Vocab
Meaning of despretate?
feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
What is a tragic flaw?
a defect in the character of a good person
How does foreshadowing appear at the beginning of Scene I?
when Romeo had a dream about Juliet finding him dead.
What does Romeo notice about Juliet in Scene III lines 92-96?
Romeo realizes that she is still beautiful even though she is “dead”.
How does listening to the audio version of the play compare to reading the play?
When hearing it you can hear the characters voices and the way they react by there voice.
meaning of meager?
Very thin
What is fate?
the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.
Why does the apothecary agree to sell poison to Romeo?
He needs the money.
Is Friar Lawrence’s letter’s failure to reach Romeo an example of fate or free will?
Fate
an example of parallelism.
Readers associate Juliter with beauty, Mercutio with wit, and Tybalt with hostility.
Meaning of penury?
Poverty
What is free will?
the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion.
Why does Paris go to the churchyard at the beginning of Scene III?
Paris goes to the churchyard at the begging of scene 3 to grieve Juliet's death.
What is parallelism?
Parallelism is writing used to balance words in pairs or series.
example of parallelism.
Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself.
Meaning of misery?
Great unhappiness.
What is a tragedy?
an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
What was the cause of Lady Montague’s death?
all of the stress she was under due to Romeo being exiled from Verona.
What decisions lead to Romeo’s death?
Romeo killing Tybalt lead to his death
What house is Romeo
montague
Meaning of "Scribe"
title
What is motive?
reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious.
Why does Romeo fulfill Paris’s dying wish?
he is trying to have forgiveness.
How does this lead to Juliet’s death?
That leads to Juliet's death because when Romeo kills himself so does Juliet.
What house is Juliet?
Capulet