Characters
The man Lord and Lady Capulet want their daughter to be with
Who is Paris?
The writers method of showing things--through dialogue, actions, and thoughts--that reveals the personality of a character
What is characterization?
The setting of the play
What is Verona, Italy?
"By giving liberty unto thine eyes, examine other beauties" (1.1.222) says this person, giving Romeo advice about moving on from Rosaline
Who is Benvolio?
The Sun, stars, the jealous moon...says Romeo in this type of solo speech about Juliet
What is a soliloquy?
“Lady, such a man As all the world ---- why he’s a man made of wax” (1.3.77-78), says this woman when talking about this man
Who is the Nurse talking about Paris?
Romeo's best friend
Who is Mercutio?
The final two lines of a sonnet
What is a rhyming couplet?
"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny" shows us what about these "two households, both alike in dignity"?
What is that they have been fighting for a very long time and are now facing a new conflict?
"That which we call a rose by any other name would sound as sweet" (2.2.43-44) says this character, talking about this problem that she's having
Who is Juliet talking about Romeo and the meaning of his name making their love impossible?
This famous description of Romeo and Juliet from the Prologue shows that it was never meant to be between the two; it wasn't "in the stars" (hint hint)
What is star-crossed lovers?
The original cause of Romeo's sadness
Who is Rosaline?
Stage direction indicating a group of characters is leaving the stage
What is exeunt?
"The which if you with patient ears attend
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend"
The Chorus, in these last 2 lines of the Prologue, is asking the audience to do what?
What is to listen carefully and let the performances of the actors make up for what the stage/props are lacking?
The reason Capulet's servant is upset about having been left with the list of party guests
What is his inability to read?
Romeo and Juliet's plan that they make on the balcony
What is send a messenger with when and where to meet tomorrow to get married?
Lady Capulet compares Paris to this object, saying Juliet will complete it by being this
What is a book and a cover?
Bawdy yet loving, she cuts short the pivotal meeting between Romeo and Juliet
Who is the Nurse?
A technique where the writer hints at what's to come
What is foreshadowing?
The reason Romeo agrees to go to the party with Benvolio
What is to see/talk to Rosaline?
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What is the typical rhyme scheme of an Elizabethan sonnet?
Servants for the Capulets
Who are Sampson and Gregory?
Puts two opposite things up against each other for humorous/dramatic effect. An example from the play is "heavy lightness"
What is an oxymoron?
This literary device is used when Romeo and Mercutio talk about what happened the night before the party
What is foreshadowing?
Label the rhyme scheme of the Act II Prologue:
Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie,
And young affection gapes to be his heir;
That fair for which love groaned for and would die,
With tender Juliet matched, is now not fair.
Now Romeo is beloved and loves again,
Alike bewitched by the charm of looks;
But to his foe supposed he must complain,
And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks.
Being held a foe, he may not have access
To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear;
And she as much in love, her means much less
To meet her new beloved any where.
But passion lends them power, time means, to meet,
Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.
What is: ABAB CDCD EBEB FF?
Servants for the Montagues
Who are Abraham and Balthasar?
A group of four lines within a sonnet, typically with alternating rhyme scheme
Juliet's aggressive and slightly overprotective cousin, he loses it when he realizes a Montague is at his family's party
Who is Tybalt?
consists of five patterns of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
What is iambic pentameter?
Paraphrase quatrain 3 of the Act II Prologue:
Being held a foe, he may not have access
To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear;
And she as much in love, her means much less
To meet her new beloved any where.
What is:
Because he is an enemy, he may not have as many opportunities
To express his love to Juliet like lovers do
She is just as much in love with him, but she as even fewer chances
To go and meet him.