Miscellaneous
Romeo and Juliet is this type of play
What is a Tragedy?
She takes good care of Juliet and treats her as if she were her own daughter.
Who is the nurse?
"A plague o' both your houses!"
Who is Mercutio?
A reference made to another well-known work or event that is included in a piece of literature.
What is an allusion?
The year William Shakespeare was born.
What is 1564?
Juliet agrees to marry Paris because it is part of Friar Lawrences plan is an example of this type of literary device.
What is Dramatic Irony?
He can be described as a "fickle" young man, falling in and out of love very quickly.
Who is Romeo?
"Tybalt wanted to kill you, but you killed him. You are fortunate."
Who is Friar Lawrence?
"Death is my son-in-law" is an example of this literary term.
What is personification/metaphor?
The name of William Shakespeare's playing company.
What is The King's Men?
The place where the story of Romeo and Juliet takes place.
What is Verona, Italy?
A young man who encourages Romeo to forget about Rosaline and look for another woman.
Who is Benvolio?
"I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault, And presently tool post to tell it you..."
Who is Balthasar?
"O brawling love, O loving hate" is an example of this type of literary term.
What is an oxymoron?
Because of Elizabethan laws, there were only these kinds of performers in Shakespearean plays.
Who are men (males)?
According to Lord Montague, this caused his wife's death.
He vows to kill Romeo when he realizes that he has crashed the Capulet party.
Who is Tybalt?
"So as the situation stands, I think you should marry Count Paris."
Who is the nurse?
A line in which the audience hears but the other characters do not.
What is an aside?
The theater in which Shakespearean plays were performed.
What is the Globe Theater?
The climactic point of Romeo and Juliet occurs at this point in the story.
What is the death of Tybalt?
He was bribed with gold to assist in the suicide of Romeo.
Who is the Apothecary?
"For never was story more of woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Who is the Prince of Verona?
The audience's knowledge that Juliet is not really dead but only under the power of a potion is an example of this type of literary term.
What is dramatic irony?
The types of poems that William Shakespeare is popularly known to write.
What is a Sonnet?