Who's Who?
His name means Prince of Cats.
Who is Tybalt?
"O speak again...for thou art as a winged messenger of heaven."
What is a simile comparing Juliet to a winged messenger of heaven, or an angel?
"Although I joy in thee, I have no joy in this contract tonight. It is too rash, too sudden, too unadvised..."
Who is Juliet during the balcony scene?
Define Dramatic Irony and give an example.
What is when the audience knows more than the character(s)? Examples vary.
His wedding morning becomes a day of mourning. Who is HE?
Who is Paris?
These two characters are the lovers' only allies.
Who are the Nurse and the Friar?
"You men, you beasts that quench the fire of your pernicious rage with purple fountains issuing from your veins."
What is metaphor, comparing men to beasts, rage to fire, and blood to purple fountains?
"Hang thee young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I'll tell thee what-get thee to the church on Thursday or ne'er look me in the face!"
Who is Capulet after Juliet refuses to marry Paris?
Define aside.
What is when a character reveals his/her thoughts to the audience but the author characters cannot hear?
(example-when Romeo wonders if he should spy on Juliet)
Give three examples that highlight Juliet's dynamic character shift from obedient daughter to independent spirit.
What is (examples vary)?
She marries Romeo. She double talks to mom, the nurse, Paris, she refuses to marry Paris, she fakes her death, she lies about going to confession.
He often acts as peace keeper who tries to avoid disputes between the families.
Who is Benvolio?
"I will cut off the heads of the maids...aye the heads of the maids or their maidenheads."
What is a pun, playing on the heads of the maids or their virginity?
"O mickle is the powerful grace that lies in plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities. For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give."
Who is the Friar just before Romeo asks him to marry him to Juliet?
Define theme and offer one possible theme from this play.
What is a reoccurring idea in a work that has universal meaning? examples vary
Don't rush into love. Impulsive decisions are unwise. Don't keep secrets. Violence only harms everyone.
Define comic relief and give an example of a scene that provides this.
What is placing a funny or light scene directly after a serious one? (examples vary). Mercutio's pun after the fight, the Capulets' flirting and joking with each other after Juleit's heavy soliloquy, the musicians' petty squabble after Juliet's death...
His monologue about the "fairy's midwife" suggests that he does not believe in love.
Who is Mercutio?
"You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and soar with them above a common bound."
What is an allusion, referring to Cupid, the Roman god of love and passion?
"O I am fortunes fool!"
Who is Romeo right after he kills Tybalt?
Define soliloquy and give an example. Explain how it is different from a monologue (and give an example of one)
What is when a character is alone on stage and a character reveals his/her thought to the audience? Examples vary- Friar-about human nature; Juliet about her excitement for her wedding night; Juliet-about her fear of taking the potion.
What is a long speech that everyone can hear? Examples vary-Queen Mab, Prince's warning, Benvolio's explanatio of the fight...
Give two examples of coincidence, chance, or external forces affecting the outcome of the play.
What is the Capulet servant asking Romeo to read the guest list, Capulet moving up the wedding day to Paris, the quarantine that prevents Friar John from delivering his letter, Balthazar reaching Romeo before Friar Lawrence can...?
He must give the banished Romeo tragic news about Juliet's demise.
Who is Balthazar?
"My only love spring from only only hate!"
What is a paradox, because love cannot spring from hate, but in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet loves Romeo, a member of the family her parents hate?
"Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew...which with sweet water nightly I will dew...The obsequities that I for thee will keep nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep."
Who is Paris when he visits Juliet's grave?
Name the five elements of plot and give an example from each part of the play.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution? Examples vary.
Give two examples that suggest Shakespeare believed in supernatural/extraordinary forces.
What is Romeo's dream about his death before the Capulet party, Romeo's dream about dying and waking up by a kiss from Juliet, Tybalt's ghost, he calls the lovers "star crossed in the prologue...?