Key Events
Who is responsible for killing Mercutio?
Tybalt
What character would like to marry Juliet?
Paris
You are a lover. Borrow Cupid’s wings
Allusion
“But my true love is grown to such excess / I cannot sum up some of half my wealth”
Love / Romance
What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?
Tragedy
Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?
At the Lord Capulet Party
Who is Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.
Simile
"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
Violence / Conflict
What city is the play set in?
Verona
Why does Friar Laurence marry the two teenagers?
To end the families feud
What fictional, dreamlike character is described in Mercutio on Act 1?
Queen Mab
A pair of star-crossed lovers…Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife
Foreshadowing
"Star-crossed lovers" & "Then I defy you, stars"
Fate vs Free Will
What does Juliet take to prevent the marriage with Paris?
A sleeping poison
Who discovers Juliet's "dead" body?
Nurse
Who was Romeo's first girlfriend?
Rosaline
Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word
Allusion
Juliet’s mother insists that she’s reached “a pretty age” (I.iii.11), but her father describes her as “yet a stranger in the world” (I.ii.8) and hence not yet ready to marry.
Youth / Being young
What does Mercutio say as he is dying, cursing both the Capulets and the Montagues?
"A plague o' both your houses!"
What happens to Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo?
An outbreak of plague forces Friar John into quarantine and prevents him from delivering Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo
What character is supposed to deliver the letter to Romeo in Mantua?
Friar John
Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;
She’s the hopeful lady of my earth
Personification
Juliet: Deny thy father, refuse thy name" and "Juliet: I'll no longer be a Capulet"
or
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes"
Individual vs Society
In the beginning of the play Lord Capulet doesn’t want Juliet to marry Paris because
She's too young