Plot Points
Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Who is Juliet?
Romeo’s loyal friend and cousin.
Who is Benvolio?
The century when Romeo and Juliet was written.
What is the 16th century?
The character who dies after being stabbed by Romeo.
Who is Tybalt?
Who gives Juliet the sleeping potion?
Who is Friar Laurence
"A plague o' both your houses!"
Who is Mercutio?
Juliet’s devoted caretaker and confidante.
Who is Nurse?
The original language of the play.
What is English/Early Modern English
The character who delivers the tragic news of Mercutio’s death.
Who is Benvolio?
Why is Romeo banished from Verona?
What is for killing Tybalt?
"Thus with a kiss I die."
Who is Romeo?
The Prince who tries to keep peace in Verona.
Who is Prince Escalus?
The reigning monarch of England during Shakespeare’s time.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
The substance Juliet uses to fake her death.
What is a sleeping potion?
What is Juliet’s plan to avoid marrying Paris?
What is faking her death with a potion?
“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls; / For stony limits cannot hold love out.”
Who is Romeo?
The Friar who marries Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Friar Laurence?
The social class of the Montagues and Capulets.
What is the nobility or aristocracy?
The event that causes Romeo to believe Juliet is dead.
What is receiving the false news from Friar Laurence?
What causes Romeo to kill himself?
What is thinking Juliet is truly dead?
“For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Who is the Prince (narrator) or Chorus?
Romeo’s fiery and hot-tempered cousin.
Who is Tybalt?
The long-standing dispute between these two families.
What are the Montagues and Capulets?
The final tragic action Romeo takes upon finding Juliet “dead.”
What is drinking poison/killing himself?