R&J Character Info
Who does Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry?
Who is, County Paris, cousin of The Prince
What event begins the play, Romeo and Juliet?
what is, a street fight between the servants of Capulet and Montague
Who says:
If ever you disturb the street again
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace!
What is, The Prince
What is, MEN/MALE
What’s the relationship between the claim in a topic sentence and the claim in a thesis statement
what is, The claim in a thesis is meant to be broad enough that it will support an entire essay versus the topic sentence which needs to narrow in focus to one paragraph
How old is Juliet at the start of the play?
Why is Romeo depressed at the start of the play? He talks with Benvolio, his cousin about his issue?
What is, Romeo is in love with Rosaline, who doesn't love her back.
Who says:
Oh then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate stone
On the forefinger of an alderman
What is, Mercutio
What does the Greek word "Hamartia" translate to?
What is, Tragic Flaw
The goal of Analytical Writing is:
what is, To focus on expressing specific, arguable ideas about a novel or story
Who is the character that kills Mercutio in Act 3?
what is, Tybalt Capulet
Where do Romeo and Juliet make plans to get married?
What is, During the beginning of Act 2 when they meet in her family's garden, at her balcony
Who says:
In one respect I'll thy assistant be,
For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households' rancor to pure love.
What is, The Friar
In order to be a tragic hero, the hero must endure a tremendous amount of what during his story?
A Lead-in in a paragraph refers to information about evidence that answers:
what is, The context: “who, what, when, where”
Who incorrectly tells Romeo that he's seen Juliet laid to rest, dead in Capel's Monument?
Who is, Balthasar
What prompts Juliet to visit the Friar at the beginning of Act 4?
What is, Juliet has been threatened by her father that she'll be thrown out if she doesn't marry Paris on Thursday next.
Who says:
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face.
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical,
Dove-feather’d raven, wolvish-ravening lamb!
Juliet Capulet
What is, inward struggle (also OK internal conflict)
In the conclusion of an essay, what’s the goal of the “so what”?
what is, It’s the acknowledgement that your essay is about more than a book but about real life as well.
Who sells Romeo a poison that he intends to use to kill himself once he arrives at Juliet's tomb. This character says "my poverty not my will consent"
Who is, The apothecary
Where is Romeo banished after he kills Tybalt?
What is, Mantua
Who says:
O, the blood is spill’d
Of my dear kinsman. Prince, as thou art true,
for blood of ours shed blood of Montague.
Lady Capulet
A key element of the end of a Shakespearean tragedy is that a tragic hero will eventually recognize what?
What is, his own fault or flaw
What’s the value in having multiple pieces of evidence in a paragraph?
what is, It is more convincing to support a claim with a pattern of evidence.