Plot Points
This event ignites the feud between the Montague and Capulet households in the opening scene.
What is a street fight between their servants?
This fiery Capulet cousin meets his end by Romeo's hand.
Who is Tybalt Capulet?
"A plague o' both your..."
What is "houses?
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Who is Juliet?
This is the century in which Shakespeare was alive.
What is the 16th century?
Romeo and Juliet first meet at this event.
What is the Capulet party / ball?
This holy man devises a secret plan for two star-crossed lovers.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
"O Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and..."
What is "refuse thy name"?
“Younger than she are happy mothers made.”
Who is Paris?
This is the city where the Globe Theatre was built.
What is London?
After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo does this.
What is kill Tybalt for revenge?
This man is known for his wit and loyalty to his friends.
Who is Mercutio?
"These violent delights have..."
What is "violent ends"?
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Who is the Prince?
Where was Shakespeare born?
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
To reunite Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence comes up with this plan.
What is giving Juliet a sleeping potion to fake her death?
She offers Juliet advice, comic relief, and emotional support.
Who is the Nurse?
“My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a..."
What is "loathed enemy"?
“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”
Who is Mercutio?
Which historical era did Shakespeare live in?
What is the Elizabethan era?
This misunderstanding leads Romeo to believe that Juliet is truly dead.
What is receiving false information from Balthasar?
This character is betrothed to Juliet but is unaware of her true feelings.
Who is Paris?
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest…”
What is "flower of all the field.”
“I do bite my thumb, sir.”
Who is Sampson?
This type of meter, used throughout Romeo and Juliet, mimics natural speech and is defined by ten syllables per line in an unstressed-stressed pattern.
What is iambic pentameter?