Mixed Bag (Part 1)
How would we characterize Paris in Act IV and V?
Clueless/none the wiser/well-intentioned.
What is a soliloquy?
A speech delivered by a single character that reveals the character's thoughts and emotions when they appear to be alone on stage.
Why did Friar Lawrence help Juliet come up with a plan to get out of her marriage to Paris?
She said she would off herself if not.
The line "Myself condemned and myself excused" is an example of which figurative language device?
Antithesis.
I'm characterized as being a mastermind or problem-solver.
Friar Lawrence
What is an aside?
A dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience.
Why does Juliet make the nurse attend her mother instead of her?
To drink the potion that would make her appear dead.
When opening the tomb holding Juliet's body, Romeo says, "thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, and despite I'll cram thee with more food" is an example of which figurative language device.
Metaphor.
Fate v. freewill
How is Romeo saying his "dreams presage some joyful news at hand" an example of dramatic irony?
Romeo does not realize he is about to receive news of Juliet's death, though the audience is aware Juliet has taken the potion.
How is the wedding being moved up from Thursday to Wednesday impactful on the play?
It causes there to be less time to get the letter telling Romeo that Juliet is alive to him.
Paris, referring to Romeo when he sees him at Juliet's tomb, says, "And here is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies" is an example of what figurative language device?
Dramatic irony.
Oxymoron
What is Romeo's line "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead" an example of?
Foreshadowing.
What part of the plot would Romeo and Juliet's deaths be considered?
The climax.
What is the main point of the following sentence from Act IV?
Juliet: "And I will do it without fear or doubt, to live an unstained wife to my sweet love"
To allude to the shame tied to Juliet potentially marrying a second man.
"For Venus smiles not in a house of tears" is an example of what figurative language device?
Allusion
What types of figurative language are being used in the following sentence from Act V, Scene II, "Suspecting that we both were in a house where the infectious pestilence did reign."
Allusion or Personification.
How is the theme of conflict resolution developed through the story?
By showing the Montagues and Capulets resolve their age-old feud once they share a common grief.
True or false? Three people die in the final scene?
False. Lady Montague is also mentioned to be dead alongside Paris, Romeo and Juliet.