Literary Devices
"Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee/ Doth much excuse the appertaining rage/ To such a greeting: villain am I none;/ Therefore farewell; I see thou know'st me not."
What is dramatic irony?
"I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire:/ The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,/ And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl;/ For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. "
Who is Benvolio?
"O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!/ Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?/ Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!/ Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!/ Despised substance of divinest show!/ Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st,/ A damned saint, an honourable villain!/ O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell,/ When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend/ In moral paradise of such sweet flesh?/ Was ever book containing such vile matter/ So fairly bound?"
Who is Juliet?
Juliet's mother thinks Juliet is crying for this reason.
What is because Tybalt is dead?
Thy tempest-tossed body
What is alliteration?
"No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a
church-door; but 'tis enough,'twill serve: ask for
me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. "
Who is Mercutio?
"Hie to your chamber: I'll find Romeo/ To comfort you: I wot well where he is./ Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night:/ I'll to him; he is hid at Laurence' cell."
Who is the Nurse?
This once trusted companion of Juliet is no longer trusted by her at the end of Act 3.
Who is the Nurse?
"It was the lark, the herald of the morn,/ No nightingale."
What is symbolism?
"Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper soften'd valour's steel! "
Who is Romeo?
"These times of woe afford no time to woo."
Who is Paris?
The name of the city that Friar Laurence instructs Romeo to go to during his banishment.
What is Mantua?
Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!/ Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!/ Despised substance of divinest show!/ Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st,/ A damned saint, an honourable villain!
What is/are oxymoron(s)?
"I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live."
Who is Lady Capulet?
"We will have vengeance for it, fear thou not:/ Then weep no more. I'll send to one in Mantua,/ Where that same banish'd runagate doth live,/ Shall give him such an unaccustom'd dram,/ That he shall soon keep Tybalt company:/ And then, I hope, thou wilt be satisfied. "
Who is Lady Capulet?
On what day of the week is Juliet supposed to marry Paris?
What is Thursday?
"More light and light; more dark and dark our woes!"
What is paradox?
Mercutio wishes this upon both families houses.
What is a plague?
"Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;/ Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?/ .../ And for that offence/ Immediately we do exile him hence:/ I have an interest in your hate's proceeding,/ My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding."
Who is Prince?
"Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,/ Or never after look me in the face:/ Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;/ My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest/ That God had lent us but this only child;/ But now I see this one is one too much,/ And that we have a curse in having her:/ Out on her, hilding!"
Who is Lord Capulet?
According to Lord Capulet, if Juliet doesn't obey him and marry Paris, he will _____________ her.
What is disown?