Figurative Language
Mercutio's speech about Queen Mab is a prime example of this.
What is imagery?
He broke up the fight between servants in the first act...before it became deadly.
Who is Benvolio?
The Capulets wanted Juliet to marry him.
Who is Paris?
"Romeo and Juliet" takes place here.
Where is Verona?
The Prologue is written in this poetic meter.
What is iambic pentameter?
"Welcome, gentleman! I have seen the day
That I have worn a visor and could tell
A whispering tale in the fair lady's ear..." is an example of this.
What is enjambment?
He was confronted when Paris thought he'd returned to desecrate the bodies of Tybalt and Juliet. That led to the death of Paris.
Who is Romeo?
Romeo is in love with her at the beginning of the play.
Who is Rosaline?
When Romeo was banished, he was ordered to go here.
Where is Mantua?
The Prologue for Act II tells us that Juliet has replaced Romeo's affection for her.
Who is Rosaline?
"O brawling love! O loving hate..." is an example of this.
What is an oxymoron?
He killed Mercutio.
Who is Tybalt?
Juliet does this when she wakes and sees Romeo has died.
What is stab herself?
Romeo first sees Juliet and falls in love with her here.
What is the masquerade ball at the Capulet's home?
These are the only Acts to open with a Prologue.
What are Acts I and II?
"Go ask his name---If he is married," said Juliet, "My grave is like to be my wedding bed" as an example of this.
What is foreshadowing?
He avenged Mercutio's death by killing Tybalt.
Who is Romeo?
Lord Capulet wanted Juliet to wait until this age to marry Paris.
What is 15 years old?
Romeo and Juliet spend their one and only night together here.
Where is Juliet's bedroom at the home of the Capulets?
The Prologue is written in fourteen lines, so it can be technically described as this.
What is a sonnet?
"It is the east and Juliet is the sun!" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
She dies of grief in Act V after the banishment of her son from Verona.
Who is Lady Montague?
This person initiates the idea of marriage during the famous balcony scene in Act II.
Who is Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet get married here.
Where is Friar Laurence's cell?
This Act's Prologue states Romeo must woo his "foe," and Juliet is forced to love a man she should fear.
What is Act II?