Romeo and Juliet

PLOT QUESTIONS

setting: Verona, Italy

How many days is it: 5 days

Purpose of prolauge: provide exposition, tells grudge, foreshadows

trad rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Fued Act 1: ancient, breaks out into public brawls

Romeo internal conflict act 1: depressed, e ( about juliet )

juliet response to marry paris: she will not do more than what her parents alow

why romeo hates his name: its labels, the name of juliets enemy

development and complications: meet, profess love, marry secretly, family fued

counsler to: friar lawrence

what does friar hope to acheive by marrying them: end the fued

complication in act 3: tybalt kills mercutio, romeo kills tybalt

cnsequence of romeos actions: gets banished to mantua

how does friar help juliet: gives sleeping potion so she can avoid marrying paris

how does friar fail: Friar John is delayed so Romeo never recieves the plan

Juliet internal conflict: terrified of waking up alone or the potion not working

what does romeo get in act 5: word that Juliet is dead

what type of character is mercutio: round and static

tybalt: round and static

round-personality flat-no personality dynamic-complex static-no change

time period of shakespere: late 15 to early 16 hundreds

preformed at: globe theater

PROLAUGE QUESTIONS

act 2 prolauge is a sonnet

line one refers to the old love

lines 5 and 6 refer to juliet and romeo being attracted to each other by looks

power in line 13 means they have the courage and motivation to overcome the difficulties

the purpose is to introduce the play and romeos love for Juliet and his intent to ask for her hand in marrige