Romeo and Juliet Flashcards

Flashcards for key characters, plot points, literary devices, and drama terms in Romeo and Juliet.

Who are Juliet's parents?

Lord and Lady Capulet

Who is the man Juliet's father wants her to marry?

Count Paris

Who is Juliet's cousin?

Tybalt

Who is Romeo's best friend and a relative of Prince Escalus?

Mercutio

Who marries Romeo and Juliet?

Friar Laurence

Who declares that the next person caught fighting will be put to death?

Prince Escalus

On what day does Romeo ask Friar Laurence to marry him and Juliet?

Monday

On what day does Juliet refuses to marry Paris.

Tuesday

When is Juliet found dead?

Wednesday

On what day does Romeo kill Paris and himself, and Juliet kills herself?

Thursday

When does Capulet and Montague agree to 'get along' and build gold statues?

Friday morning

What are the two accidents that take place in the play?

Illiterate servant and Romeo jumps the orchard wall and ends up in Juliet's garden

Define Soliloquy.

Speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Define Aside.

A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

Define Monologue

A long speech by one actor in a play or movie.

When does Romeo display self-control?

When he encounters Tybalt at the beginning of Act III.

What makes Juliet strong-willed and self-reliant?

Her allegiance to her husband.

What is a Shakesperian Sonnet?

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, typically written in iambic pentameter.

What is a Couplet?

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

What is Iambic Pentameter?

A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

What is Rhyme Scheme?

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.