The hot-headed nephew of the Capulets.
Tybalt
Benvolio
"If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
Prince
"That quench the fire of your pernicious rage / With purple fountains issuing from your veins."
imagery
How old is Juliet?
13
Who wants Juliet to hold off on marriage?
Lord Capulet
Who is Romeo's father?
Lord Montague
"What, drawn and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell... and thee."
Tybalt
"O heavy lightness, serious vanity... / Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health..."
oxymoron
How many times do Romeo and Juliet kiss when they first meet?
two
Who is Juliet's suitor?
Paris
He makes himself "an artificial night."
Romeo
"Go thither; and, with untainted eye, Compare her face with some that I show, And I will make thy think thy swan a crow."
Benvolio
"One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun/ Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun."
There are two; you must identify both!
personification & hyperbole
Identify TWO reasons why Juliet's father wants her to wait to get married.
1. She's too young.
2. She's his only child.
3. Paris might find someone he likes better.
Who tells Romeo and Juliet about each others' identity?
Nurse
Who is the cynical, comic relief character?
Mercutio
"I look to like, if looking like move."
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much.../ For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch / And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."
metaphor
How old was Lady Capulet when she had Juliet?
13
Who are the two servingmen in the first scene that start the street fight?
Sampson & Gregory
Who will not return Romeo's love?
Rosaline
"Saw you him today? Right glad I am he was not at this fray."
Lady Montague
"Some consequence yet hanging in the stars.../ With this night's revels, and expire the term / By some vile forfeit of untimely death."
foreshadowing
What's the point of the servants' conversation at the beginning of scene 5?
comic relief