Characters
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to Romeo's request?
He agrees to marry them because he hopes it will end the family feud.
What decision was made at the end of the Balcony scene?
Romeo and Juliet agreed to get married
What is a simile?
A comparison of unlike things using like or as.
"Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, and young affection gapes to be his heir."
What does this quote mean?
Romeo is no longer in love with Rosaline and now desires Juliet
How does Juliet describe her love for Romeo?
In the balcony scene, what did Romeo try to swear to that Juliet did not want him to swear by?
The moon
What does Romeo compare Juliet to in his soliloquy during the balcony scene?
The sun
Mercutio: "Good Peter, to hide her face, for her fan's the fairer face."
Who is "her" that Mercutio is referring to?
The nurse
How does Friar Lawrence respond after hearing that Romeo is in love with Juliet.
He is surprised by how quickly Romeo got over Rosaline and replaced her with Juliet.
What does Tybalt send Romeo in act 2, scene 4?
A letter of challenge
Create a metaphor to describe Romeo
Students will have to create a comparison between Romeo and an unlike thing without using like or as.
What does this quote mean:
"Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, and vice sometime by action dignified"
Vice and virtue depends on use
What item did Romeo need to get for after the wedding?
A ladder
What advice does Friar Lawrence give Romeo about his marriage?
To take it slowly or he will stumble.
What was different about Romeo when he met the Nurse in act 2, scene 4?
Romeo was happy and cheerful.
Romeo: “Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords.” Which literary device is this line an example of?
Hyperbole
"My invocation is fair and honest. In his mistress' name, I conjure only but to raise up him."
What is Mercutio saying he is doing in act 2, scene 1?
He is only mentioning Rosaline to make Romeo come out
How does the nurse describe Romeo?
Romeo is pretty and gentle but lacks
How does Juliet react to the nurse's return in scene 5.
She is impatient for the news and pesters the nurse for Romeo's response
Romeo: “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp;” Which literary device is this line an example of?
Simile
Juliet: "Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance, not of ornament. They are but beggars that can count their worth. But my true love is grown to such excess I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth."
Summarize what Juliet is saying in your own words.
She cannot count how much she loves Romeo because of her love is too abundant.