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I work for the Capulet family. I am hardly ever serious and love to joke around, but I am fiercely protective when I need to be, especially when it comes to the girl I helped raise.
Nurse
I am the peacekeeper in most quarrels. I’m a rather sensitive soul who people can trust to tell the truth even if it means compromising my own family. I tried to get Romeo to forget about Rosaline.
Benvolio
Who spoke this quote: “Did my heart love till now? / Forswear it, sight! / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”
Romeo
Why exactly did Tybalt challenge Romeo to a duel?
For crashing the Capulet party
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
I wear my heart on my sleeve. I fall in love easily and unapologetically.My tragic flaw is my impulsiveness.
Romeo
I am young, inexperienced, and careful with my decisions. I overthink everything, and yet, my emotions largely control me. I’m rebellious of my parents’ wishes and, instead, follow my heart.
Juliet
Who spoke this quote: “Peace? I hate the word as I hate hell and all Montagues.”
Tybalt
Who was Romeo's first love?
Rosaline
What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
abab cdcd efef gg
I am also known as the Prince of Cats. I anger easily, am the best swordsman in town, and value honor and family loyalty more than anything.
Tybalt
I am best friends with Romeo. I constantly make light of serious situations and insert inappropriate innuendos into casual conversation. The Prince is my kinsman.
Mercutio
Who spoke this quote: “These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder / Which, as they kiss, consume”
Friar Laurence
Where was Romeo exiled?
Mantua
How is a sonnet segmented / sectioned?
3 quatrains, 1 couplet
I am the mastermind behind many of the major plans formed in this play. Romeo comes to me for advice often, and I don’t hesitate to give him my honest opinion when he does.
Friar Laurence
I am a wealthy, desirable bachelor who’s only kind of old; any woman would be lucky to have me as her husband. I am related to Mercutio and the Prince.
Paris
Who spoke this quote: “True, I talk of dreams, / Which are the children of an idle brain, / Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.”
Mercutio
Who convinced Romeo to go to the Capulet party?
Benvolio
What is the purpose of the couplet?
To resolve / sum up the sonnet
I was married and had children too young. I am vain and too consumed with my looks. I am envious of people who are younger and prettier than me.
Lady Capulet
I am Romeo's "man." I am his servant who travels to and from Verona and Mantua to deliver him new.
Balthasar
Who spoke this quote: “And too soon marred are those so early made. / Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she. / She’s the hopeful lady of my earth.”
Lord Capulet
At one point in the play do we first learn about Romeo and Juliet’s eventual deaths?
Prologue
Tell me about the rules of iambic pentameter. How many syllables in each line? What types of syllables make up each line? What is always the order of those syllables?
10 syllables, unstressed and stressed in rotating order