The Plot
The main characters of the play.
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
The name of Shakespeare's wife.
What is Anne Hathaway?
A narrative that depicts serious and important events in which a character comes to an unhappy end.
What is a tragedy?
The number of iambs in a given line.
What is five iambs?
The names of the families who have an ongoing conflict.
Who are the Capulets and Montagues?
The period of time where there is little record of what Shakespeare was doing.
What are the "Lost Years"?
A rhythmic pattern consisting of five iambs per line, almost like five heartbeats: daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM
What is iambic pentameter?
The number of syllables in a given line.
What is ten syllables?
The city and country in which the play takes place.
What is Verona, Italy?
The name of the theatre where Shakespeare's plays were performed.
What is the Globe Theatre?
Define a foil character.
What is a character whose main purpose is to offer a contrast to another character, usually the protagonist?
The number of stressed syllables in this line:
"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"
What is five stressed syllables?
The names of the characters that die after fighting in the street.
Who are Tybalt and Mercutio?
The era during which Shakespeare was active.
What is the Elizabethan era?
Define prologue.
What is a small speech addressed to the audience before the start of the action of the play?
The number of unstressed syllables in this line:
"Two households, both alike in dignity"
What is five unstressed syllables?
The six key events that form the plot.
What are Romeo and Juliet meeting, falling in love, getting married, the death of Mercutio and Tybalt, Juliet's fake death, and Romeo and Juliet's deaths?
The number of plays Shakespeare wrote throughout his career.
What is 39?
Define soliloquy.
What is a monologue given by a character in a play who is alone on stage?
Mark the stressed and unstressed syllables in this line:
"Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!"
What is did Ms. Abrams say it is correct?