Why is Romeo and Juliet difficult to understand when it is read from a book?
It was meant to be acted out and watched
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She raised Juliet and was more supportive than Juliet's own mother
Who is the Nurse?
200
Why does Juliet tell her family that she will marry Paris?
So she can follow through with Friar Lawrence's plan and be with Romeo forever
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It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
200
Why does Friar Lawrence decide to marry Romeo and Juliet?
To end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues
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What time period did Shakespeare live in?
The Elizabethan period (can also be considered the English Renaissance)
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These two people are killed during the duel scene
Who are Tybalt and Mercutio?
300
Why does Romeo drink the poison?
Because he believes Juliet is dead and decides that he would like to die to so that they can be together forever
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"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon"
What is personification?
300
What does Romeo say to Tybalt after Mercutio dies?
That the two of them must fight to the death because they are both partially at fault and one of them must join him in heaven
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What is a soliloquy?
a device often used in drama when a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience.
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This character talks about Queen Mag and dreaming
Who is Mercutio?
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What does Juliet do after she find Romeo dead? (List 3 things)
1. Tries to drink his remaining poison
2. Tries to kiss the poison off of his lips
3. Stabs herself with Romeo's dagger
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"I fear, too early; for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars"
What is foreshadowing
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Why do the Capulets believe that Juliet is dead, and what do they suspect killed her?
She drank the potion that made her sleep and they suspect she died of sorrow over Tybalt's death
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What are three other famous works written by William Shakespeare?
1. Macbeth
2. Julius Caesar
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. Othello
5. Hamlet
6. king Lear
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These two characters work to end the feud between the two families
Who are the Nurse and Friar Lawrence?
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What exchange occurs between the Capulets and the Montagues after both Romeo and Juliet are found dead?
They end the feud and each build a statue in honor of their former enemy
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"She'll not be hit with Cupid's arrow"
What is an allusion?
500
Why does the Friar tell Romeo that he should be happy (3 parts)
1. Juliet is still alive
2. He killed Tybalt so Tyblat cannot kill him
3. He was banished from Verona instead of killed
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Where were most of Shakespeare's plays first performed?