of Act IV, what day is it?
Tuesday.
200

This is why Juliet tell her father that she will obey him and that she is apologetic for her reaction to marrying Paris.

Because she knows that she really won't marry Paris. She's just playing along with her father to make him happy, but she has other plans her father isn't aware of.

200

How has the atmosphere in the Capulet household changed during this Act?

They went from arguing about the wedding to being joyous. Juliet's parents went from wanting to disown her for not marrying Paris to being extremely happy about Juliet's change of heart.

200

The word ordained means

appointed, annointed

300
Give an example of dramatic irony from this act.
Example: When Juliet "dies" the audience knows that she isn't really dead, but the characters don't (Lady Capulet, Capulet, Nurse, etc.)
300
Why is Paris at the Friar's cell?
To discuss his marriage to Juliet.
300

To what day does Capulet move the wedding once Juliet agrees?

Wednesday.

300

Why doesn't the nurse know that Juliet is "dead" when she first enters her room?

Because curtains are blocking her from viewing Juliet clearly.

300

Our instruments to melancholy bells. - Melancholy means

Sad, sorrowful

400
Define comic relief.
A technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of a literary work by introducing a humorous character or situation.
400

Juliet lists six things she would rather do than marry Paris. Name two.

1. Leap from a tower 2. Be chained with roaring bears 3. Lurk where serpeants are 4. Walk in thievish ways 5. Hide in a charnal house 6. Be hidden with a dead man in his shroud

400
How does Juliet get her mother and the Nurse to leave her room?
She tells the her mother to leave her because her mother has so much to do to prepare for the wedding tomorrow. She tells the nurse to go help her mother with the preparations. She also tells the nurse that she must pray through the night for God to forgive her of her selfish, sinful ways.
400

In scene v, the Nurse's repetition of words like "woeful" and "lamentable" signify this.

Her mental and emotional state. She is so taken by grief, that the only words she has are ones of sadness. She cannot wrap her mind around what has happened.

400

"Why cam'st thou now to murder, murder our solemnity?" - Solemnity means

ceremony, splendor, celebration

500
What charcaters give comic relief?
Example: the musicians
500

This detail about Friar Lawrence, revealed earlier in the play, takes on new, important meaning in Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

The Friar's understanding of herbs and flowers that will allow him to make a potion for Juliet.

500

During her soliloquy in scene three, Juliet discusses her concerns about taking the potion. What are her three concerns?

1. What if it doesn't work? 2. What if it is a poison meant to kill her? 3. What if she wakes up too soon? 

500

Why does the Friar tell the Capulets they should rejoice in Juliet's death?

Because she is blessed in heaven. Act IV scene v Line 76. 

500

"In all her best array bear her to church." The word "array" most nearly means

clothing

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