Characters
I am the only child of the Capulets.
Who is Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet is a _________.
love story
historical play
tragedy
comedy
What is tragedy?
The length of time that Juliet would be "dead"
What is forty-two hours?
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Two rhyming lines are called
What is a couplet?
The name of the theater in which Shakespeare owned 10% of
What is The Globe?
"This, by his voice is a Montague./ Fetch me my rapier boy."
Who is Tybalt ?
"Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling:
Being but heavy, I will bear the light."
"This is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die" are two different examples of this figurative language that is used heavily in R & J.
What is a pun?
The name of the acting company that he was associated with
What is Lord Chamberlain's Company or The King's Men?
"She doth teach the torches to burn bright!/Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
Who is Romeo?
Shakespeare wrote _________ sonnets .
A. approximately1500
b. approximately 150
c. approximately 100
d. we are unsure
What is B? Believed to be 154
Explain the differences between monologue, dialogue, & soliloquy.
Looking for key elements:
Dialogue - between characters
Monologue - long speech by single character..can by other characters on stage
Soliloquy - single character speaking thoughts aloud..usually only person on stage
"For never was a story more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo"
Who is Prince Escalus? Last line of the play