Which characters in the play serve as comic relief?

How does Paris die?

The prologues for act 1 and 2 are

Where is the play set?

What worries Juliet about marrying Romeo?

When Juliet is sleeping because of the potion, the nurse, her mother, her father , and Paris think she is dead. This is

Mercutio and Romeo are foils early in the play because

What is the difference between a monologue and a soliloquy.

What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet? (Also called an Elizabethan or Shakespearean sonnet)

How does Mercutio die?

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.

Prologue

What is the meaning of this line?

I fear too early, for my mind misgives

Some consequence yet hanging in the stars

Shall bitterly begin his fearful date

With this night’s revels, and expire the term

Of a despisèd life closed in my breast

By some vile forfeit of untimely death.

Who says this?

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name,

Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.

Who says this?

Why does Lord Capulet want to have Paris marry Juliet so quickly?

Benvolio and Tybalt are foils because

When Juliet says, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet. / So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, / Retain that dear perfection which he owes [owns] / Without that title" she means

Who are the two families that are feuding?

Which of these characters belongs to the Capulet family?

Which of these characters belongs to the Montague family?

Which of these characters belongs to the Prince's family?

Which adults know about Romeo and Juliet's plan?

How does Tybalt die?

What is Juliet's punishment if she will not marry Paris?

How does Romeo die?

This is when a character says something on stage that other characters on stage do not hear.

A comparison using the words like or as

What is the meter or the rhythm of a sonnet?

Who says this line?

"A Plague o' both your houses!"

What is the Prince's decree of punishment if the Capulets and Montagues fight in the street again?

What is Friar Lawrence's motivation for marrying Romeo and Juliet?

What is Romeo's view of his banishment?

Why does Juliet feel the nurse has betrayed her?

Who is supposed to be in the tomb when Juliet wakes up?

This is a long speech given to other characters.

A comparison for example "It is the east and Juliet is the sun."

Who says this and why?

"There is no world outside Verona walls / But purgatory, torture, hell itself. / Hence 'banished' is 'banished from the world,' / And world's exile is death."

What character traits are revealed about Mercutio in his Queen Mab monologue?

What does Friar Lawrence think of Romeo's banishment?

Which of the following is the plan for Juliet to avoid marrying Paris?

Who meets Juliet when she awakens in the tomb?

A play on words where two words have the same sound but different meanings

Who says this and to whom?

"If, rather than to marry County Paris, / Thou hast the strengthof will to slay thyself, / Then it is likely thou wilt undertake / A thing like death to chide away this shame, / That copest with death himself to scape from it."

Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?

What character flaws does Romeo exhibit in the third act when he during and after the street fight?

Who comes up with the plan for Juliet to fake her own death with a sleeping potion?

How does Juliet die?

Identify this quotation:

"O look, methinks I see my cousin's ghost / Seeking out Romeo that did spit his body / Upon a rapier's point! Stay, Tybalt, stay! / Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here's drink, I drink to thee."

When Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet's party they speak their lines to each other in what form?

What is the resolution at the end of the play?

Opposing terms used in close proximity

Identify the speaker:

"Death that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, / Hath had no power yet upon they beauty. / Thou art not conquered. Beauty's ensign yet / Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, / And death's pale flag is not advanced there."

When words in close proximity start with the same sound

Identify the speaker:

"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love, / And I, for winking at your discords, too, / Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished."

Who is this character?

Falls in love with Romeo; stabs herself with Romeo's dagger; understands real love; innocent, teenager of almost 14

Who is this character?

In love with love; often melancholy (depressed); kills Paris; teenager of about 17; passionate; bold; a risk-taker

Who is this character?

Romeo's cousin; tries to keep the peace; kind; peaceful, truthful, helpful; a Montague

Who is this character?

Very witty; Romeo's best friend; kin (related) to the Prince; creative, imaginative, concerned with honor, not serious about love, has a bawdy sense of humor

Who is this character?

Kin to the Prince, a friend of Capulet, persistent, a Count (County)

Who is this character?

Wants Juliet to marry Paris; promises to make a gold statue of Romeo; jolly; likes to party; gets angry when things are not going as he wishes; head of a rich, wealthy family

Who is this character?

More motherly to Juliet than her own mother; Loving, comic relief, has a bawdy sense of humor

Who is this character?

Formal; does not prioritize her daughter; is interested in wealth and importance

Who is this character?

Banishes Romeo from Verona; fair; dignified; strict; ruler of Verona

Who is this character?

Hostile, eager to fight, obstinate, a cousin to Juliet, has a fashionable fighting style

Who is this character?

Marries Romeo and Juliet in secret; gives Juliet a sleeping potion; reasonable, thoughtful, mentor to Romeo, knows a lot about plants (medicine and poison), a priest