english midterm

romeo and juliet was written by

william shakesphere

where does r&j take place

verona

where is romeo exiled to

mantua

what character duo knows about r &j getting married

fraair lawrence and nurse

t or f - friar L is hoping the marriage between r&j will stop the fued

true

t or f - tybalt is the peacemaker, and benvolio is hotheaded

false

t or f - when juliet refuses to marry paris capulet says she must marry him or never look at him again

true

t of f - benvolio explains to the prince the events surrounding tybalt and mercutio’s death

true

what threat of the prince stops the fight between caps and monts

they would be killed

when the nurse brings news of tybalts death, juliet thinks that

romeo died

why does apothecary agree to sell romeo poison

he was poor and couldn’t turn down the offer

paris attacks romeo at the tomb because paris believes romeo

came to damage the dead bodies or the cap tomb

who kills who between mercutio and tybalt

tybalt kills mercutio

when romeo interferes with tyblt and mercutio’s fight what happens

tybalt stabbs mercutio, then romeo kills tybalt

who brings the news or juliets death to romeo

balthasar

why is romeo exiled

because he killed tybalt

how and where does romeo kill himself

where - the cap tomb

how - poison

what is the friars plan how does it fail

the plan was for juliet to fake her death, and run away with romeo but romeo thinks she is deadso he drinks poison and then juliet stabbs herself

what does the nurse advise juliet to do after romeo is exiled

marry paris

who proposes a gold statue of juliet in verona

lord montegue

juilet agrees to marry paris why

its part of the plan

why if friar john unable to deliver friar lawrences message to romeo in mantua

there was a plauge

monologue

a long speech given by a character, where no other characters can hear

soliloquy

one speaking there thoughts aloud when alone

aside

says something directly to audience

stage directions

directions for characters

mercutio

romeos close friend

benvolio

romeos cousin and friend

romeo

believes that dreams are fates messages, romantic, a montegue, in love with juliet

nurse

took care of juliet growing up, her daughter died

paris

tries to woo juliet, juliets family wants her to marry him

friar lawrence

he helps marry r&j in secret

tybalt

juliets cousin, hotheaded

juliet

capulet, in love w romeo

lord capulet

the ruler/father of the caps, juliets father who wants her to marry paris

lady montegue

romeos mother, lord montegues wife

rosealine

romeos ex that he thinks he will never get over until he meets juliet

prince

ruler of the town and both houses, hates the fued between houses

friar john

supposed to deliver message (unsuccessful)

lord montegue

ruler/father of the montugues, romeos father

balthasar

the montegue servant

apothecary

drug dealer, sells romeo poison

peter

the capulet servant

lady capulet

juliets mom, lord capulets wife

what trouble did lennie and george have in weed

lennie touched a girls dress

what 3 things did curleys wife tell lennie in the barn

she doesn’t like curley, she had actress opportunities, she only married him to leave her home town

why did lennie kill curleys wife

he didn’t mean to, she was being loud and he didn’t want to get in trouble

george and lennies relationship

parent - child

who owned the old dog, why is it important

candy, his only friend

who owned the gun, why is it important

carlson, because that’s what killed lennie

who shot the old dog, why is it important

carlson, candy wished he had done it

why does george shoot lennie

he doesn't want him to be locked up or killed by the other men

how does candy describe curleys wife

shes very flirtatious

what happened to curleys hand

lennie crushed it on accident

why does crooks live alone

he is black

descrie george

he is tall and skinny, hard worker, friendly, and protective

describe lennie

very strong and big, has the mind of a child

who all wants to be in on the dream

george, lennie, candy, crooks

what do george and lennie wants to do someday

get land and have rabbits

why are george and lennie different from the other guys

they travel together, and are best friends

what does george say he could do if he didn’t have to take care of lennie

go to the cat house, drink whiskey all night, play cards in the pool hall

why is the boss suspicious of george and lennie

they travel together, george speaks for lennie

where did george tell lennie to go if he was in trouble

the brush

who was the only one who understood why george killed lennie

slim

crooks glasses represents

inteligance

dead mouse symbolize

lennies power and strength

carlsons gun symbolizes

power/death

candys dog symbolizes

weakness

“if you dont look after your own wife, what do you expect me to do abt it”

slim

“ i aint much good with only one hnad. I lost it right here on the ranch”

candy

'“what stake you got in the guy, you takin his pay”

the boss

“no big… is ganna laugh at me, ill show ya who’s yella”

candy

“i aint wanted in the bunkhouse, and you aint wanted in my room”

crooks

characterization

highlights abd explains details about a character

character motivation

reasons behind a characters actions

character trait

features and details about a character

indirect characterization

when you have to figure out things about the character

direct characterization

directly tells you about a character

conflict

a struggle between 2 opposing conflicts

internal conflict

a conflict in a characters head

external conflict

character vs something outside

types of external conflict

1. character vs character
2. character vs society
3. character vs nature
4. character vs technology

round character

fully developed

flat character

only one trait

dynamic character

they change because of what happens in the story

static character

remains the same

inference

applying knowledge about human behavior provided in the text

theme

authors message about life, idea, and other issues that are dealt with

motif

a topic that reveals the theme

the legend of the christmas rose by

selma lagerlof

character traits - robber mother - begining of story

confident and determied

character traits - abbot hans

compasionate

why did the forest turn back into darkness

the lay brother yelled

what happaned to abbot hans after the forest turned dark

he died

what did the robber family come free

abbot hans brought the flower to bishop absalon

why is the fir tree unhappy in the begining

he wants to be tall and happy

when the fir tree grows taller, it is still unhappy why

he wants to be a ship

why is the fir tree finally chopped down

the be a huge christmas tree

why were the small trees cut down

for small christmas trees

what happened after the tree blazzed up quickly

it was put out quickly