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Who is Romeo's Cousin and friend, who often tries to keep the peace?
Who is Benvolio?
Who speaks the famous words, "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
Who is Romeo?
What type of conflict is the constant fighting between the Montagues and Capulets?
What is Man vs. Man (External Conflict)
The character trait that causes Romeo to fall in love and then kill Tybalt so quickly is...
What is Impulsiveness
The long speech given by a character alone on stage to express their inner thoughts (like Juliet's before she drinks the potion) is called a...
What is a Soliloquy?
What is the name of the women Romeo is heartbroken over at the start of the play?
Who is Rosaline?
Who says, "A plague o' both your houses!" as he lies dying?
Who is Mercutio?
After being exiled, Romeo wrestles with his intense grief and desire to die. What type of conflict is this?
What is Man vs. Self (Internal Conflict)
Lord Capulet is generally portrayed as a loving father, but he quickly becomes a tyrant when Juliet refuses to...
What is Marrying Paris?
A pun is a play on words. When Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man," this is an example of a pun because "grave" means both serious and...
what is a tomb and/or dead
Who is Romeo, Juliet, and Paris?
Juliet asks this question about the importance of a name: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." Where is she when she says this?
What is The Balcony Scene?
The conflict between Juliet and her parents, specifically Lord Capulet forcing her to marry Paris, is an example of what type of conflict?
What is Man vs. Society (External Conflict)
The word often used to describe Mercutio's personality—meaning witty, playful, and cynical—is...
What two specific, rhyming literary devices are found in the final two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet or scene?
What is a Heroic Couplet?
Who delivers the news to Romeo that Juliet is "dead" (after she took the sleeping potion)?
Who is Balthasar?
Which religious character advises Romeo to "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."?
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Name the two characters who are killed by Romeo, setting the stage for his own punishment.
Who is Tybalt and Paris?
Friar Laurence's main motivation for secretly marrying Romeo and Juliet is to...
What is to end the feud between the two families
The standard meter (rhythm) of the play's dialogue, which has ten syllables per line with an alternating pattern of unstressed/stressed sounds, is called...
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Who is Juliet's loyal confidante and messenger who helps her meet Romeo?
Who is The Nurse?
Identify the speaker and the meaning of this line: "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die."
Who is Juliet?
The initial fight between Tybalt and Mercutio is caused by Tybalt accusing Romeo of what?
Crashing the Capulet party
Why does Tybalt continue to seek a fight with Romeo, even after Lord Capulet tells him to stand down at the party?
What is he feels Romeo has insulted his family honor (or He is hot-headed/loyal to the feud)
The opening prologue is a specific fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. What is the name of this poetic form?
What is a Sonnet?