Characters
She'll do just about anything to ensure Juliet's happiness.
Who is the nurse?
Juliet waits here anxiously for news from Nurse about the wedding.
What is the Capulets' house or Juliet's room?
The audience knows Romeo is hiding out near Juliet's balcony, but Juliet does not.
What is dramatic irony?
"Deny thy father and refuse thy name."
Who is Juliet?
Romeo says that this celestial body is "envious" and "already sick and pale with grief" because Juliet is far more fair than she.
What is the moon?
Benvolio tries to find Romeo after the Capulet's party with this friend.
Who is Mercutio?
The amount of time that has passed between Act 1 and Act 2.
What is one night or one day?
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
What is an oxymoron?
"My life were better ended by their hate/ Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love."
Who is Romeo?
Tybalt sends this to Romeo.
What is a letter?
This character reads the prologue.
Who is Chorus?
The time of day when Romeo and Juliet are married.
What is in the afternoon?
Alone on stage, Friar Laurence, begins 2.3 with this.
What is a soliloquy?
"These violent delights have violent ends"
Who is Friar?
To facilitate their "wedding night," Romeo tells the Nurse that his servant will bring "cords made like a tackled stair."
What is a ladder?
He fears the rapid relationship between Romeo and Juliet will have devastating consequences.
Who is Friar Laurence?
Romeo and Juliet are married at this location.
What is Friar Laurence's cell?
Act 2 begins with one of these that summarizes what has happened this far in the play.
What is a prologue or a sonnet?
He says, "Farewell ancient lady. Farewell, lady, lady, lady..."
Who is Mercutio?
When Romeo first sees Juliet on the balcony, he wishes he were this specific object "upon her hand so that he might touch her cheek." Hint: It rhymes with dove!
What is a glove?
Mercutio speaks in puns about this "queen," which he uses as part of his playful taunting of Romeo.
Who is Queen Mab?
This place is where Romeo and Juliet first reveal their true feelings.
What is Juliet's balcony?
While Romeo listens to Juliet on her balcony, he turns to the audience and says, "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak of this?"
What is an aside?
"If you lead her into a fool’s paradise, as the saying goes, it would be a very gross kind of behavior..."
Who is nurse?
Mercutio said this looked better than the nurse's face. Hint: It rhymes with man!
What is a fan?