Romeo and Juliet Review

Romeo

Son of Montague

Juliet

Daughter of Capulet

Benvolio

Nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo

Mercutio

Friend of Romeo who loves to talk and joke around

Friar Lawrence

Person who marries Romeo and Juliet

Balthasar

Servant to Romeo

Tybalt

Nephew of Lady Capulet who kills Mercutio

Nurse

Servant to Capulets who raised Juliet and who has inappropriate sense of humor

Paris

Nobleman who wishes to marry Juliet

Prince Escalus

Ruler of Verona

Apothecary

Sells poison to Romeo after he learns of Juliet's death

Friar John

Friar who fails to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo in Mantua

After the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets in the town square, what does the Prince decree will be the punishment for anyone caught fighting in the future?

Death

At the beginning of the play, why is Romeo brooding and sad?

Romeo is in love with Rosaline- she does not return his love

Why does Benvolio encourage Romeo to go to the party at the Capulet's?

So Romeo can see other women and take his mind off of Rosaline

Who recognizes Romeo at the party?

Tybalt

Who is Capulet referring to when he says, "You are a saucy boy"?

Tybalt

What does Romeo mean when he says, "My life were better ended by their hate/Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love"?

He would rather die loving Juliet—a Capulet—than live without her love.

As Romeo leaves Juliet on her balcony, what does he vow to do?

Return the next morning to marry her

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

His belief that marriage will end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets

Where are Romeo and Juliet married?

Friar Lawrence's cell

What does the letter say that Tybalt sends to Romeo's house?

Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel for disrespecting them by coming to the Capulet party

What does Tybalt call Romeo to try and provoke Romeo into fighting?

Villain

Why does Romeo feel "love" towards Tybalt?

Since Romeo is married to Juliet, he is now related to Tybalt, Juliet's cousin.

Who says, "A plague o' both your houses!"

Mercutio, as he is dying from a wound from Tybalt's sword

Where does Romeo go immediately after the sword fight in the town square?

Friar Lawrence's cell

What is Juliet's first reaction when the Nurse tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt?

She is mad at Romeo and feels like he has deceived her.

What is Juliet's reaction when the Nurse criticizes Romeo and says, "Shame come to Romeo!"?

She is mad at the Nurse for saying bad things about Romeo.

The potion that Friar Lawrence makes for Juliet is supposed to make her sleep for how long?

42 hours

What does Juliet say to her father when she gets back from visiting Friar Lawrence?

She apologizes to her father for being disobedient and agrees to marry Paris.

Why is it in Friar Lawrence's best interests not to marry Paris and Juliet?

He has already married Romeo and Juliet, and it would mean that he has married Juliet to two men.

Why does Friar John not deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo in Mantua?

He gets quarantined by the town for caring for sick people who may have plague.

Why is it necessary for Romeo to "bribe" the apothecary for the poison?

It is against the law to sell poison in Mantua.

What does Romeo tell Balthasar is the reason for him needing to go into the Capulet family tomb?

To retrieve a ring that Juliet has on her finger

Who does Romeo fight in the Capulet tomb?

Paris

How does Juliet really die in the end?

She stabs herself with a dagger.

What does Balthasar have that confirms Friar Lawrence's explanation of what happened between Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo writes a letter to his father to explain why he was going to take his own life

What does Montague say that he will do to honor Juliet after her death?

Build a golden statue in her image

True or False: Primarily, Romeo and Juliet is considered a comedy because of the funny scenes involving Juliet's nurse and other servants.

False. Romeo and Juliet is considered to be a tragedy.

True or False: The setting of Romeo and Juliet is Verona, England.

False. The setting is Verona, Italy.

What was Paris' final wish before his death?

For his body to be placed next to Juliet

Who/what is the 'lantern' in the tomb?

Juliet (Romeo's Sun)

Why did Romeo not get Friar Lawrence's letter?

Friar John gets confined to a quarantined house (plague).

____________________ was to deliver an important letter to Romeo in Mantua?

Friar John

True or False: Romeo is banished to Verona.

False- He was banished to Mantua

True or False: The main setting for Romeo and Juliet is Mantua?

False- Verona is the main setting

True or False: Romeo dies by stabbing himself with a dagger.

False- He drinks poison.

True or False: Juliet dies by taking poison.

False- She stabs herself with a dagger.

What/who does Friar Lawrence blame for R&J's deaths?

Fate

How does Juliet first try to kill herself in the tomb?

Kissing Romeo's lips for any remaining poison

Who dies in the final scene of the play?

Paris, Romeo, Juliet, and we later learn of Lady Montague's death over the grief of Romeo's banishment

Tybalt is killed by _____________________ ?

Romeo

Mercutio is killed by _____________________ ?

Tybalt

Paris is killed by _____________________ ?

Romeo

True or False: Lady Montague dies of sadness over Romeo's marriage to Juliet.

False- she dies of sadness over Romeo's banishment

What does Balthazar do while Romeo is inside the tomb?

Falls asleep

Which literary element is used? "She (Nurse) would be as swift as in motion as a ball." - Juliet

Simile

Which literary element is used? "Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" - Juliet

Oxymoron

Which literary element is used? "More validity, more honorable state, more courtship lives in carrion flies than Romeo." - Romeo

Hyperbole

Which literary element is used? "What says my concealed lady to our canceled love?" - Romeo

Alliteration

Which literary element is used? "Villain and he be many miles asunder." - Juliet

Aside

Which literary element is used? "Day stands tiptoe on the ... mountain-tops." - Romeo

Personification

Which literary element is used? "When the sun sets, the earth doth drizzle dew..." - Capulet

Alliteration

Which literary element is used? "I must hear from thee every day in the hour, for in a minute there are many days." - Juliet

Hyperbole

Capulet's arrangement of the marriage between his daughter and Paris is a great example of _____________________ because Capulet doesn't know something we do!

Dramatic Irony

Which literary element is used? Any comment a character does not want other characters on stage to hear.

Aside

Which literary element is used? Juliet stating that Romeo appears as pale as a corpse.

Foreshadowing

Definition: use of words that begin with the same sound near one another (as in wild and woolly or a babbling brook)

Alliteration

Definition: statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly

Allusion

Definition: brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not other characters on the stage

Aside

Definition: relief from the emotional tension especially of a drama that is provided by the interposition of a comic episode or element

Comic Relief

Definition: a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

Dramatic Irony

Definition: a suggestion of something that has not yet happened in a story

Foreshadowing

Definition: exaggerated language that describes something as better or worse than it really is

Hyperbole

Definition: a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

Definition: a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings

Oxymoron

Definition: figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects, animals or ideas

Personification

Definition: comparing two unlike things with using the words "like" or "as"

Simile

Definition: a speech given by a character alone on stage to inform the audience of what the character is thinking.

Soliloquy

Who finds Juliet after she has taken the mixture/potion?

Nurse

Who provides Juliet with the mixture/potion?

Friar Lawrence

Who sells Romeo the poison?

Apothecary

Who devises plan for Juliet's fake death?

Friar Lawrence

True or False: In the story of R&J, less than a week passes between the beginning and end of the plot?

True- Romeo and Juliet meet on Sunday and they are both dead by sunrise on Friday

Day of the week: The Montagues and Capulets fight in the streets and are broken up by Prince Escalus.

Sunday morning

Day of the week: Romeo is pining for Rosaline who has rejected him romantically.

Sunday

Day of the week: Lord Capulet and Paris talk about arranging a marriage to Juliet.

Sunday

Day of the week: Romeo and friends attend Capulet party to help relieve his sadness over Rosaline's rejection

Sunday evening

Day of the week: Romeo and Juliet meet at the party and fall in love.

Sunday evening

Day of the week: Famous balcony scene outside Juliet's house between Romeo and Juliet

Sunday evening late

Day of the week: Tybalt spots Romeo at the Capulet party.

Sunday evening

Day of the week: Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence to arrange the wedding between Juliet and Romeo.

Monday morning

Day of the week: The Nurse delivers Romeo's message of the marriage arrangements at Friar Lawrence's cell.

Monday afternoon

Day of the week: Romeo and Juliet are married in Friar Lawrence's cell

Monday afternoon (before fight with Tybalt)

Day of the week: Benvolio, Mercutio and Romeo encounter Tybalt and he challenges him to fight

Monday afternoon (after R&J wed)

Day of the week: Mercutio and Tybalt fight and Mercutio is killed.

Monday afternoon (after R&J wed)

Day of the week: Romeo revenges Mercutio's death by killing Tybalt

Monday afternoon (after R&J wed)

Day of the week: The Nurse tells Juliet about Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment.

Monday late afternoon

Day of the week: Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he has been banished for killing Tybalt.

Monday- early evening

Day of the week: Lord Capulet agrees that Juliet will marry Paris on Thursday.

Monday- late evening