Characters
The wife of Romeo
Who is Juliet?
The Elizabethan term for "fight"
What is quarrel?
A play on words that sounds alike but have different meanings
What are puns?
The year of William Shakespeare's death
What is 1616?
"Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain."
Who is Tybalt?
The caretaker and confidant of Juliet
Who is the Nurse?
The Elizabethan term for "misery"
What is woe?
A reference to a person, place, thing, or event which the author believes the audience will know
What is allusion?
The amount of plays that Shakespeare wrote
What is 38
"For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love. "
Who is the Friar?
The Cousin and friend to Romeo, known for being peaceful and loyal
Who is Benvolio?
The Elizabethan term for "goodbye or farewell"
What is adieu?
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed bey one long syllable
What is iambic pentameter?
What the roof of the Globe represented
What is the heavens?
"Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!"
Who is Mercutio?
The person who loves Juliet and plans to merry her
Who is Paris?
The Elizabethan term for "Gross"
What is fat-kidneyed?
A genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main charcter
What is Tragedy?
The name of Shakespeare's oldest child
What is Susanna
"O God, did Romeo’s hand shed Tybalt’s blood?"
Who is Juliet?
The one who Romeo used to love most
Who is Rosaline?
The Elizabethan term for "before"
What is ere?
Used to refer to a monologue that is delivered when the character is alone
What is soliloquy?
The people who received programs for the plays
Who is no one?
"Romeo slew him; he slew Mercutio. Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? "
Who is the Prince?