Act 1 & Act 2 Flashcards
What’s the effect of the prologue
Sets the mood for the rest of the play - audience will be expecting drama and tradegy
How’s the theme of fate shown in the story
Give quote
Says r+j are ‘star-coss’d lovers’
We now know from the beginning they are doomed
How is conflict introduced in scene 1
Starts the play with physical violence which makes the audience aware that more fighting could happen
How’s is the main theme of love shown in scene 2 & 3
Give quote
Juliets relationship with Paris shows a different side to love as it’s for financial reason
‘Share all that he doth posses’
Give the key quote from the proglogue
‘A pair of star-crossed lovers take their lives’
This line helps to build up loads of tensions throughout the play
How is foreshadowing used in scene 4 A1
Romeo
Romeo had a dream that made him afraid to go to the party- this is hunting at future events to the audience as Romeo worries something bad will happen
How is scene 5 the key scene
R+j see each others other the first time / but Tybalt sees Romeo and wants to fight him
How is conflict already shown when r+j first see each other
The hatred of the fued already starts to tear them apart from the first time they see each other tybalt is already threatening violence
What’s the key quote in A1 scene 5 and how does it show contrast
‘To strike him dead I hold it not a sin’
Shakespeare puts r+j first meeting side by side with tybalts menacing threats
This shows that r+j love is doomed from the start by the fued between their families
How is Act 2 - scene 2 a key scene
It’s the ‘balcony scene’
It’s tense and rushed but it’s also the only scene where they’re alone for long
What does soliloquy and how does Shakespeare use it in A2 scene 2
It means when someone is talking to themeselves
Juliet is doing this but Romeo over hears her and she doesn’t know
Shakespeare does this as it allows Juliet to speak opening about her true feelings for Romeo
How is love presented as different between r+j in A2 scene 2
Give quotes
Romeo worships Juliet and calls her a ‘bright angel’
Juliet wants something more real and moves the relationship towards marriage
Give a key quote from the balcony scene
‘If they do see thee, they will murder thee’
Juliet fears her family will kill Romeo if they see him
This reference to fued contrasts with the romance and creates tension by highlighting the risk
How is scene three a big foreshadowing scene and why does Shakespeare do this
The friar foreshadows quite a few future events
> for shadows r+j deaths
> the troubling nature that is to come
Shakespeare does this to make the friar seem wise or spookily knowledgeable
‘They stumble that run fast’
What key quote is said by the friar which is to do with r+j immaturity
‘Thy love did read by write that could not spell’
R was wild about rosaline but today is crazy about Juliet
Friar thinks Romeo is too immature for true love and compares him to a child who can recite words but cannot spell them
