Characters
What two families were feuding in the story?
Who are the Capulets and the Montagues?
Juliet states "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep", what is this an example of?
Mercutio states "A plague o' both your houses!" What does he mean?
What is "curse both your houses"?
What is banished from Verona?
Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare.
Who did Romeo have a crush on in act 1, before he attended the Capulet dinner?
Who is Rosaline?
Romeo compares Juliet's lips to "two blushing pilgrims". What is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
What does Romeo mean when he says "O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, / They pray”?
What is he wants to kiss Juliet?
Why was Romeo sad at the start of the play?
What is Rosaline did not love him back.
What type of poetry was Shakespeare known for, that shows up multiple times in the play.
Sonnets.
Who is Romeo's cousin and friend?
Who is Benvolio?
Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. The audience of the play knows this is false. What is this an example of?
What is dramatic irony?
When Romeo says, “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,” he means love helped him do what...
What is climb over the wall to see Juliet?
Why do Mercutio and Benvolio encourage Romeo to attend the Capulet dinner?
To look at other women/ to get over Rosaline.
Who do the Capulet's want Juliet to marry?
Paris
The Capulet servant's name is...
Who is Peter?
A 14 line poem, that follows a rhyme scheme, and that Shakespeare commonly used, is what type of poem?
What is a sonnet?
When Juliet says, “That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet,” she means this about Romeo’s name.
What is his name doesn’t change who he is?
Why was the letter not delivered to Romeo?
Friar John was quarantined due to a plague.
Who was Balthasar?
Romeo's servant.
Friar Lawrence trusts his friend ______ to deliver the letter to Romeo.
Who is Friar John?
When Juliet sees Romeo, she tells him he appears dead because he looks pale. What is this an example of?
What is foreshadowing?
When Romeo says, “O, I am fortune’s fool!” he means this about what just happened after he killed Tybalt.
What is he feels controlled by fate and unlucky?
What act does Romeo marry Juliet and where?
Act 2, Friar Lawrence's cell
What rhyme scheme do Shakespeare's sonnets follow?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG