Literary Elements
Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
Foreshadowing
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
Prologue/Chorus - Foreshadowing
During the Capulet feast, this character is restrained by Lord Capulet from attacking Romeo.
Tybalt
This character gives the Queen Mab speech and is stabbed by Tybalt
Mercutio
This is the setting of the play, a city in Italy
Verona
An introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of the play
Prologue
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / by any other word would smell as sweet.”
Juliet - Wishing Romeo had a different name
What is the Friar's plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet
Juliet will drink the potion, Romeo will come to her side, they will go to Mantua together
Romeo's cousin and friend, whose name means "good will" and often tries to keep the peace
Benvolio
Romeo is banished to this city after killing Tybalt.
Mantua
A monologue delivered while alone on stage
Soliloquy
“I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall / Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall.”
Tybalt - Romeo is at the party and Tybalt is mad he cannot fight him.
Why does Juliet lose trust in the Nurse?
She tells Juliet to marry Paris
Juliet's aggressive cousin who kills Mercutio and is then killed by Romeo
Tybalt
The family that hosts the party where Romeo and Juliet first meet
Capulet
lines spoken by one character supposedly not heard by others on stage
Aside
“For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Prince - Last lines of the play
Why does Lord Capulet want Juliet to marry Paris?
To cheer her up after Tybalt's passing.
The woman whom Romeo is infatuated with at the very start of the play before meeting Juliet
Rosaline
The cause for Friar John being unable to deliver the letter to Romeo about the plan.
Plague/Quarantine
repeated sounds at beginning of words
Alliteration
“Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet / Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, / And Death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”
Romeo - Before drinking the potion
How does the audience know the feud is over?
The fathers build statues in their children's honor
The member of the clergy who secretly marries the lovers and devises the plan involving the sleeping potion.
Friar Lawrence
What is a theme of the play
Think before you act.
Fate is inescapable for all