Studied by 28 peopleWhat meter does Shakespeare usually use?
Iambic Pentameter
When was Shakespeare born?
1564
When were Shakespeare's plays done?
2-4 PM
Shakespeare's contemporaries?
Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlow
What did Shakespeare do?
He was a playwright, actor, and partial owner of the globe theater
What is the name of Shakespeare's acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men, then the Kingsmen
What was the name of the time Shakespeare lived?
Elizabethan
What play was being played when the globe theater burnt down?
Henry the 8th
Did Shakespeare create the plot of Romeo and Juliet?
No
What type of plays did Shakespeare write?
History, Comedy, Romance, Tragedy
How does the fight in scene one start?
The servants of both families fight
All of the following words are archaic(no longer in use) except?
Halt
“Something about untimely death”- what event does this quotation predict?
Romeos death
Sonnet question, the term cuplet refers to two lines of poetry that rhyme with each other, and are written in iambic pentameter.
Both are true
What information does Shakespeare provide in the prologue?
Romeo and Juliet will die and that it will end the feud between families
How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?
Romeo and Mercutio look at women differently: Romeo falls in love, Mercutio is horny, he makes love then ditches.
~ A foil means characters in a play that can be a foil for another. ~
~ For example, Maddox-Rusandu, the opposite. ~
When Romeo says that Juliet is the sun, what metaphoric device is it?
A metaphor
What is the figure of speech involved when Romeo says Juliet's cheeks are so bright they do something with her cheeks?
Hyperbole
Why does friar Laurence rebuke Romeo?
Because he loved Rosaline and quickly switched to Juliet
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry the couple?
To end the feud
What kind of mood is Mercutio in when Romeo and he are walking down the street?
Angry mood
What's the turning point of the play?
Tybalt’s death
What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
He is exiled
Why does Romeo not want to fight Tybalt?
He is married to Tybalt's cousin(Juliet)
Juliet responds to the news of Tybalt’s death with?
Uncontrollable weeping
Why does Friar Laurence think that Juliet is brave enough to take to potion?
Because she wanted to kill herself before.
What are the physical effects of the potion on Juliet?
Faint pulse, lose color in the cheeks and lips, cold body (could be all of the above)
Who brings Romeo the news from Verona?
Balthasar
What is the climax of the play?
When Juliet really dies in real life no fake no lie(gone wrong)
What is the Friar's deadly mistake?
Marrying Romeo and Juliet
Quote by Romeo
“Give me a torch; I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy, I will bear the light.”
Quote by Juliet
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Quote by Friar Laurence
“For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancor to pure love.
Quote by Mercutio
Fairies
Quote by Prince
“If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. 100 For this time all the rest depart away.”
Quote by Tybalt
“Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: Thou art a villain.”
Quote by Nurse
“Marry and thy men…”
Quote by Lord Montague
“But I can give thee more, For I will raise her statue in pure gold, That whiles Verona by that name is known, There shall no figure at such rate.”
Quote by Lord Capulet
“Die in the streets ugly ho!”
Quote by Benvolio
“Come, he hath hid himself among these trees, To be consorted with the humorous night. Blind is his love, and best befits the dark.”
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