Characters
From his very first words in the play, this character presents himself as a hateful bully.
Tybalt
When Paris arrives at Juliet's tomb in Act 5, he says that he is there to do two things. What are they?
The Prince remarks that who deserves punishment for the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, Paris, Mercutio, Tybalt, and Lady Montague?
Everyone
This "character" only comes in between certain scenes and at the beginning to set the stage for the events of the play. This character is known as the...
Chorus
A fourteen-line poem with an ABAB rhyme scheme that is usually written about love is what type of poem?
Sonnet
This character decides that the best way to cheer up Juliet is to get her married off as soon as possible.
Lord Capulet
In Act IV, scene 1, when Juliet first arrives at Friar Laurence’s cell, she has an awkward conversation with
Paris
The Prologue to Act I explains
What the play is about and how it ends.
Romeo's dream, spoken alone on stage in Act V, Scene 1, is an example of _______. "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead...And breathed such life with kisses in my lips, That I revived, and was an emperor. (V,1)
Soliloquy
Who is speaking in this quotation from Act V, Scene 3? "Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there."
Romeo
This character says that the next time a fight breaks out on the streets of Verona, the instigators will pay with their own lives.
Prince Escalus (or The Prince)
Friar Laurence tells Juliet that the potion he gives her will last how long?
42 hours
Mercutio fights Tybalt and dies in Act III because
Romeo gets between them and Tybalt accidentally stabs Mercutio
In Act II, Scene 2 (the balcony scene), Romeo uses a metaphor to compare Juliet to
The sun
What important piece of backstory does the audience never figure out throughout the play?
What originally started the Capulet-Montague feud.
These are the only TWO characters to know about Romeo and Juliet's romance (besides Romeo and Juliet).
Friar Laurence and the Nurse
Romeo and Juliet get married, Mercutio and Tybalt are killed, and Romeo is banished all on the same day. What day of the week does that fall on?
Monday
The reason that Romeo did not receive Friar Laurence’s letter about Juliet is because
There wasn't enough time to get it to him before Romeo found out about Juliet's "death" since Juliet took the potion too early.
Also, the Friar he sent was not able to make it into Mantua.
The dramatic irony in Romeo's death scene (Act V, Scene 3) is that when he visits Juliet in the Capulets' tomb, the audience knows that
Juliet is about to wake up.
What does the word "wherefore" mean?
Why
These TWO female characters are FOILS of each other since one refuses to love and one falls into love far too quickly.
Rosaline and Juliet
What THREE means does Juliet try/use to take her own life in Act V, Scene 3?
She tries to get poison from the bottle, then Romeo's lips, but resorts to using his dagger instead.
In Act IV when Juliet returns home from Friar Laurence’s cell, she tells her father, Lord Capulet, that...
She will marry Paris according to his wishes.
At the beginning of Act 2, Juliet speaks longingly about Romeo, and while she thinks no one is listening, in fact, Romeo is. Therefore, this speech is considered a:
Monologue
What is the style called that Shakespeare writes his poems in?
Iambic Pentameter
(Bonus 100 points if you can name the style that his plays are written in!)