Tragically Speaking
The first major tragedy in the play occurs when this character is fatally wounded under Romeo’s arm.
Who is Mercutio?
Prince Escalus warns both families that if they fight in the streets again, this will be their punishment.
What is death?
A long speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, often when alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
What is a pun?
A plague o’ both your houses!
Who is Mercutio?
Seeing Romeo dead, Juliet refuses to leave with Friar Laurence and instead takes her own life using this object
What is a dagger?
After Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt, escalating the feud and leading to this punishment from the Prince.
What is banishment?
da-Dum, da-Dum, da-Dum, da-Dum, da-Dum
What is iambic pentameter?
Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir;
My daughter he hath wedded.
What is personification?
What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.
Who is Tybalt?
After finding Juliet in the Capulet tomb, this character fights Romeo and is killed.
Who is Paris?
In the opening scene, this Capulet servant bites his thumb at Montague servants, provoking a fight.
Who is Samson?
This archaic pronoun, often seen in Shakespeare’s plays, is the informal version of "you."
What is "thou"?
Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hit
With Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit
What is an allusion?
My only love sprung from my only hate!
Who is Juliet?
Why is Friar John delayed in taking the news of Juliet’s fake death to Romeo?
What is "he has the plague"?
This character, who serves as a peacemaker, attempts to break up the street fight in the opening scene.
Who is Benvolio?
Be not afeard! This word was not commonly used by Shakespeare.
What is "don't"?
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
What is hyperbole?
These violent delights have violent ends.
Who is Friar Laurence?
Believing Juliet to be truly dead, Romeo purchases poison from this desperate man in Mantua.
Who is the apothecary?
This Capulet warns Tybalt not to start a fight with Romeo at the Capulet ball, telling him to leave the matter alone.
Who is Lord Capulet?
This term refers to the shift in thought or argument that often occurs in the final rhyming couplet
What is a volta?
O brawling love! O loving hate!
What is an oxymoron?
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Who is Prince Escalus?