Romeo and Juliet Symbols, Themes, Motifs and Plot

A symbol is:

• a musical instrument.

• you put it on your thumb when you sew.

• a comparison using like or as.

• a sign or object that is tangible that represents something else.

A motif is...

• a main idea

• an intangible or abstract idea which recurs in a play

• a small sound made by faeries.

• when a criminal is inspired to commit a crime.

Queen Mab is associated with...

• the frog people

• hearts

• Bugs

• dreams

The symbol of potions is seen...

• When Lady Capulet mixed a brew to calm Juliet down.

• When Friar Laurence created a mixture which could make someone seem dead.

• When Romeo drank it at the end of the play which ended his life.

• When it was discovered that the Nurse was a witch.

Who mentions the roman god Cupid?

• Juliet

• Friar Laurence

• Romeo

• Balthazar

The motif of light is usually associated with

• openness, purity, hope and good fortune.

• obscurity, confusion and doom.

• protection

• beach weather

The motif of time is seen when...

• Lord Capulet moves up the wedding to an earlier date

• Romeo and Juliet get married too quickly.

• Friar Laurence says " those who run fast, stumble"

• beach weather

Plot consists of:

• The action of one character in a play.

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution and Denoument.

• a piece of land.

• to scheme and plan something sinister

A theme is:

• A less important idea in the play.

• A picture found in the play.

• A main idea or moral lesson.

• A strange smell.