Terms
Quotes
Themes
Prologue
Misc
100
What term means a long uninterrupted speech spoken by one actor in which other characters are present? 
Monologue
100

"O Romeo, Romeo,

wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name,

Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And I’ll no longer be a Capulet."

Juliet (2.1.74-8). 
100
Common 16th century belief that if you didn't fall in love at first sight then you weren't really in love
Love at first sight
100

Two households, both alike in dignity, 

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, 

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, 

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 

There's an old feud between the families. No one knows the reason why they fell out, but the feud continues with new generations of Montagues and Capulets. 
100
What is a oxymoron? 
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. 
200
What is an aside? 
A brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters. 
200

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. 

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief

That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars

As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night."

Romeo (2.1.44-64)
200
Explain how the theme of hate is represented in the play. 
The two families hate each other and are constantly fighting, causing many deaths. No one really knows why they are fighting as they fell out so long ago. 
200

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, 

A pair of star-cross'd lover take their life; 

Whole misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife

Their adventure went wrong, but one good thing came from it in that it stopped all the hate and bloodshed. 
200
What is a soliloquy?
A long uninterrupted speech spoken by one actor alone on stage where the audience gets to know their innermost thoughts
300
What is the difference between an act and a scene? 
An act is the main division of a drama. A scene is a small unit of a play in which there is no shift of locale or time. 
300

"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. . . ." 

The Chorus (Prologue 5-8)
300
This was another common belief that your future was mapped out in the stars and you couldn't influence the future in anyway. Just like us reading out horoscopes really. 
Fate
300

The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,

And the continuance of their parents' rage,

Which, but their children's end, nought could remove

The time they had together was very dangerous and they died at the hands of fate
300
What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre? 
The Globe Theatre
400
Give an example of dramatic irony in the play. 
Dramatic irony happens when the audience knows something that the characters do not. Romeo killing himself because he thinks Juliet is dead is an example of dramatic irony as the audience knows that she is actually alive. 
400

"O, 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,

Drawn with a team of little atomi

Athwart men’s noses as they lie asleep."

Mercutio (1.4.53-59)
400
Another theme in the play is loyalty. Some characters have certain loyalties. These loyalties become hard to maintain when certain decisions have to be made. What are examples of this within the play? 
The Nurse and Juliet, the friar to Romeo, and the Montagues and Capulets
400

The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,

And the continuance of their parents' rage,

Which, but their children's end, nought could remove

Only the death of their own children would make them stop hating the other family and make them call a truce
400
Most people watching the play were illiterate. What would they do if they didn't understand or enjoy the play? 
They would throw whatever was handy at the actors on the stage
500
Explain what a "foil" is and give examples. 
A foil is a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. Mercutio is a foil to Romeo. 
500
"A plague o'both your houses!"
Mercutio (3.1.104)
500
Many of the characters lie and deceive to get what they want. Give some examples. 
The Friar, Romeo, and Juliet all lie to further their own plans with the marriage. 
500

Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;

The which if you with patient ears attend, 

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. 

The play lasts for two hours and you need to listen and be patient. If you don't understand what I'v just said in this prologue, I'll work hard to help you understand in the action that's about to happen. 
500
Name three Montagues and three Capulets (other than the parents) 
Montagues: Romeo, Benvolio, Balthasar, Mercutio, Friar Lawerence

Capulets: Juliet, Paris, Nurse, Tybalt

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