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romeo and juliet was written by

william shakesphere

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where does r&j take place

verona

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where is romeo exiled to

mantua

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what character duo knows about r &j getting married

fraair lawrence and nurse

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5

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

true

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

false

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

true

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8

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

true

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9

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

they would be killed

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10

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

romeo died

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11

why does apothecary agree to sell romeo poison

he was poor and couldn’t turn down the offer

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12

paris attacks romeo at the tomb because paris believes romeo

came to damage the dead bodies or the cap tomb

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13

who kills who between mercutio and tybalt

tybalt kills mercutio

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

tybalt stabbs mercutio, then romeo kills tybalt

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15

who brings the news or juliets death to romeo

balthasar

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why is romeo exiled

because he killed tybalt

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how and where does romeo kill himself

where - the cap tomb

how - poison

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18

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

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19

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

marry paris

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20

who proposes a gold statue of juliet in verona

lord montegue

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juilet agrees to marry paris why

its part of the plan

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

there was a plauge

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monologue

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

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soliloquy

one speaking there thoughts aloud when alone

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aside

says something directly to audience

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stage directions

directions for characters

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mercutio

romeos close friend

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benvolio

romeos cousin and friend

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romeo

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

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nurse

took care of juliet growing up, her daughter died

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paris

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

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friar lawrence

he helps marry r&j in secret

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tybalt

juliets cousin, hotheaded

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juliet

capulet, in love w romeo

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lord capulet

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

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lady montegue

romeos mother, lord montegues wife

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rosealine

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

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prince

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

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friar john

supposed to deliver message (unsuccessful)

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lord montegue

ruler/father of the montugues, romeos father

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balthasar

the montegue servant

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apothecary

drug dealer, sells romeo poison

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peter

the capulet servant

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lady capulet

juliets mom, lord capulets wife

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45

what trouble did lennie and george have in weed

lennie touched a girls dress

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46

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

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why did lennie kill curleys wife

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

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48

george and lennies relationship

parent - child

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49

who owned the old dog, why is it important

candy, his only friend

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who owned the gun, why is it important

carlson, because that’s what killed lennie

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who shot the old dog, why is it important

carlson, candy wished he had done it

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why does george shoot lennie

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

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how does candy describe curleys wife

shes very flirtatious

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what happened to curleys hand

lennie crushed it on accident

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why does crooks live alone

he is black

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descrie george

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

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describe lennie

very strong and big, has the mind of a child

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who all wants to be in on the dream

george, lennie, candy, crooks

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what do george and lennie wants to do someday

get land and have rabbits

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why are george and lennie different from the other guys

they travel together, and are best friends

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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

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why is the boss suspicious of george and lennie

they travel together, george speaks for lennie

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

the brush

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who was the only one who understood why george killed lennie

slim

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65

crooks glasses represents

inteligance

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66

dead mouse symbolize

lennies power and strength

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carlsons gun symbolizes

power/death

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candys dog symbolizes

weakness

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

slim

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

candy

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71

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

the boss

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

candy

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

crooks

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characterization

highlights abd explains details about a character

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character motivation

reasons behind a characters actions

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character trait

features and details about a character

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indirect characterization

when you have to figure out things about the character

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direct characterization

directly tells you about a character

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conflict

a struggle between 2 opposing conflicts

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internal conflict

a conflict in a characters head

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external conflict

character vs something outside

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types of external conflict

  1. character vs character

  2. character vs society

  3. character vs nature

  4. character vs technology

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83

round character

fully developed

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flat character

only one trait

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85

dynamic character

they change because of what happens in the story

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86

static character

remains the same

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inference

applying knowledge about human behavior provided in the text

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88

theme

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

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motif

a topic that reveals the theme

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90

the legend of the christmas rose by

selma lagerlof

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91

character traits - robber mother - begining of story

confident and determied

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92

character traits - abbot hans

compasionate

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93

why did the forest turn back into darkness

the lay brother yelled

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94

what happaned to abbot hans after the forest turned dark

he died

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95

what did the robber family come free

abbot hans brought the flower to bishop absalon

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96

why is the fir tree unhappy in the begining

he wants to be tall and happy

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97

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

he wants to be a ship

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98

why is the fir tree finally chopped down

the be a huge christmas tree

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99

why were the small trees cut down

for small christmas trees

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what happened after the tree blazzed up quickly

it was put out quickly

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