Who Said That???
"Ask around for me tomorrow, and you’ll find I’m a ‘grave’ man."
Who is Mercutio?
Juliet's mother thinks Juliet is crying for this reason. *
What is because Tybalt is dead?
Juliet uses this literary technique during her conversation with Paris at the cell to speak the truth without revealing her secret marriage.
What is double entendre?
Name the servant who brings Romeo the news of Juliet’s "death" in Mantua before the Friar’s letter can arrive.
Who is Balthasar?
A great misfortune or disaster.
What is calamity?
“Trouble has taken a fancy to you: you’re married to misfortune!”
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Capulet threatens to do this to Juliet if she doesn't marry Paris.
What is disown her?
Name 2 out of the three fears that Juliet has before taking the sleeping potion.
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What is the potion not working at all?
What is the potion being poisoned by FL?
What is waking up too soon?
This specific historical event prevented Friar John from delivering the letter to Romeo, leading to the play's tragic misunderstanding.
What is the infectious pestilence (the plague)?
To regard everything with extreme repugnance or hatred.
What is to abhor?
"I plead for justice, which you, the Prince, must give. Romeo killed Tybalt. Romeo must die.”
Who is Lady Capulet?
Explain Romeo's role in Mercutio's death.
What is he gets in Mercutio's way when Tybalt stabs him?
Upon finding Juliet "dead," Lord Capulet states that all their "wedding cheer" has been turned into this.
What is a sad burial feast (or black funeral)?
At the end of the play, the families finally reconcile and promise to build these to honor the "faithful" lovers.
What are statues of pure gold?
To influence by trickery or flattery; to mislead/
What is to beguile?
"Life and these lips have long been separated. Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field"
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Who is Lord Capulet?
Bonus: Name that poetic device? +50PTS
The Prince is extra upset about the brawl for this reason.
Because his is related to Mercutio
In her Act 4.3 soliloquy, Juliet places this object next to her bed as a "backup" in case the Friar's potion fails to work.
What is a knife(dagger)?
What is jointure(dowry)?
To rot or Decay.
What is to fester?
"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. And I for winking at your discords too Have lost a brace of kinsman. All are punished."
Who is the Prince?
Juliet was told she had to marry Paris on this day. *
What is Thursday?
Bonus: What day of the week does Juliet first "die"? + 100PTS
During her Act 4.3 soliloquy, Juliet realizes she must act her "dismal scene" alone, highlighting her total isolation from these two maternal figures she previously relied on for comfort.
Who are Lady Capulet and the Nurse?
Romeo declares, “Then I ____ you, stars!” when he decides to take his fate into his own hands.
What is deny?
What is a paramour?