Vocab #1
Future generations
Posterity
Who threatens to kill Romeo?
Tybalt
An enemy or opponent
Adversary
Where is the setting of the play
Verona , Italy
Who asks Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage?
Paris
Forming the reason for complaint or resistance
Grievance
Romeo tells this character to give a message to Juliet.
The Nurse
a group of persons of common ancestry; clan
KIN
Shakespeare lived here when he wrote the play.
England
Who was Romeo in love with at the beginning of the play?
Rosaline
To bring trouble , distress
VEX
These two characters try to get Romeo to go home after the party.
Benvolio and Mercutio
to achieve success
Flourish
What families are the center of a feud in the play
Capulets and Montagues
What does the Prince order after the fight in the first scene?
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
To make greater or more numerous
Augment
Who will marry the two characters
Fr. Laurence
Having or showing discernment, good judgement
Discreet
What does Juliet mean by this line?
What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other word would smell as sweet.
Things are what they are no matter what name is given to them.
Who are the characters that know of the marriage plan?
Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Friar Laurence
highly damaging or destructive often in a way that is not easily seen or noticed
Pernicious
Who are the two characters who open the play and get into a fight at the end of the first scene?
Gregory and Sampson
possessing or acting with bravery or boldness; courageous
Valiant
Romeo compares Juliet to these two examples we explained in class.
The Sunrise and her eyes as stars in the sky.
There are three examples of foreshadowing that we have talked about in the play so far about Romeo what are they.
Friar warns Romeo not to let his passions run away with him. Act 2 scene 6
Romeo says he has a strange feeling that what happens next will lead to his untimely death, but he’s ready to accept whatever fate brings. Act 1 scene 3
Friar Laurence delivers a speech about the power of herbs and plants to both heal and poison. Act 2 scene3