Guess Who?
Juliet's parents want her to marry whom?
Paris
Where did Romeo and Juliet get Married?
What is Friar Lawrence's Cell
Oh Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name: or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Juliet!
Act 1 scene 1: Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?
Character(s) say something meant only for the audience to hear.
What is an aside?
Name the first person who died
Mercutio (Romeo's Friend)
Where did Romeo and Juliet first meet?
The party at the Capulets
Who said to Romeo of Rosaline, "Compare her face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow".
Benvolio.
Why did Friar Lawrence agree to help Juliet avoid marrying Paris?
What is - she threatened to kill herself if he did not.
Lord Capulet and Paris think that Juliet is weeping for her dead cousin Tybalt, and that marrying Paris sooner rather than later is just the cure for her sadness.
What is dramatic irony?
Who killed Tybalt?
Romeo
Where did the most famous scene in the story take place? (hint: Wherefore art thou Romeo?)
On Juliet's balcony
O, where is Romeo? saw you him to-day? Right glad I am he was not at this fray.
Who is Lady Montague
Act 1 scene 1: What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?
That the next person to start a public brawl will be put to death
"... But all so soon as the all-cheering sun / Should in the farthest East begin to draw / The shady curtains from Aurora's bed..." This is an example of what literary term?
What is an allusion?
The cousin of Prince Escalus.
What is Paris
Where does Romeo go after he leaves Juliet the morning after their wedding?
What is Mantua
Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon;/ And there she shall at Friar Lawrence' cell / Be shrived and married.
Who is Romeo
Act 1 scene 1: Benvolio and Lord Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they say about him?
He has been gloomy, depressed, weepy, and is alone a lot.
Romeo: "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." This is an example of what dramatic element?
What is a soliloquy
Who is Juliet's confidante and messenger?
Nurse
In what city does this play take place?
Verona
Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,-- / O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones;-- / Which with sweet water nightly I will dew...
What is Paris
Whom does Prince Escalus ask to tell the true account of the fight and resulting deaths in Act III?
What is Benvolio
Romeo--"Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…" This phrase is an example of what drama term?
What is a pun?