Plot Points
What is Romeo's surname?
Montague
What is Juliet's surname?
Capulet
“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er (never) saw true beauty till this night.”
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er (never) saw true beauty till this night.”
•Who said it? Romeo to himself in his soliloquy
•Where and When? At the Capulet party after he has seen Juliet
• What is the meaning importance of this quote? Romeo never saw true beauty until he saw Juliet. Hey what about Rosaline? He is supposed to be madly in love with Rosaline. However, he realizes that this has only been puppy love and not the real thing.
“If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who said it? The Prince of Verona to the battling families
•Where and When? In the streets of Verona after the brawl between the two families
•What is the meaning importance of this quote? The Prince reminds the families that they have brawled three times. He warns them that if they fight again they shall be executed.
Romeo: "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lover's eye."
What literary device is used here?
Metaphor
How do Romeo and Benvolio learn of Capulet’s masquerade ball?
An illiterate Capulet servingman asks them to read the guest list
In Act 1, Scene 2, who declares his intent to marry Juliet?
Count Paris
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.”
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who said it? Romeo to himself in a soliloquy
•Where and When? At the Capulet party after he has seen Juliet
•What is the meaning importance of this quote? Romeo is saying that Juliet is hot. She is so hot that she is hotter than the torches. (Implied Hyperbole) In fact she teaches them to burn. This personifies the torches. They can be taught. This the first time that Romeo metaphorically compares Juliet to the light.
A: “A dog of the house of Montague moves me.” (to fight)
B: “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”
A: “No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I
bite my thumb, sir.”
Who had this conversation? Where and when did they have it? What does it mean?
•Who has this conversation? Sampson (A Capulet slave) to Abraham (A Montague slave)
•Where and When? In the streets at the beginning of the play
• What is the meaning importance of these lines? Biting your thumb was a serious insult which corresponds to the modern day, flipping the bird (finger) to someone. This again shows the animosity between the two families. Even the servants of both houses are hostile to each other. Sampson is of course, is messing with Abraham by saying sarcastically, “I do not bite my thumb at you, sir!” He is indeed doing just that. These are fighting words on any street!
“If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed,” (1.5.148-149).
Which literary device is this an example of?
Simile
Romeo: “Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,
O anything of nothing first created!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this” (1.1.166-172).
Why does Romeo speak these words?
a.He is depressed because Rosaline rejected him.
Why does Lord Capulet let Romeo stay at the party?
Romeo has a reputation for being virtuous and well-behaved
"I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall.”
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who said it? Sampson to Gregory (Two Capulet slaves)
•Where and When? In the streets at the beginning of the play
•What is the meaning importance of this quote? He is going to kill the men and he is going to ravage the women. This is, of course, a grave insult to the Montague family that can only be avenged by fighting. This shows the animosity between the two families. Even the servants of both houses are hostile to each other.
A: “What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!”
B: “A crutch a crutch!!! Why call you for a sword?”
Who had this conversation? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who has this conversation? Lord and Lady Capulet
•Where and When? On the street while the servants are fighting
•What is the meaning importance of these lines? The couple arrives in the middle of the brawl between the two houses. Lord Capulet acts very macho and asks for his sword to join the fray. Lady Capulet uses verbal irony and jokes, advising her husband that he is too old to fight and he would probably do as much damage using a crutch as he would a sword. She might be alluding to the fact that he might get hurt and might even need the crutch if he fights.
In Act 1, Scene 4, Mercutio encourages Romeo to enjoy the party by saying, “You are a lover. Borrow Cupid’s wings and soar with them above a common bound” (1.4.17-18).
Which literary device is present in this quote?
Allusion
The drama is set in which location?
Verona, Italy
What warning does Prince Escalus give the offenders?
a.“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (1.1.104-105).
b.“Draw if you be men!” (1.1.63).
c.“What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (1.1.72-73).
d.“Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!” (1.1.74-75).
a.“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (1.1.104-105).
"He is a man of wax!”
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Where and When? At the Capulet house when Juliet is telling the Nurse that she does not want to marry Paris.
•What is the meaning importance of this quote? The nurse thinks that Paris is a handsome and a real catch. He is too perfect to be real; he must have been sculpted, because real people are not so perfect.
“My child is yet a stranger in the world!”
Who said it to whom? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who said it to whom? Lord Capulet says it to Paris
•Where and When? At the Capulet house when Paris comes to ask for Juliet’s hand in marriage.
•What is the meaning importance of this quote? Lord Capulet at first declines the marriage proposal, saying that Juliet is too young. Being a, “stranger in the World is a metaphor for being too young. Capulet advises Paris that Juliet is only 13 and that he should wait two more years saying, “She hath not seen the change of fourteen years, Let two more summers wither in their pride, (Personification) Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride. (Metaphor, Juliet is a piece of fruit that needs to ripen on the vine, get older and mature.
Romeo: “Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,
O anything of nothing first created!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this” (1.1.166-172).
Which literary device is present in this excerpt?
Oxymoron
In Act 1, Scene 1, which character started the street brawl?
Sampson
How does Romeo discover that Juliet is his enemy?
The Nurse tells him that Juliet’s mother is the lady of the house
"'Tis he, that villain Romeo."
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who said it? Tybalt during the Capulet party.
•Where and When? After he has seen Romeo at the Capulet party.
• What is the meaning importance of this quote? Even though the feud in ancient, there is still a great deal of hatred in Tybalt. This is contrasted with Capulet's calm demeanour, who allows Romeo to stay at the party.
“My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown and known too late!"
Who said this? Where and when did they say it? What does it mean?
•Who said it? Juliet to herself in a soliloquy. "Too early seen unknown and known too late!"
•Where and When? At the Capulet party after she has been informed that Romeo is a Montague.
• What is the meaning importance of this quote? This is indeed a paradox. The only man she has ever loved is from the family that she was born to hate. His family is the enemy of her family. Another paradox is that even though she knows that she is supposed to hate Romeo, it is too late because she is already deeply in love with him.
Benvolio: "Tut, you saw her fair, none else being by, Herself poised with herself in either eye; But in that crystal scales let there be weighed Your lady's love against some other maid Tat I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now seems best."
Romeo: I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in splendor of mine own."
What literary device is used here?
Dramatic irony