Basic Facts
The story was written by this man.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This character asks to marry Juliet.
Who is Paris?
I am sorry that thou art not well.
I'm sorry you're in pain.
"I'll to the friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die."
What is foreshadowing?
"O Romeo. Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Who is Juliet?
The story takes place in this city.
What is Verona, Italy?
This character throws a party at the start of the play.
Who is Capulet?
Here comes the furious Tybalt back again.
The furious Tybalt has returned.
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
What is a metaphor?
"With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out."
Who is Romeo?
The two warring families in Romeo and Juliet.
What are the Montagues and the Capulets.
At the beginning of the play, Romeo is heartbroken over this girl.
Who is Rosaline?
"I pray thee, Good Mercution, let's retire. The day is hot, the Capulets abroad, and, if we meet, we shall not 'scape a brawl."
(answers may vary) Please, Mercutio, let's go home. It's hot, the Capulets are out and if we meet them we'll end up fighting.
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
-Tybalt (Act 3)
What is a pun?
"Holy Sint Francis! What a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes."
The theatre where Shakespeare's plays were first put on has this name.
What is the Globe?
Romeo and his friends are discovered at the party and this character wants them to be thrown out.
Who is Tybalt?
"Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what- get thee to church a Thursday or never after look me in the face."
You disobedient young girl! I'll tell you what- go to church on Thursday or never look me in the face again.
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"
"Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw."
Who is Tybalt?
Romeo and Juliet was written in approximately this year.
1597 (late 1500s)
This character wants Romeo killed for the murder of Tybalt.
Who is Lady Capulet?
"Come, Montague, for thou art early up to see thy son and heir now early down."
(Act 5)
Come, Montague. You're up early to see your son and heir killed at too young an age.
"The sun for sorrow shall not show his head."
What is personification?
"Some shall be pardoned, and some punished; For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Who is the Prince?