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Who said "O plague both your houses" and what does it mean?
Who is "Mercutio, blaming both the Capulets and Montagues for his fate"
Who kills Mercutio and why?
Who is "Tybalt killed Mercutio after he drew his sword against him after Romeo's 'dishonourable submission'"
Identify the literary device used, when Romeo says "fire-eyed fury be my conduct now"
What is "Personification"
Fury doesn't actually have eyes
Who said "My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a- bleeding" and what does it mean?
Who is "Prince Escalus, blaming the feud between Montague and Capulet for the death of his cousin Mercutio"
Why does Tybalt want to kill Romeo?
What is "for showing up at the Capulet party, insulting the Capulets"
Identify the literary device used, when Romeo says "this day's black fate on more days doth depend"
What is "foreshadowing"
Romeo foreshadows his exile, and eventual suicide, predicting Mercutio's death is only the beginning of the tragedies
Tybalt says to Romeo " Thou art a villain" and challenges him to a fight, how is this ironic?
What is "the day prior, Romeo had married Juliet, who is Tybalt's cousin, making Tybalt and Romeo now family"
Why won't Romeo fight Tybalt?
Identify the literary device used, when Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt
What is "Dramatic Irony"
Only the audience knows Romeo will not fight Tybalt due to his marriage with Juliet
What do Prince Escalus's words "Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill" mean?
What is "lienency to murder only leads to more murders, and therefore he cannot pardon Romeo and must banish him"
What is "leads to Romeo slaying him, getting banished, separated from Juliet, and eventually dead"
Identify the literary device used, in Romeo's actions for his love
What is "Jutapoxism, Love vs. Hate"
Romeo loves Juliet and Mercutio, forced into a hate-filled act of murder
What does Romeo mean when he says "O, I am fortune's fool"?
What is "Romeo feels he is being punished by fate, and recognizes the consequences that await him"
Who is Mercutio related to and what effect does this have to the story?
Who are "Prince Escalus and Count Paris, Romeo faces banishment rather than execution"
Identiy the literary device used, when Mercutio calls Tybalt the "King of Cats"
What is "allusion"
Mercutio mocks Tybalt, comparing him to a cat from the Medival fable "Reynard the Fox", in which "Tybalt" is a cat who is agressive and arrogant, traits Mercutio sees in Tybalt