Story & Themes
This city in Italy serves as the setting of the play.
What is Verona?
I kill both Paris and Tybalt.
Who is Romeo?
This part of the plot is a series of complications that eventually rises to a climax.
What is rising action?
This adjective describes someone who does things without thinking.
What is impulsive?
This character's is Romeo's first love interest.
Who is Rosaline?
I say the following line in Act _ :
"Marrying? No, I’ve never thought about it"
Who is Juliet?
This is the most intense part of the plot, where the characters make decisions that locks them into a future disaster.
What is the climax?
This word describes someone who is madly in love / overly obsessed with something/someone.
What is infatuated? / What is infatuation?
This is where Romeo and Juliet meet.
What is a ball? or: What is the Capulets' house?
I am Juliet's confidant and my job is to protect her and take care of her.
Who is The Nurse?
This part of the plot follows the climax, where the characters suffer the consequences of their decisions.
What is the falling action?
This word is used to describe a society where men hold power, make decisions for women, and restrict their freedom.
What is patriarchal?
In Romeo and Juliet, characters who are ______ create more problems than solutions.
What is violent?
This character says the following line in Act _:
"No. He's not interested in his friends any more. He’s only interested in love."
Who is Mercutio?
This part of the plot graph is where the lesson of the play is learned, the conflict is resolved, and loose ends are tied.
What is the resolution?
This is a word to describe actions that will never get the desired result.
What is futile?
In Shakespeare's tragedies, this is the name of the character trait that brings the protagonist to his end.
What is a fatal flaw?
This is the name of the Prince who orders the families to stop fighting (under threat of death in the original play).
Who is Prince Escalus?
Also called "introduction," this part of the plot introduces key characters, the setting, and the main conflict.
What is exposition?
What is agency?