Props
Old-timey English Substitution
Scene 1
Vocab In Context
Who said it?
100

Mercutio dies due to Romeo's interference between Tybalt and this object.

Sword

100

Away from Verona art thou banished

Hence

100

Mercutio uses figurative language, describing himself as "worms-meat." What does he mean by that?

He will die.

100

In a moment of mercy, the Prince decides to ________ Romeo instead of murdering him immediately

Exile

100

"Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say "death"; For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death"

Romeo

200

Romeo "offers to stab himself" using this object.

Dagger

200

Wait! Take me with you, take me with you my wife.

Soft!

200

This character, true to his personality, relays the scene's events to the Prince.

Benvolio

200

Tybalt, a trained swordsman is said to be _________ at fighting.

Apt

200

"Well, thou hast comforted me marvelous much. Go in; and tell my lady I am gone, Having displeased my father, to Lawrence' cell"

Juliet

300

The nurse needs to provide this object to Romeo after the wedding

Ladder

300

Romeo that spoke him fair, told him bethink
How nice the quarrel was

Bade

300

What does Lady Capulet suggest the Prince's punishment for the fight include?

Killing Romeo

300

Juliet, having gone from happy to incredibly worried at the death of her cousin and Romeo's upcoming banishment, describes her fortunes as ________________.

Fickle

300

"Tybalt, my cousin! O my brother's child! O Prince! O cousin! Husband!"

Lady Capulet

400

Juliet gives the Nurse this object to pass to Romeo at Lawrence's cell

A ring

400

Please, good Mercutio, let's retire

Pray thee

400

For a second time in the play, Tybalt is referred to by this nickname just before he and Mercutio fight.

Prince of Cats/King of Cats

400

Lady Capulet, afraid for her husband's life with the recent fights, tries to convince Juliet to marry Paris. She says that Paris is noble and ____________

gallant

400

"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"

Mercutio

500

Mercutio is said to have used this particular type of sword.

Rapier

500

I would forget it gladly; But, O, it presses to my memory

Fain

500

The text describes the weather, like the characters' tempers, as ______ on the day of the fight. 

Hot

500

Juliet believes that both she and the ladder have been ________ by Romeo's initial absence at the wedding night.

Beguiled

500

"My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding; But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine That you shall all repent the loss of mine."

Prince