Family Ties
Who is deeply concerned about Romeo in Act 1?
Montague
Who’s Romeo in love with in ACT 1 scene 1?
Rosaline
Who advises Romeo during his heartbreak in ACT 1 scene 1?
Benvolio
The book in many’s eyes doth share the glory/That in old clasps locks in he golden story
Metaphor comparing Paris to golden book
Why does Tybalt want to kill Romeo?
Because he was at the party and felt it was a disrespect to his family.
How does Juliet feel about marriage in ACT 1 Scene 3?
Not ready for marriage.
Who says “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, for I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”?
Romeo
Who says “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love”?
Friar Lawrence
What is the literary device present in the line provided:
“It is the East, and Juliet is the sun”
Metaphor
What do the following lines mean: “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name”?
Oh Romeo, Romeo, why do you have to be Romeo? Forget about your father and change your name.
Who says “There’s no trust, no faith, no honesty in men”?
The nurse
Who says “had she affections and warm youthful blood, she would be as swift in motion as a ball; my words would bandy her to my sweet love, and his to me”. (Hint: Act 2 scene 5).
Juliet
Who says “if you should lead her in a fool’s paradise . . . if you should deal double with her, truly it were an I’ll thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing”?
Nurse
What is Juliet’s tone in this excerpt?
“Come civil night, Thou sober-suited matron, all in black, and learn me how to lose a winning match, played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods. Hood my unmanned blood, bating in my cheeks… Come, night, Romeo; come thou day in night”
Anticipating
What does the following lines foreshadow for the rest of the play?
”Help me into some house, Benvolio, or shall I faint. A plague o’ both your houses!”
Something bad will happen to both families
Who says “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’Thursday, or never after look me in the face” ?
Lord Capulet
What advice does Friar Lawrence give Romeo in these lines: “Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow”?
He says to take your time at love.
Who says “stand up, stand up. Stand an you be a man. For Juliet’s sake, for her sake, rise and stand. Why should you fall into so deep an O”?
Nurse
What literary devices are present in this line “Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field”?
Simile and personification
What two things are Friar Lawrence responsible for in this play that cause more conflict? Hint both involve Romeo and Juliet
Marrying the couple secretly and giving Juliet the potion to make her appear dead.
Who says “Death is my son-in-law; Death is my heir/ my daughter he hath wedded”.
Lord Capulet
What does Paris desire from Juliet in the lines provided:
“Do not deny to him that you love me.”
“So will you, I am sure, that you love me.”
For her to say that she loves him.
What was Friar’s purpose in the lines provided:
“Go home; be merry; give consent to marry Paris. . . . Take thou this vial . . . A cold drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease” ?
To give Juliet a solution and prevent her from killing herself.
What literary device is present in this line “Death is my son-in-law; Death is my heir/ my daughter he hath wedded”.
Personification
Who’s to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death? Support your answer with evidence.
Answers may vary.