Honors English I - Romeo & Juliet Test

Gregory and Sampson

Capulet servants

Escalus

Prince of Verona

Old Man

a Capulet

Mercutio

kinsman of Prince, friend of Romeo

Benvolio

Montague nephew; Romeo’s friend

Tybalt

Capulet nephew

Balthasar

Romeo’s servant

Peter

servant of the Nurse, Capulets

Abram

Montague servant

supposedly why Shakespeare wrote tragedies

his daughter Hamnet died

flags in flag system

white is comedy, black is tragedy, red is history

iambic pentameter

sound pattern that uses one unaccented (unstressed) syllables and one accented (stressed) syllable; similar to a heartbeat; she LOVED to DANCE all DAY to THE love SONG

blank verse

poetry that does not rhyme

3 types of irony

dramatic, situational, verbal

dramatic irony

audience knows something that the characters do not

situational irony

when an unexpected outcome occurs

verbal irony

a character says one thing but means the opposite; expressing humor, anger, or frustration

aside

when a character says something to the audience that other characters do not hear

monologue

a speech made by one person speaking their thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience, or character

soliloquy

when a character talks to himself; makes a speech alone

prologue

introduction before the story begins; gives extra/background information to the audience

couplet

a pair of two lines of poetry that create a complete thought or idea; rhyme and have same meter

comic relief

inclusion of humorous things to relieve tension; uplifts heavy mood

pun

a play on words; a joke that shows the different meanings of a word

act 1 themes

love vs. hate; fate; chance vs. choice, family and violence

love vs. hate theme

love is power to challenge hate; capacity to destroy love; scene 1 is a fight, scene 5 is love at first sight

fate theme

development of events beyond a person’s control; destiny; prologue: star-crossed lovers

chance vs choice theme

mixture of chance vs choice determining outcomes; inevitability of fate; prologue: star-crossed lovers; scene 4: Romeo describes his dream

family and violence theme

two families in constant feud; scene 1: fight; scene 5: Tybalt wants violence when he sees Romeo

act 3 themes

love as a cause of violence; revenge

love as a cause of violence theme

always connected to Romeo and Juliet; love pushes them closer to violence; scene 3: Romeo threatens to kill himself after learning of his banishment; scene 5: Juliet says she will kill herself if she cannot prevent her marriage to Paris

revenge

events are initiated by revenge; the play suggests that revenge is both a natural and devastating human quality; scene 1: Tybalts seeks revenge on Romeo for attending ball, so he kills Mercutio; scene 1: Romeo’s desire for revenge is so strong that he doesn’t think about how attacking Tybalt could compromise his marriage

how play starts vs how it ends

starts and ends with many characters being together; starts with a conflict; ends with a resolution