Characters
who are the main characters?
romeo and juliet
Who was the queen during Shakespeare’s time?
Queen Elizabeth I
Why does Romeo kill Tybalt
Because Tybalt killed Mercutio
define "paraphrase"
to restate in one's own words what someone else said or wrote
What does the apothecary do?
Gives Romeo poison
How old was Juliet?
13 years old
In what year did Shakespeare die?
1616
Why does Romeo kill himself?
He mistakenly thinks Juliet is dead.
a story in which the noble main character fails or dies because of a personal flaw or a twist of fate
tragedy
what does Friar John do?
attempts to deliver a message to inform Romeo on Juliet's plan
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
In what decade was Romeo and Juliet written?
1590s
How does Juliet get out of marrying Paris?
She drinks a potion that makes her appear dead.
a piece of writing that evaluates the ideas or artistic qualities of another work
critical review
Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?
At Capulet’s masquerade feast
Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead?
Friar Lawrence
Who played the females roles in Shakespeare’s plays?
female parts were played by male actors
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet
Because he hopes it will stop the feud between the Montague and Capulet
define "soliloquy"
a speech in which a character alone on stage "thinks aloud" to himself or herself
Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast?
Benvolio
With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play?
Rosaline
Whom did he marry, and how old were they when they married?
He was 18 and his wife Anne Hathaway was 26
whats the conflict
Romeo and Juliet are lovers whose lives are ruined by a conflict that has been going on between their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, for many years. In this respect the play resembles an epic in which the lives of relatively powerless humans are affected by the clash of powerul forces, such as the war between the Greeks and Trojans in Homer's Iliad Neither Romeo nor Juliet can be called the protagonist or antagonist in Shakespeare's play. The heads of their families are the protagonist and antagonist, and it would seem that the head of the Capulet family (Juliet's) would be considered the protagonist and the other the antagonist, because the Capulet's cause the problem by trying to force their daughter to marry Paris.
Who is Romeo's foil?
Mercutio
How and where does Romeo commit suicide?
With poison in Juliet’s tomb