Civil Mutiny
True or False: Friar Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because he hopes it will help their families reunite.
TRUE
Juliet finds out that Romeo is from the __________ family.
Montague
Who said it: "That which we call a rose by another word would smell as sweet."
Juliet says it.
She is referring to not caring which family Romeo comes from.
This story mainly takes place in which city in Italy:
Verona
What do we call Shakespeare's style of writing where he writes with ten syllables per line, in an unstressed/stressed pattern?
Iambic Pentameter
He is the hot-tempered Capulet who challenges Romeo to a duel.
Who is Tybalt?
She is the one who has raised Juliet and loves her, even helps her marriage.
The Nurse
Who said it: "A plague on both your houses!"
Mercutio.
He says it as a way to curse both the Montagues and Capulets, their conflict is why he is dead.
Romeo is banished after he does this...
Kills Tybalt.
What hallmark is this an example of?
It is a SOLILOQUY.
What happens if the Prince catches the two houses fighting again?
They'll pay with their lives/executed/ouch
Mercutio is on the _______________ side and Tybalt is on the _________________ side.
Mercutio: Montague
Tybalt: Capulet
Who said it: "Oh! She doth teach the torches to burn bright!"
Romeo.
He says it to himself as he is admiring her beauty from afar.
Romeo and Juliet are dead because of one stabbing and two poisonings. What order did they happen?
Juliet drinks poison.
Romeo drinks poison.
Juliet stabs herself.
1. To fit iambic pentameter
2. To fit the rhyme scheme
WHAT IS THE THIRD REASON?
3. Because he enjoyed the challenge of word play.
Romeo's best friend, he is killed by Tybalt.
Mercutio
The Capulets and Montagues are wealthy and influential, but the one who has the greatest authority is...
The Prince
Who said it: "Thus with a kiss, I die."
Romeo.
He drinks the poison and kisses the "dead" Juliet.
When do we find out our lead characters die?
In the prologue at the beginning. We learn on page one that they are "a pair of star-cross'd lovers" who "take their life".
Romeo acts with impulsiveness and makes decisions without thinking. This is what element of a tragedy?
It is HUBRIS, his fatal flaw.
SIX
Mercutio: killed by Tybalt, 3.1
Tybalt: killed by Romeo, 3.1
Paris: killed by Romeo at Juliet's tomb, 5.3
Romeo: dies by poison, 5.3
Juliet: dies by dagger, 5.3
Lady Montague: dies off stage from grief, we learn it in 5.3
Romeo has no idea who Juliet is in Act 1 and he actually goes to the party to see ______________.
Rosaline
Who said it: "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."
Friar Laurence.
He foreshadows that the speed at which they get married may be unwise.
Put these deaths in order: Paris, Romeo, Mercutio, Juliet, Tybalt.
Mercutio dies first.
Next is Tybalt.
Then Paris.
Then Romeo.
Finally, Juliet.
From the time they meet to the time they marry and die takes only six days. This is an example of the HALLMARK of...
FLUID ACTION.