Background
Capulets and Montagues
Why was Capulet having a feast/party?
So Juliet could meet suitors (boys who like her)
Describe her personality.
She makes jokes, loves Juliet like her own daughter, and wants Juliet to get married.
Describe Juliet's relationship with her family at the beginning of the play.
She tries to please them. They have a good relationship.
Why does the Prince threaten death?
The families had been feuding and disrupting the streets and peace in Verona.
What do Benvolio and Tybalt do when they come upon the servants fighting?
Benvolio wants to break it up. Tybalt wants to fight.
Why does Romeo agree to go to the party?
Rosaline will be there
What message does the Nurse take to Juliet from Romeo?
She should go to Friar Lawrence's cell that afternoon to be married.
How long had Juliet known Romeo before she agrees to marry him?
Hours
Who does Romeo kill, and why?
Romeo kills Tybalt because he's furious that Tybalt killed Mercutio.
When the play starts, Romeo is in love with whom?
Rosaline
Why does Romeo wear a mask to the party?
He's a Montague.
How does Juliet react when the Nurse tells her of Tybalt's death?
She is confused because she thinks the Nurse is speaking of Romeo.
Why does the Friar decide to marry Romeo & Juliet?
He thinks it will stop the family feud.
Who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead?
Balthazar, his servant
What do Lady Capulet and Lady Montague say about their husband's wanting to get into the fight?
They are too old.
He recognized Romeo's voice and knows he's a Montague.
What advice does the Nurse give Juliet about marrying Paris?
She should marry him because Romeo is as good as dead.
When Paris asks for Juliet's hand in marriage, what is Lord Capulet's response?
Wait two summers
How does Paris die?
He's at the tomb mourning Juliet and he confronts Romeo. Romeo doesn't know who he is and kills him.
How did the opening skirmish end?
The Prince threatened death.
How does Romeo hear about the party?
He reads the invitation for an illiterate servant.
What does the Nurse find when she goes to awaken Juliet on the morning of Juliet's wedding?
Juliet is dead.
When Juliet is crying in her room, what does Lord Capulet think is the cause?
Tybalt's death
How does Juliet die?
She stabs herself with her dagger.