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These characters are Romeo’s best friends.
Who is Mercutio and Benvolio?
Where did the most famous scene in the story take place?
What is The Balcony Scene?
When Romeo is still upset by Rosaline’s rejection, what advice does Benvolio give his cousin?
What is find another girl?
A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet?
This character requests Juliet's hand in marriage from her father
Who is Paris?
When Romeo first sees Juliet at the balcony he compares her to the _____.
What is the sun?
Who threatens to throw Juliet in the street?
Capulet
What theater is Shakespeare most closely associated with?
What is the globe theatre?
Who was quarantined and couldn't deliver a message to Romeo?
Friar John
Author of R and J
Who is William Shakespeare?
Which characters says this quote: "A plague on both your houses..."
Who is Mercutio?
What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play?
What is "I bite my thumb at you."
Why didn't the Friar's plan work?
What is Friar John was put into quarantine and couldn't deliver the letter?
This character dies from true grief.
Who is lady Montague?
A theme from R and J
Love, Hate, etc.
After Tybalt’s death Lord Capulet plans what for Juliet?
What is Juliet is to marry Paris.
the act of talking to oneself
one person speaking for an extended duration while other characters cannot hear
where a character talks voices his/her thoughts aloud for the benefit of the audience
What is a soliloquy?
At the end of the play, he gives Romeo a false report of Juliet's death
Who is Balthazar?
According to the prologue, what started the feud between the Capulets and Montagues?
What is it is not mentioned, nobody knows
Who said "For never was a story of more woe than that of Juliet and her Romeo," and what does it mean?
Who is Prince Escalus? (Answers will vary)
Name and describe two themes from R and J
Answers will vary
They are lovers whose relationship is doomed by outside forces.
Why are Romeo and Juliet called "star-crossed lovers"?