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?
Romeo killed himself using this.
What is poison?
Juliet stabs herself because....
What is Romeo is dead?
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because...
What is to end the family feud?
“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?
This is when the character is unaware of something, but the audience knows, such as when the audience knows Juliet is not actually dead but Romeo does not:
"Beauty's ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death's pale flag is not advanced there."
What is dramatic irony?
Romeo does not want to go to the Capulet party because of this.
What is a bad dream.
Lord Capulet says that he will do this if Juliet refuses to marry Paris.
What is kick Juliet out of the house?
This is the advice Benvolio and Mercutio give Romeo at the beginning of the play.
What is go to the Capulet party to meet new people?
"Oh churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after"
Who is Juliet?
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?
Romeo manipulates the apothecary to give him poison because of the apothecary's need for this.
What is Money?
When Lord Capulet says after finding Juliet "dead":
"Death is my son-in-law; death is my heir"
What literary element is he using?
What is a metaphor?
Romeo, Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and this character are the only ones who know of the secret marriage for the majority of the play.
Who is the Nurse?
“What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
Who is Tybalt?
A comment said to the audience while other characters are on stage. It is only heard by the audience.
Ex. When Romeo asks the audience if he should keep secretly listening to Juliet during the balcony scene
What is aside?
This is the reason why Mercutio blames Romeo for his death.
What is getting in the way?
Juliet kisses Romeo at the end of the play, hoping to get some of this off his lips.
What is poison?
This is who Mercutio blames for making him a "grave man."
Who are both houses ( the 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?
A speech to the audience- with no other characters on stage - 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?
Friar Lawrence warns Juliet to not have this emotion when she enacts the plan.
What is "womanish fear"
The Nurse describes this person as a "man of wax" while Lady Capulet calls him "a flower."
Who is Paris?
" 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 Lawrence?