Romeo and Juliet

Juliet

(Quote) "Tell me not, friar, that thou hearest of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise And with this knife I'll help it presently." (spoken to Friar Lawrence)

Nurse

(Quote) "Why, love, I say! Madam! ! Sweetheart! Why, bride! Marry and amen, how sound is she asleep! I needs must wake her, Madam, madam, madam!" (spoken to Juliet)

Juliet

(Quote) "Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins That almost freezes up the heat of life. I'll call them back again to comfort me...My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial." (spoken to Lady Capulet and Nurse)

Paris

(Quote) "O, I am slain! If thou merciful, Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet." (spoken to Romeo)

Apothecary

(Quote) "Such mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's law Is death to ant he utters them." (spoken to Romeo)

Prince

(Quote) "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. And I, for winking at your discords too, Have lost a brave kinsmen. All are punished." (spoken to Capulet and Montague)

Romeo

(Quote) "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." (spoken to himself)

Friar Lawrence

(Quote) "Come, come away.Thy husband in thy bosom lies dead. And Paris, too. Come, I'll dispose of thee Among a sisterhood of holy nuns." (spoken to Juliet)

Man/Balthasar

(Quote) "Her body sleeps in Capels' monument. And her immortal part with the angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault And presently took post to tell it you." (spoken to Romeo)

Friar John

(Quote) "Suspecting that we both were in a house Where the infectious pestilence did reign, Sealed up the doors, and would not let us forth. So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed." (spoken to Friar Lawrence)

Juliet

(Quote) "Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is my sheath; there rust, and let me die." (spoken to herself)

Friar Lawrence

(Quote) "Now i must to the monument alone. Within this three hours will fair Juliet wake. She will beshrew me much that Romeo Hath had no notice of these accidents." (spoken to Friar John)

Prince

(Quote) "Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardoned, and some shall be punished; For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." (spoken to everyone/Capulet and Montague)

Romeo

(Quote) "Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou art not conquered. Beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there." (spoken to himself)

Bard

Another name for William Shakepeare that means poet.

1564

The year William Shakespeare was born.

Stratford-upon-Avon

The place in which William Shakespeare was born.

England

The country William Shakespeare was born in.

John

William Shakespeare's father.

Anne Hathaway

The woman that William Shakespeare married.

Lost Years

The years that Historians cannot account for in William Shakespeare's life.

London

The town that William Shakespeare moves to (and leaves his family behind).

Lord Chamberlain's Men

A successful theater company that Shakespeare joined after moving to London.

The King's Men

The name that Lord Chamberlain's Men switched to in 1603.

1610

The year that Shakespeare retires from The King's Men.

Actor and Playwright

William Shakespeare was an...

Globe Theater

William Shakespeare was a part owner of...

Renaissance

Shakespeare was alive during the late...

Elizabethan Era

What England referred to the late Renaissance as.

Queen Elizabeth I

Who the Elizabethan Era was named after.

Bubonic Plague

The disease that caused theaters to close often.

History, Comedy, Tragedy

The three genres Shakespeare's plays are categorized in.

Tragedy

What Romeo and Juliet is considered to be.

1599

The year Romeo and Juliet is set in.

1608

The year the Globe Theater was built.

Ten Percent

The percent that Shakespeare owned of the Globe Theater.

Sunlight

What needed to be taken advantage of for plays.

Men

Were allowed on stage, but women weren't.

Italy

The place that Shakespeare dies. (age 52)

Flag

(Globe Theater) Signified which type of play was being performed. Black for tragedy, white for comedy, and red for history.

The "Heavens"

(Globe Theater) Consisted of a canopy supported by pillars and a hut on top. The canopy shaded and protected actors from too much sun or rain. It also represented the sky and heavens and was painted with golden stars. The hut above was used for storage and additional sound efforts such as alarm bells, canon fire, and thunder.

Galleries

(Globe Theaters) Three seating sections. Audiences paid more to sit on these tiered wooden benches under a thatched roof, which kept out the rain.

Open Yard

Audiences paid one penny to stand here and watch the performance, rain or shine. Often these patrons, called "groundlings," would participate in the action of the play by throwing snacks and shouting at the performers.

Trapdoor

Actors playing ghosts or witches could rise or descend through this door built inot the mai stage. The cellarage underneath was referred to as "hell."

Inner Stage

This stage was used mostly got indoor scenes. It had a curtain that could be opened or closed for scene changes.

Main Stage

Where main action of the play took place, especially outdoor scenes of battlefields, forests, or cityscapes.

Tiring House

Dressing and storage rooms. Actors rested here between scenes and changed into lavish costumes, which made up for the lack of props and scenery. The doors to the tiring house also served as actor's main entrances and exits.

Upper Stage

The "chamber" was used for most bedroom and balcony scenes. The balcony above was used for musicians and sound effects.

Verona, Itlay

Where Rome and Juliet takes place.

Star-crossed Lovers

Fate is against Romeo and Juliet which makes them...

Abram and Sampson

The pair who were fighting in the first scene.

Benvolio

The person who breaks up the fight between Abram and Sampson.

Take their Lives

What the Prince threatens to do (says to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet) if their families fight again.

Depressed

How Benvolio and Montague describe Romeo has been acting.

Love Sick

What Romeo is after being denied by Rosaline. (he is very sad)

Examine other Beauties

Benvolio's advice to Romeo.

They are Old

The reason Capulet thinks it will be easy for Montague and him to keep the peace.

Juliet's Hand in Marriage

What Paris asks Capulet for.

Wait a few Years

Capulet's first answer to Paris.

Flirt

Capulet later seems to change his mind and tells Paris to go do what at the party with Juliet?

Illiterate

The problem that the servant is is that he is...

Rosaline

The woman that Romeo loves before he meets Juliet.

Go to the Party

What do Romeo and Benvolio decide to do?

13

The age of Juliet.

Hasn't Thought About It

Juliet's answer to Lady Capulet's question about her getting married.

Mother

What was Lady Capulet when she was Juliet's age?

Pointless

What Mercutio says dreams are.

Queen Mab

The Queen of Fairy Land who brings dreams to man.

Scared

What is Romeo feeling when he thinks fate is working against him?

A True Beauty

Other than being amazed, what does Romeo think Juliet is when he sees her for the first time.

His Voice

How does Romeo recognize Tybalt?

Misbehaved

What Capulet claims Tybalt to be at the party and threatens to throw him out if her speaks of throwing Romeo out any longer.

The Nurse

Tells Romeo Juliet's last name.

The Nurse

Tells Juliet Romeo's last name.

Romeo

(Quote) "O, She doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear--" (spoken to serving man, overheard by Tybalt)

Mercutio

(Quote) "O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the faerie's midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Over men's noses as they lie asleep." (spoken to Romeo)

Tybalt

(Quote) "Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain, that is hither come in spite To scorn at our solemnity this night." ( spoken to Lord Capulet)

Juliet

(Quote) "It is an honor that I dream not of." (zlady Capulet)

Lord Capulet

(Quote) "But Montague is bound as well as I, In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think, For men so old as we to keep the peace."

Romeo

(Quote) "My mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life, closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death."

Romeo

(Quote) "Tut! I have lost myself; I am not here; This is not Romeo, he's some other where." (spoken to Benvolio)

Lord Capulet

(Quote) This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest. Such as I love; and you among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more." (spoken to Paris)

Lord Capulet

(Quote) "Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone. 'A bears him like a portly gentleman, And, to sya the truth, Verona brags of him To be virtuous and well-governed youth. I would not for the wealth of all this town Here in my house to him disparagement." (spoken to Tybalt)

Tybalt

(Quote) "What drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee." (spoken to Benvolio)

Prince

(Quote) "If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." (spoken to Capulets and Montagues)

Romeo

(Quote) "With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit. . . O, she is rich in beauty; only poor That, when she dies, with beauty dies her store." (spoken about Rosaline)

Romeo

(Quote) "If I profance with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this; My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." (spoken to Juliet)

Romeo

(Quote) "O dear account! My life is my foe's debt."

Juliet

(Quote) "My only love, sprung form my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy."

The Sun

What Romeo compares Juliet to in the balcony scene.

Facial Expression

Juliet uses this to speak without saying anything.

Embarrassed

What Juliet feels when she found out Romeo heard her in the balcony scene.

Flowers and Herbs

What Friar Lawrence gathered in his basket.

Used Wrong

"Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,/And vice sometime by action dignified." This means that good things can turn bad when . . .

Sleeping with Rosaline

What Friar Lawrence accuses Romeo of doing. (also says he was out late.)

Rush into Love

Friar Lawrence claims that young men do this.

The Feud

Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet to end the what between the Capulets and Montagues?

Killed Mercutio

Romeo is motivated to kill Tybalt because. . .

Marry Paris

Juliet loses trust in the nurse because the nurse advises her to. . .

To Seek His Advice

Why Juliet go to Friar Lawrence's cell at the end of Act III?