Literary terms
A comparison using like or as, such as when Friar Laurence says "These violent delights have violent/ ends/ And in their triumph die, like fire and powder."
What is a simile?
In love with the idea of being in love, this lunar cousin of Juliet pulls Romeo's heartstrings at the beginning of the play.
Who is Rosaline?
Juliet stabs herself because....
What is Romeo is dead?
This is the advice Benvolio and Mercutio give Romeo at the beginning of the play.
“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man... I am hurt. / A plague o’ both houses! I am sped. / Is he gone and hath nothing?”
Who is Mercutio?
A hint of things to come, such as when Juliet sees Tybalt's ghost before taking the potion.
What is foreshadowing?
Romeo hears about the Capulet party by bumping into a servant on the streets who asks him to do this.
What is read the invitations?
Before she takes the drugs given to her by Friar Lawrence, Juliet fears she will awaken and...
What is see the dead bodies around her?
What is to end the family feud?
“Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir, My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all--life, living, all is Death's.”
Who is Lord Capulet?
A speech to the audience- which no other characters hear- that reveals a character’s innermost thoughts and feelings, such as Romeo's famous lines:
"But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon"
What is a soliloquy?
After killing Tybalt, when Romeo thinks his life is controlled by Fate, he claims he is this fool.
What is Fortune's Fool?
When Romeo says:
“But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks. It is the east and Juliet is the sun,"
this quotation is an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
Romeo, Juliet, Friar Laurence, and this character are the only ones who know of the secret marriage.
Who is the Nurse?
" What, rouse thee, man! thy Juliet is alive,
For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead;
There art thou happy: Tybalt would kill thee,
But thou slew'st Tybalt; there are thou happy too:
The law that threatened death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy:
Who is Friar Laurence?
This is when the character is unaware of something, but the audience knows, such as when the audience knows Romeo has killed Tybalt while Juliet yearns for Romeo:
"Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browned night; Give me my Romeo."
What is dramatic irony?
Knowing the Apothecary is desperate for money, Romeo makes him sell this.
What is poison?
If Juliet refuses to marry Paris, her father will...
What is kick her out of his house?
This is who Mercutio blames for making him a "grave man."
Who are Montagues & Capulets/ Romeo & Tybalt?
“There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls, / Doing more murder in this loathsome world / Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. / I see thee poison; thou hast sold me none.”
Who is Romeo?
This is a noble character with a weakness or tragic flaw. One could argue Romeo's flaw is that he acts too rash.
What is a tragic hero?
This is the reason why Mercutio blames Romeo for his death.
What is because Romeo gets in the middle of him and Tybalt?
What is poison?
The Nurse describes this person as a "man of wax" while Lady Capulet calls him "a flower."
Who is Paris?
“What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
Who is Tybalt?