Characters
Plot & Events
Quotes
Literary Devices
Drama Terms
100

This character is Juliet’s cousin who is quick to fight.

Who is Tybalt?

100

Romeo first sees Juliet at this event.

What is the Capulet party?

100

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” – Juliet asks this.

What is why Romeo must be a Montague?

100

“Juliet is the sun.” is an example of this literary device.

What is a metaphor?

100

The genre of Romeo and Juliet.

What is a tragedy?

200

He is Romeo’s close friend and known for his wit.

Who is Mercutio?

200

Juliet is supposed to marry this man.

Who is Paris?

200

“A plague o' both your houses!” – This character curses both families.

Who is Mercutio?

200

The audience knows Juliet is alive when Romeo believes she is dead.

What is dramatic irony?

200

Romeo and Juliet are this type of character who makes fatal errors.

What are tragic heroes?

300

She raises Juliet and acts as a messenger between her and Romeo.

Who is the Nurse?

300

This causes Romeo to be banished from Verona.

What is killing Tybalt?

300

“These violent delights have violent ends” – This warning is from...?

Who is Friar Laurence?

300

A long speech by one character alone on stage.

What is a soliloquy?

300

This is the turning point of the play.

What is Mercutio’s death?

400

He gives Juliet the sleeping potion.

Who is Friar Laurence?

400

Juliet fakes her death using this.

What is a sleeping potion?

400

“My only love sprung from my only hate!” – Juliet says this when...

What is learning Romeo is a Montague?

400

“Parting is such sweet sorrow” uses this contradictory phrase.

What is an oxymoron?

400

The downfall of the protagonist is caused by this.

What is a tragic flaw?

500

This character first tries to stop the fight at the beginning.

Who is Benvolio?

500

The play ends in this location.

What is the Capulet tomb?

500

“Thus with a kiss I die.” – Spoken by this character.

Who is Romeo?

500

Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech is this kind of literary moment.

What is a monologue?

500

The final part of a tragedy where the conflict is resolved.

What is the catastrophe?