Prologue
Where does the play take place?
How old is Juliet?
Who is Romeo’s cousin?
I am aweary. Give me leave awhile.Fie, how my bones ache! What a jaunt have I!
Nurse
Why is Juliet annoyed with the Nurse when the Nurse returns from visiting Romeo?
What happens to the lovers?
How would you characterize the nurse?
She is silly, loving, annoying, and a little bawdy.
What is making Romeo sad at the beginning of the play?
Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline,Torments him so, that he will sure run mad.
Mercutio
How is Tybalt characterized in the story?
Fiery, hot-headed, aggressive, etc.
Who is the Chorus?
a single narrator who introduces the play and provides commentary on the action and themes
Who wants to marry Juliet?
Who is Benvolio the nephew of?
Lord Montague
Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon.And there she shall at Friar Lawrence’ cell. Be shrived and married.
Romeo
What do the stars represent in “star-crossed lovers”?
Fate
What does the prince decree in the city after the brawl breaks out?
What does Lord Capulet say when Paris asks for Juliet’s hand?
First he says to wait two years, then he says he can marry her if he wins her over.
What does Romeo discover at the party?
How beautiful Juliet is / the fact that she is a Capulet
The clock struck nine when I did send the Nurse. In half an hour she promised to return.Perchance she cannot meet him. That’s not so.
Juliet
Who said it?
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;"
Juliet
What do the actors ask the audience to do at the end of the prologue?
What upsets Tybalt at the dance?
True or False: Romeo compares Juliet to a strong love potion.
False
These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss, consume.
Friar Lawrence
In what theatre did Shakespeare perform?