Plot
What are the names of the Capulet servants who started the brawl?
Which character could be classified as the most aggressive character?
Tybalt
A sad story about a good person who suffers death and agony.
Tragedy
What is Shakespeare's most popular and performed play?
Hamlet
In Act I, Scene ii, Lord Capulet states, "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years." Who is Capulet referring to?
Juliet
Which character asks for Juliet's hand in marriage?
Paris
Humorous incidents that relieve moments of emotional intensity.
Comedic Relief
What fact about Shakespeare is technically unknown?
His birthdate
Lady Capulet and the Nurse are encouraging Juliet to do what in Act I, Scene iii?
Marry
Which core character have we yet to meet?
The Friar
All of Shakespeare's plays have 5 what?
Acts
Shakespeare was a playwright, poet, and...
Actor
Benvolio, Romeo, and who are planning to sneak into the Capulet party in Act I, Scene iv.
Mercutio
Name two Capulets and two Montagues.
(Various answers)
A metrical line of five feet, or units, each of which is made up of two syllables (unstressed then stressed)
Iambic Pentameter
What common anatomical term was invented by Shakespeare?
Eyeball
Act I, Scene v opens with who talking?
Servingmen
Which character says the following line: Alas that love, so gentle in his view, / Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!
Benvolio
A lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter, with three quatrains and a couplet.
Sonnet
Hamlet