Act 1
This character can be described as fiery, impulsive, and passionate.
Who is Tybalt?
Friar Laurence says Romeo falls in love based on this...
The lady's beauty or physical appearance.
Romeo won't fight Tybalt for this reason.
They are family now because Romeo secretly married Juliet.
Why is Lord Capulet in a great mood in Scene 4?
Juliet is about to marry Paris.
Due to Romeo killing Tybalt, he deserves the consequence of banishment.
Warrant
Give two reasons why Lord Capulet is unwilling to offer Juliet's hand in marriage to Paris.
1. Juliet is too young
2. Juliet marries for love/or gives consent.
What literary device is being used: "Goodnight! Goodnight! Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Oxymorn
Which character changed from being peaceful to being violent?
Lady Capulet
Why does Juliet tell her father that she will obey him?
She is playing along until her plan to "die" from the poison.
Juliet stares out the window, deeply in her thoughts.
Pensive
Which character mocks Romeo's melancholy and his thoughts on love?
Who is Mercutio?
What object does Romeo compare Juliet's beauty to?
The sun
Which character changed from doting to patriarchal?
Lord Capulet
What is Paris' reaction to Juliet's death?
He's very selfish and feels cheated. He isn't concerned about Juliet or her family.
The Capulets and the Montague families mourned the young losses of their children.
Lament
Who is the Prince talking about when he says "Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, profaners of this neighbor-stained steel"?
The Montagues and the Capulet families.
What literary device is used in Friar Laurence's soliloquy?
Foreshadowing
What is the literary term: dramatic irony?
The audience/reader know what is going on, but the characters do not.
What is Juliet worried about taking the potion during her soliloquy? Give 2 examples.
1. What if it doesn't work?
2. What if it kills her?
3. What if she wakes up too soon?
4. What if she sees bloody Tybalt?
5. What if she goes insane?
Dismal
Mercutio's speech about "Queen Mab" is a metaphor for what?
**Double points** What does that reference mean?
"Prince of Cats" - fights properly and follows the rules, kind of sissy-like
What two types of birds represent night and day?
Nightingale and lark.
What is the second plan Friar Laurence devises for Romeo and Juliet?
1. Juliet takes the potion and "dies" but really sleep for 42 hours.
2. She would be buried.
3. Romeo will come to her before she awakes. Friar will communicate his plan to Romeo via letters.
Tybalt sent tens of hundreds of letters to the Montagues' mailbox complaining and challenging them to a duel.
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