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Characters
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Random Knowledge
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Vocab
100
She tells bawdy jokes and provides comic relief
The Nurse
100
How does Romeo find out about the Capulet party?
The clown asks him to read the invitation
100
What is an apothecary?
A pharmacist/druggist
100
Which literary device compares two things using "like" or "as?"
Simile
100
Rushed; acting too quickly
Hasty
200
Romeo loves her at the start of the play; her character shows how fickle Romeo is
Rosaline
200
Where does Juliet tell her parents she is going when she goes to marry Romeo?
To confession at church
200
What kind of drama are Shakespeare plays?
Elizabethan drama
200
What is irony?
When the opposite of what is expected or believed to be true happens
200
Changing one's mind often
Fickle
300
Romeo's servant who tells Romeo that Juiet is "dead"
Balthazar
300
What does Capulet and Montague promise to put in Verona in honor of Romeo and Juliet after they die?
Gold statues of each of them
300
What time were Shakespeare plays performed and why?
2 PM because they had to make use of the daylight (no electricity)
300
"Could Heaven be so jealous?"
Personification
300
A strong hatred
Enmity
400
He can't deliver Friar Lawrence's message because he is held at the hospital that was infected with the Plague
Friar John
400
Who comes to see Romeo while he is hiding out at Friar Lawrence's cell?
The Nurse
400
How did Shakespeare get the idea for Romeo and Juliet?
From a short story he read
400
"Charming ruffian! Angelic devil! Dovelike raven! Killer lamb!"
Oxymorons
400
A bad habit
Vice
500
Who are the two relatives of the Prince?
Mercutio and Paris
500
On what day does the play start, and on what day does it end?
Sunday to Thursday
500
In your own words, explain what was written on Shakespeare's tombstone and why.
It said that anyone who moved his bones would be cursed. This was because in London at that time, a lot of old graves were dug up to make room for new ones.
500
"Those are best married who die in the early days."
Foreshadowing
500
To continue to exist; to survive through; to last
Endure