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What meter does Shakespeare usually use?
Iambic Pentameter
When was Shakespeare born?
1564
When were Shakespeare’s plays performed?
From 2-4PM
Who were 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 was the name of Shakespeare’s acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men and later, the Kingsmen
What was the name of the time period Shakespeare lived in?
Elizabethan
What play was being performed when the globe theater burned down?
Henry the VIII
Did Shakespeare create the plot of Romeo and Juliet?
No
What type of plays did Shakespeare write?
History, romance, comedy, tragedy
How does the fight in act 1, scene one begin?
The servants of both families fight
All of the following words are archaic(no longer in use) except?
Coz, god-den, halt, marry!
Halt
“With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”, what event does this predict?
Romeo’s death
The term cuplet refers to two lines that rhyme with each other and are written in iambic pentameter. Which are true, rhyme, iambic pentameter, or both?
Both
What does Shakespeare reveal in the prologe?
Romeo and Juliet will die and this will resolve the conflict between both families
How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?
Romeo and Mercutio look at women differently: Romeo falls in love, Mercutio wants to sleep with them and leave the next day
When Romeo describes Juliet as the sun what metaphoric device is used?
A metaphor
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“Give me a torch”
Romeo
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“What’s in a name?”
Juliet
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“For this alliance will so happily prove”
Friar Laurence
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“Something about fairies and Queen Mab”
Mercutio
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“Don’t disturb these streets”
Prince
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“Romeo the love I bare thee… thou art a villain”
Tybalt
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“Marry and thy men”
Nurse
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“For I will raise her statue in pure gold”
Lord Montague
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“Die in the streets ugly ho”
Lady Capulet
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“For he hath hid himself among these trees”
Benvolio
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