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Capulet vs. Montague
They said what?
Dramatic Terms
Shakespeare
Star Crossed Lovers
100
This is the age of Juliet
What is 13 years old?
100
From the prologue "Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie" means this.
What is desire got old and died?
100
This is the purpose of the chorus.
What is giving a summary of the plot/outline (prologue) and build suspense in the plot?
100
The year that Shakespeare was born in.
What is 1564?
100
The place where Romeo and Juliet meet to get married.
What is Friar Laurence's cell?
200
Both families live in this city.
What is Verona, Italy.
200
"Parting is such sweet sorrow/that I shall say good night till it be morrow" is an example of this.
What is a couplet?
200
A character or narrator who provides hints about future events in the play.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The town and country that Shakespeare was born in.
What is Stratford, England?
200
The main theme of Romeo and Juliet
What is love at first sight?
300
Benvolio can be described with these characteristics.
What is peacful and trying to make things right?
300
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet." Juliet is trying to state this.
No matter what we call a rose, it is still as sweet. The name does not change the nature of an object.
300
When a character or narrator makes a long speech directed toward the audience or another character.
What is a monologue?
300
The name of Shakespeare's wife.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
300
Friar Laurence says that "wise and slow. They stumble that run fast" describes this theme.
What is true love vs. infautation?
400
This person thinks that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet will end the family feud.
Who is Friar Laurence?
400
According to the prologue, this is how long Romeo and Juliet will last. (The play)
What is 2 hours?
400
A poem that is 14 lines long, love poem, and in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
400
These people were actors in Shakespeare's time.
Who are men?
400
What Romeo thinks controls his future. (What he says before he goes to the party)
What is fate?
500
Romeo's long speech in Act 2 scene 2 at the begining is this type of dramatic element because Juliet cannot hear him.
What is a soliloquy?
500
This order this sentence is in "Saw you him today?"
What is inverted order?
500
A reference to something that the audience is expected to know.
What is an allusion?
500
This type of theater was three stories tall, didn't have a roof over the middle, and had elaborate stage decorations.
What is the globe theater?
500
This character in Romeo and Juliet is considered analytical.
Who is Benvolio.