The Timeline
This major event involving a street brawl between the Montagues and Capulets starts the play on Sunday morning.
What is a street fight?
This is the character defect, also known as hamartia, that causes the protagonist’s downfall.
What is a tragic flaw?
This prefix, found in "consort" or "confound," means "together" or "with".
What is con-?
This peacekeeping cousin of Romeo is a member of the House of Montague.
Who is Benvolio?
The city where the majority of the play's action takes place.
What is Verona?
Sunday evening is the first time Romeo and Juliet meet at this specific location.
What is the Capulet Masquerade Ball?
A long speech delivered by a character alone on stage to express their inner thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
A person who is brave, courageous, or shows great spirit is described as this.
What is valiant?
Juliet’s primary caretaker who owes her loyalty to the Capulet family.
Who is the Nurse?
The official number of people Romeo kills throughout the course of the play.
What is three? (Tybalt, Paris, and himself)
Immediately following their secret wedding on Monday, Romeo is banished for killing this character.
Who is Tybalt?
This term describes a character who contrasts with another to highlight specific traits, like Tybalt and Benvolio.
What is a foil?
If you are jealous, you could also be described as this.
What is envious?
This woman dies at the end of the play due to a broken heart and grief.
Who is Lady Montague?
Juliet doesn't want Romeo to swear by this object because it changes too frequently.
What is the moon?
Lord Capulet is so pleased by Juliet’s "apology" on Tuesday that he moves the wedding up to this day.
What is Wednesday?
When the Nurse says "confidence" instead of "conference," she is using this linguistic error.
What is a malapropism?
This word describes an overwhelming abundance or flood, often used to describe Juliet's tears.
What is an inundation?
This character recognized Romeo at the ball simply by the sound of his voice.
Who is Tybalt?
This is the specific reason Romeo decides to attend the Capulet party in the first place.
What is to see Rosaline?
On Thursday evening, this character is the first person to arrive at the Capulet tomb, intending to lay flowers for Juliet.
Who is Paris?
"Parting is such sweet sorrow" is an example of this figure of speech where contradictory terms appear together.
What is an oxymoron?
Romeo describes his intentions as this, meaning they are impossible to stop or prevent.
What is inexorable?
Romeo’s servant who mistakenly tells him that Juliet is "dead" in Mantua.
Who is Balthasar?
To weep in this manner means to do so excessively or way too much.
What is immoderately?