Romeo and Juliet Act 1
Verona
Who hears Juliet speaking aloud her loving thoughts of Romeo?
Romeo
How does Romeo get punished for killing Tybalt?
He was banished
What motivates Paris to visit the churchyard at night?
Text, in a play, that is in italics and in brackets
Ex: [something]
What are stage directions?
Why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the feast?
He will not allow a well-mannered guest to be insulted in his home.
Juliet asks Romeo not to swear his love by the moon because the moon is?
The moon is inconstant
Why does Romeo ultimately kill Tybalt?
Because Tybalt kills Mercutio
What did the Nurse discover on the morning of the wedding?
Juliet‘s body in a death-like trance
"These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume."
What is a simile?
What is the main purpose of the prologue in Romeo and Juliet?
To set the scene for the play as a whole.
Who marries Romeo and Juliet in secret?
Friar
Juliet is on stage alone as she delivers a long speech. What term is used to describe this speech?
Soliloquy
What is the cause of lady Montague’s death?
Grief over Romeo‘s banishment
"I dreamt my lady came and found me dead... And breathed such life with kisses in my lips That I revived and was an emperor."
What is foreshadowing?
What best summarizes Benvolio’s role in Act I?
He shows concern for Romeo and tries to calm the fighting families.
Juliet speaks in blank verse, but the nurse ‘s replies alternate between blank verse and prose. What does this tell us about the Nurse?
Prose speech indicates that the nurse is a lower Social rank than Juliet.
By the end of Act III how does Juliet come to regard the nurse?
With resentment
What is Romeo‘s tragic flaw in Act V?
His tendency to be impulsive
Juliet expects her fake death to save her and Romeo's love. The fact that it leads to both of their deaths is an example of this.
What does this stage direction in Act I, Scene I, most clearly illustrate about Prince Escalus?
(Enter Prince Escalus, with his train)
He is an important figure in Verona
Which character said this “ I hear some noise within.Dear love, Adieu! Apron, good nurse! Sweet Montague, be true.“
Juliet
Juliet delivers a long speech directed to the nurse. What is the Correct term for this type of speech?
A monologue
Why does Romeo seek out an Apothecary
He wants to poison himself later.
Romeo listening to Juliet on the balcony, "Shall i hear more or shall I speak at this?"
What is an aside?