Character
She basically raised Juliet and acts as comedic relief throughout the story.
Who is the Nurse?
Romeo and his friends manage to crash the Capulet party by wearing these over their faces.
What are masks?
The play takes place in this city.
What is Verona?
Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion designed to make her appear dead for this exact number of hours.
What is 42 hours?
A dying Mercutio curses both rival families by shouting, "A plague o' both your ______!"
What is houses?
He is Romeo’s cousin who tries to de-escalate fights in Verona’s streets.
Who is Benvolio?
The illegal substance Romeo buys from the desperate apothecary.
What is poison?
Romeo and Juliet get secretly married here.
What is Friar Laurence’s cell?
After killing Tybalt in a street fight, Romeo receives this punishment from the Prince instead of execution.
What is exile?
Juliet's most famous line from the play.
What is "wherefore art thou"?
Romeo is deeply in love with this woman right before he meets Juliet at the party.
Who is Rosaline?
This is the weapon Juliet uses to take her own life when finding Romeo deceased.
What is Romeo's dagger?
Juliet speaks to Romeo on this architectural feature of her house, creating one of the most famous visual scenes in theater history.
What is a balcony?
This major event is moved forward by one day by an excited Lord Capulet, completely ruining Friar Laurence’s original timeline for the secret plan.
What is Juliet's wedding to Paris?
This holy man wisely warns the young lovers that "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."
Who is Friar Laurence?
This kinsman to the Prince who seeks Juliet’s hand in marriage and meets a tragic end at her tomb.
Who is Paris?
Tybalt uses this specific type of weapon to kill Mercutio under Romeo's arm during their street fight.
What is a sword?
This location is where Juliet is laid after her "death" and where the play's tragic finale occurs.
What is the Capulet's tomb?
Friar Laurence fails to deliver the crucial letter to Romeo due to an outbreak of this.
What is the plague?
Romeo famously compares Juliet to this celestial object when he sees her on the balcony.
What is the sun?
A mythological fairy who delivers dreams and nightmares to sleepers.
To show their newfound peace, Lord Capulet and Lord Montague promise to build these out of pure gold to honor each other's children.
What are statues?
This is the specific city where Romeo goes into exile to wait for news from Verona.
What is Mantua?
This is the reason Romeo initially refuses to fight Tybalt in the street.
What is because they are now secretly related by marriage?
After killing Tybalt, Romeo realizes the consequences of his action and declares himself to be this.
What is "fortune's fool"?