Exposition / Background
___________ foreshadows the deaths of two star-crossed lovers before Act I scene i.
The prologue
This major character if the first to bring up the subject of marriage with her partner.
Juliet
This character feels depressed over a breakup at the start of the play.
Romeo
Verona
___________ says: "But soft what light through yonder window breaks. It is the east..."
Romeo
_______________ says the next person in a feuding family that causes drama in the streets will be executed.
Prince Escalus
He's fiery and hot tempered and does not like having a party crashed.
Tybalt
Helps urge Romeo to flee Verona after Tybalt's death:
Benvolio
___________ asks permission to marry Juliet before actually meeting her.
Paris
Wherefore art thou =
Why are you
Romeo & Juliet is an example of a ___________ play.
Tragedy
Why does Tybalt resent Romeo at the start of Act 3?
He does not like that he went to the Capulet's ball.
___________ has a negative viewpoint on women, and this character teases Romeo for his dreams.
Mercutio
"O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything of nothing first create!" is an example of a(n) _______________
Oxymoron
"How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?" translates to what?
How did you come here? Tell me, and why?
Provide the name of a theater where Romeo and Juliet would have been performed:
Swan or Rose Theater
Shares the news of Tybalt's death with Juliet:
Nurse
Romeo is banished to ____________
Mantua
Why does Juliet not want Romeo to swear that he loves her by the moon?
The moon is not consistent. It changes, and she does not want him to swear at all.
"Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon. Who is already sick and pale with grief. That thou her maid art more fair than she" refers to what mythological figure?
Dianna
Written in approx. 1597, Romeo and Juliet is considered a _______________ piece of literature to reflect the ruling monarch.
Elizabethan
Says that too much crying reveals a lack of intelligence:
Lady Capulet
Mercutio calls the nurse a:
streetwalker, harlot, prostitute, sail, bawd.
Audience member watching in the ___________ would enjoy the part of the story where Tybalt and Mercutio are killed off because of the action in the plot.
Yard / Pit
___________ says "Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are made already mothers. By my count, I was your mother upon these years"
Lady Capulet