Vocabulary
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
Who does Juliet originally want to marry?
No one
Who does Mercutio think Romeo is in love with?
Rosaline
Thursday
Loves Romeo and is loyal to him
Juliet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
Sonnet
Where does the play take place?
Verona, Italy
To what does the Friar compare Romeo and Juliet's love to?
Fire and powder
Wants peace and banishes Romeo for his actions in Act III
Prince
the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage
Aside
How many times do Romeo and Juliet kiss?
Twice
What is the Friar's fear of marrying the couple?
He may get in trouble with the two families or he fears Romeo and Juliet aren't really in love.
The person who helps Romeo and Juliet get married
Nurse
two lines of poetry that come one after another and rhyme with each other
Rhyming couplet
Why does Juliet not want Romeo to swear his love's allegiance by the moon?
The moon is inconstant and always changing
Where was Romeo banished to?
Mantua
Romeo's spiritual advisor
Friar Laurence
a long speech by one actor in a play or movie
Monologue
At the end of scene 5, what does Nurse suggest Juliet do?
At the beginning of Act III, who says the following:
"I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire.
The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,
And, if we meet we shall not 'scape a brawl..."
Benvolio