Setting
Where the story takes place
Verona, Italy
Son of Lord Montague
Romeo
What happens in the exposition of the story?
Both the Capulets and Montagues are fighting
Which character says this?
"O happy dagger, This is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die."
Juliet
What language device it this?
"Death lies on her like an untimely frost / Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
Simile
Where Romeo meets Juliet
The party
Juliet's cousin
Tybalt
What happens during the rising action of the story?
The immediate spark of love at the Capulet party between Romeo and Juliet and the secret marriage planned by Friar Laurence, and the intense, dangerous secret affair
Which character says this?
"O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."
Romeo
What language device is this?
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun"
Metaphor
Where the opening scene takes place
Street/Plaza
The character who was supposed to deliver the message to Romeo
Friar John
What happens during the climax of the story?
Romeo, believing Juliet is dead, kills Paris, drinks poison, and dies. Juliet awakens, finds Romeo dead, and stabs herself with his dagger.
Which character says this?
"These violent delights have violent ends..."
Friar Lawrence
What language device is this?
"o brawling love, o loving hate"
Oxymoron
Where Romeo is banished
Mantua
Related to Prince Escalus
Mercutio
What happens in the falling action of the story?
The prince doesn't punish anyone because everyone has already lost so much and Friar Laurence explains what happened.
Which character says this?
"A plague o' both your houses!"
Mercutio
What language device is this?
"For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Rhyming Couplet
Where do Romeo and Juliet die?
The Capulets' tomb
Loyal servant to Romeo
Balthasar
What is the resolution of the story?
Both of the families feud finally ends
Which character says this?
"For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Prince Escalus
What language device is this?
"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"
Iambic Pentameter