Plot Points
The Nurse creates confusion for Juliet after Tybalt's death in this way.
What is exclaiming, 'Ah weraday, he's dead, he's dead, he's dead!' without specifying she means Tybalt, not Romeo?
'It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear--/Beauty too rich for use, for Earth too dear.'
Who is Romeo?
Wherefore means this.
What is why?
He recommends that Romeo 'examine other beauties'.
Who is Benvolio?
Lady Capulet responds in this way after Capulet threatens to disown Juliet.
What is 'Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee'?
'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 kinsmen. All are punished.'
Who is the Prince?
'Prithee' means this.
What is 'please' (or 'I pray thee [do this]')?
She swears that with a certain condition, her 'grave is like to be [her] wedding bed'.
Who is Juliet?
Mercutio taunts Benvolio that he is too quick to do this.
What is fight?
'Alack, alack, is it not like that I,/So early waking, what with loathsome smells,/ And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth,/That living mortals, hearing them, run mad--'
Who is Juliet?
In the following quote, the word 'an' means this:
'An I might live to see thee married once, I have my wish.'
What is 'if'?
It is said that she swears that 'she will still live chaste'.
Who is Rosaline?
Romeo decries that this made Mercutio die.
What is 'sweet Juliet', whose 'beauty hath made [him] effeminate'?
'If love be rough with you, be rough with love.'
Who is Mercutio?
The difference between 'thou', 'thee' and 'thy'.
What is 'you' as a subject, object and possessive?
He promises to scatter flowers on his beloved's 'bridal bed' as well as 'with sweet water nightly ... dew' it.
Who is Paris?
Before Romeo and Juliet kiss, they employ this metaphor for the use of their hands and lips.
What is a pilgrim and a saint?
'Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine/Hath washed thy sallow cheeks ...How much salt water thrown away in waste/To season love, that of it doth not taste!'
Who is Friar Lawrence?
'Fain' means this.
What is 'gladly'?
He vows that '[e]ither thou or I, or both, must go with' Mercutio!
Who is Romeo?