Dramatis personae
This character banishes Romeo from Verona after Romeo kills Tybalt.
Who is the Prince?
This character tries to break up the fighting in Act I.
Who is Benvolio?
This character says “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain.”
Who is Tybalt?
This event causes Romeo to be exiled from Verona.
What is killing Tybalt?
"But soft, what light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun," is an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
This character is Juliet's confidante and messenger.
Who is the Nurse?
This character is the one to perform Romeo and Juliet's wedding.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
This character says “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Who is Juliet?
This event causes Juliet to seek help from Friar Lawrence.
What is being told to marry Paris?
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief” is an example of this literary device.
What is personification?
This character is Romeo's cousin and a peacemaker between the two families.
Who is Benvolio?
This character fights Romeo at Juliet's grave and is killed.
Who is Paris?
This character says “A plague o’ both your houses!” before they die.
Who is Mercutio?
This event causes the Prince to rule that whoever causes another fight will be put to death.
What is the fight between the Capulet and Montague servants?
“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume," is an example of this literary device.
What is simile?
This character sends Romeo a letter and challenges him to a fight.
Who is Tybalt?
This character is the first person in the play to die.
Who is Mercutio?
This character says “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.”
Who is the Prince?
This event is the reason Romeo and Benvolio learn about and then attend Capulet's party.
What is helping the Capulet servant read the guest list?
When Romeo and Juliet first meet at the Capulet party, they aren’t aware of who the other is, but the audience knows. This is an example of...
What is irony?
This character is Romeo's love interest before he meets Juliet.
Who is Rosaline?
This character performs the sonnets in the Prologue and the beginning of Act II.
Who is the Chorus?
This character says “If thou be merciful, Open the tomb. Lay me with Juliet.”
Who is Paris?
This event is the reason Romeo never receives Friar Lawrence's letter.
What is Friar John's quarantine?
Romeo's speech when he sees Juliet at the beginning of the balcony scene, and Juliet's speech about Romeo before he reveals himself are both examples of this literary device.
What is soliloquy?