EnglishRomeoAndJulietMegaSet Flashcards
(185 cards)
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Who enters the graveyard and why?
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Romeo and Paris- to pay respects to Juliet; Balthasar- he’s just following Romeo
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What happens in front of the Capulet vault?
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Romeo kills Paris
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What did Romeo do when he saw Juliet?
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He saw her looking as if she was still alive but drank his potion anyways
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What happens to Juliet after she wakes up?
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She sees that Romeo and Paris are dead and kills herself with Romeo’s dagger
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Who dies of grief?
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Lady Montague
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How do Capulet and Montague get along in the end?
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The two families have made peace, and made statues of the other’s child
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What was Friar John’s job?
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To deliver news to Romeo about Juliet and the potion
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Why didn’t Friar John tell Romeo the news?
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He had the plague and wasn’t allowed in Mantua
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What will Friar Lawrence do to solve this problem?
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Get Juliet from the tomb and have her wait until Romeo can be contacted
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Who is angelica?
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The Nurse
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What time is it?
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03:00:00 AM
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What kind of mood is Capulet in and why?
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A happy one because his daughter will soon be married and he shall have assurance that his bloodline will live on.
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What does Balthasar tell Romeo?
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That Juliet is dead
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Who does Romeo visit before leaving Mantua, and why is this important?
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He visits the Apothecary to get a potion
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Who finds Juliet first?
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The Nurse
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How does Friar Lawrence console the family?
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He tells them that: 1) There was nothing that the Capulets could have done to prevent her death 2) Juliet is in a better place now
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What are Juliet’s fears about taking the potion?
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1)The potion does not work 2) The Friar’s potion will kill her 3) She might wake up before Romeo can get there and suffocate 4) she might go crazy and kill herself
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Who does Juliet drink her potion to?
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Romeo
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What does Juliet tell the nurse so that she can go to bed alone?
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Juliet Tells the nurse that the rest of the family will need her help getting ready for the wedding more that she shall need her supervision.
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What decision does Capulet do make the wedding?
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He moves it to Wednesday
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Why doesn’t Friar Lawrence want to marry Paris and Juliet?
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He knows Juliet is not in love with Paris, and that she is already married
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Why does Capulet push to have his daughter married so suddenly?
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Because it will cheer Juliet up after Tybalt’s death
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What would Juliet rather do than marry Paris?
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1) Stab herself 2) Leap from a tall tower 3) Walk down a thievish alley at night 4) Walk with serpents 5) be strapped in a room with bears 6) sleep in a room of dead people 7) Be buried alive
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How does Friar Lawrence plan to get Juliet out of marrying Paris?
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Juliet will drink a potion that makes her appear dead, she will be taken from the burial vault by Romeo, and they will escape to Mantua
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On what day do the Morning Fight, Paris asks to marry Juliet, talk about marriage to Juliet, Capulet's party, and Balcony Scene?
Sunday
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On what day do Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Nurse make plans, the couple get married, Romeo is banished, Mercutio and Tybalt die, and Paris and Juliet's marriage is arranged?
Monday
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On what day do Romeo leaves Juliet's room, Friar Lawrence makes his plan, Paris and Juliet's marriage is moved to Wednesday, and Juliet takes the potion?
Tuesday
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On what day is Juliet found "dead" by her Nurse and parents, Juliet is buried, and Romeo receives news of Juliet's "death", believing it to be real ?
Wednesday
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One what day do Romeo and Paris battle at the vault, Juliet dies for real, and the Capulets and Montagues decide to get along?
Thursday or Friday
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Noble Stature
Characters must have money, and reputation to have a place to fall from
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Hamartia
Tragic flaw (often of a too large ego, or Hubris)
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Free Choice
Characters make their own decisions towards their destined death
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Punishment exceeds the crime
Characters get a worse downfall then what they deserved
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Increased Awareness
Hero comes to an understanding of what went wrong
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Peripetaeia
A decision made with a supposed positive outcome, but ends in a tragedy
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Anagnorisis
A character realizes too late that they contributed to there fatal outcome (sometimes it is only understood by the audience)
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Tragic Hero
A main character who suffers in a tragedy (see traits in another set)
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Catharsis
An emotional drain had (often by the audience) after the show is over
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Iambic Pentameter
A set of stressed and unstressed syllables equaling 10 total syllables per line
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Blank Verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Heroic Couplet
2 rhyming lines of iambic pentameter
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Couplet
2 consecutive rhyming lines with no set length
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Pun
Humorous play on words. 1. One word with many meanings 2. Words that sound alike near by
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Dramatic Irony
A relationship of contrast between a character's limited understanding of his or her situation in a moment when the audience knows more
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Allusion
A reference in literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, art, history, or music
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Comic Relief
Short, funny episode which interrupts an otherwise tragedy
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Aubade
A morning love song, usually about parting at dawn (as opposed to a serenade, or evening love song)
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Verbal Irony
The intended meaning of a statement is different form the word used; sarcasm
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Personification
To assign human qualities to something that is not human
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Analogy
An extended comparison showing the similarities between two things
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Foreshadowing
The use of clues or hints to suggest what action is to come
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Soliloquy
A long speech in which a character is on stage expressing their feelings aloud with no intended audience
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Monologue
A long speech in which a character has an intended audience
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Aside
Separated from dialogue where the character is speaking to themselves or to the audience
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Foil
Characters with opposite character traits
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Situational Irony
When the opposite of the expected outcome occurs
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Tragedy
A drama where the tragic hero suffers a downfall as a consequence of a tragic flaw
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anagnoris
a moment in which a character makes a critical discovery on a contribution to a fatal outcome
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peripetaeia
a decision made with good intent, but that creates a catastrophic outcome due to a lack of knowledge
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hamartia
the tragic flaw that leads to the hero's ill fate in a tragedy
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tragic hero
a main character in a tragedy that has is based on the following archetype: 1. noble stature - has much to lose in the tragedy 2. hamartia - has a tragic flaw that leads to his/her ill fate 3. free choice - the hero has control over their destiny, and it is there actions that cause their demise 4. excessive punishment - the audience feels that the hero suffers more than is necessary 5. increased awareness - before the tragic outcome is over, the hero learns what went wrong and caused the tragedy 6. catharsis in audience - the audience feels like they have been "emotionally purged" after the story is over
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hubris
excessive pride or self-confidence; the most common tragic flaw
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metaphor
a comparison of two things that states that one thing is the other, without using like or as
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simile
a comparison using like or as
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What night is it when Capulet allows Paris to marry Juliet?
Monday
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What is decided in this scene?
Paris will marry Juliet
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What day (as of this scene) will Paris marry Juliet?
Thursday
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What is the dramatic irony of this scene?
they are planning a wedding for Juliet even though Juliet is already married to Romeo
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What does Romeo consider as an alternative to banishment?
death
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How is Romeo being immature in this scene?
he is complaining about being banished even though the laws call for death
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How does Romeo react when Friar Lawrence says that exile is better than death?
Romeo says now he has to live his life knowing that Juliet is out there and he cannot be with her
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How does Friar Lawrence convince Romeo not to kill himself?
he says that Romeo should spend his last night in Verona with Juliet
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What does the Nurse give to Romeo?
a ring from Juliet (not the wedding ring)
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What is Juliet's first reaction to hearing about Tybalt's death?
she thinks that Romeo was killed and not Tybalt
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What is Juliet's reaction to learning of Romeo's banishment?
she threatens to kill herself
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Where is Romeo hiding?
Friar Lawrence's cell
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Who is the peacemaker of the fight?
Benvolio
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Why does Romeo not want to fight Tybalt?
if he injures Tybalt then that will break Juilet's (his wife) heart
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What causes the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio?
Mercutio taunts and challenges Tybalt
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Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
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Who kills Tybalt and why?
Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge Mercutio
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What are the casualties at the end of the fight?
Mercutio is killed by Tybalt and Tybalt is killed by Romeo
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What scene is very similar to this scene?
Act 1 Scene 1
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What does Benvolio say to the Prince in Romeo's defense?
he says that Romeo tried to break up the fight
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What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
banishment
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Why does the Prince only banish Romeo?
can't look weak in front of his people, can't favorite one family per the other, and something had to be done even though someone from each side had died. Also, Romeo did unto Tybalt what the law would have done eventually.
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Why is Juliet anxious at the beginning of the scene?
Because she's waiting for news from the nurse about Romeo
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how long has the nurse been out getting info from Romeo?
3 hours
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What technique does Shakespeare use when he has the nurse stall form giving Juliet news? (hint: ENTERTAINS audience)
Comic relief
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What does the Nurse tell Juliet?
That she will be married to Romeo in Friar Lawrence's cell that afternoon
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What is in the letter Tybalt sends to the Montagues?
a challenge for Romeo
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What does Mercutio say in response to Tybalt's challenge?
he says it is a challenges his life too because Romeo is his closest friend
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Why is the Nurse so protective of Juliet?
because she does not want Romeo marrying Juliet for all the wrong reasons
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What does Romeo tell the nurse to do to prepare the wedding?
he tells the nurse to have Juliet well dressed and at the church, and for the nurse to wait outside of the church for Romeo's servant
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What is Friar Lawrence picking at the beginning of the scene?
flowers and weeds
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Why is Romeo there to talk to Friar Lawrence?
because he needs to ask Friar Lawrence if he will marry him and Juliet
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Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
so that the feud between the two families will end
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Who is Friar Lawrence?
He is one of the priests in Verona
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Explain the Quote "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied/ And vice sometime by action dignified" (2.3.21-2)
Friar Lawrence says this to explain That actions being virtuous is not always as important as them having good intent behind them. Based upon this logic Friar makes his decision to marry Romeo and Juliet as despite the violation of church policies being broken it had potential to end the age old feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.
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What time and day is it during the balcony scene?
It's nighttime to morning, Sunday to Monday
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Who says this quote and explain the quote: "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" (2.2.36).
Juliet says this because she is wondering why Romeo has to be a Montague
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Who says this quote and explain the quote: "Deny thy father and refuse thy name" (2.2.37).
Juliet is expressing her desire for Romeo to give up the name of Montague
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How does Romeo get inside the Capulet walls?
With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls
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Why is Juliet afraid of starting this relationship so soon?
she feels that the relationship is moving too fast
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Why does Juliet not want Romeo to swear their love the moon?
Because she is afraid that like the moon their love will be inconsistent
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Why is Juliet going to send her servant to Romeo?
because she wants to set up a time when they can meet again
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Why is Juliet so worried about Romeo being with her during the balcony scene?
She is worried that he will be found and killed for being there.
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What does the word "wherefore" mean in the drama?
The word wherefore means why.
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What is the problem with Romeo and Juliet being in love?
They are from two opposite families that have been feuding for centuries
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How do Mercutio and Benvolio plan on getting Romeo out of hiding?
By first calling his name, then by insulting him and making sexual puns about him and Rosaline.
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Why do the sexual puns about Romeo and Rosaline not induce Romeo to come out of hiding?
Romeo is no longer in love with Rosaline since he is in love with Juliet, so the jokes no longer affect him.
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What types of fruit does Mercutio compare Romeo and Rosaline to?
The pop'rin pear and the medlar fruit
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Where is Romeo during this scene?
Romeo is off stage presumably hiding somewhere, listening to Mercutio's insults as he waits to go to Juliet.
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What does Romeo think of Juliet when he first sees her?
he thinks she is the most beautiful girl in the world ("O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!")
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What does Romeo compare himself to and what does he compare Juliet to?
Romeo- pilgrim Juliet- angel/saint
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How does Tybalt recognize Romeo?
by his voice
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What does Tybalt want to do when he learns a Montague is at the party?
he wants to throw Romeo out of the party
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What is the action of Romeo and Juliet touching hands sybolic of?
kissing
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How does Romeo learn Juliet's last name?
Romeo asks the Nurse who she is and the Nurse says that Juliet's mother is the lady of the house
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How does Juliet learn Romeo's last name?
she has the Nurse ask Romeo what his name is
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Who says this quote and explain: "...If he be married, / My grave is like to be my wedding bed." (1.5.149)
Juliet is saying that if Romeo is married that being forced to marry someone else would be as bad as death
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Who is Capulet?
he is the head of the Capulet household, the husband of Lady Capulet and the father of Juliet
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Who is Mercutio?
the bawdy punner of the group and a good friend of Romeo
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What is the importance of the Queen Mab speech?
it is key in characterizing Mercutio as an imaginative person, and it shows the friendship between Romeo and Mercutio, as Mercutio is comforting him as Romeo is bemoaning his and Rosaline's relationship
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What happens in Romeo's dream?
He prophesizes his death
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Who is Queen Mab?
A Shakespearean legend who gives people dreams
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How old is Juliet?
13 (14 on Lammas Eve, July 31)
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Who is Juliet?
the daughter of Sir Capulet and Lady Capulet
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Who is Lady Capulet?
the wife of Capulet and the mother of Juliet
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Who is the Nurse?
the caretaker of Juliet since Juliet was a baby
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What does Juliet think of marriage?
Juliet has no interest in getting married
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What does Lady Capulet day to Juliet about marriage?
she say many girls Juliet's age are already married and that she should think about marrying (especially about Paris)
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Who does Lady Capulet say will be at the party and why will this person be there?
Paris will be at the party attempting to woo Juliet
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What does Juliet agree to do about Paris' wooing?
she says she will think about it and try to like him
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True or False: The Nurse is happily married
false, the nurse's husband is dead
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What does Paris ask Capulet (concerns Juliet) AND what is Capulet's response?
he asks to marry Juliet and Capulet says that Paris needs to woo her for two years
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Whom does Capulet give the guest list to?
his illiterate servant
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Why does Capulet have a guest list?
He is throwing a party that night
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What does the servant ask Romeo and why?
he asks Romeo to read the guest list because the servant can not read
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What is the one thing that the servant says to Romeo about coming to the party?
As long as Romeo isn't a Montague he could come
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What does Benvolio suggest after learning of the Capulet party and why?
he tells Romeo that they should attend the party because Romeo needs to find a distraction to stop thinking about Rosaline
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Who is Paris?
A friend of the Capulets who wants to marry Juliet
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In what city does this drama take place?
Verona
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Why are Romeo and Juliet "star-cross'd lovers"?
Their love was been predetermined by fate
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What two families are fighting at the beginning of the scene?
the Capulets and the Montagues
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Why are the characters fighting at the beginning of the scene?
One of the men taunts the other men by biting their thumb
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Who attempts to break up the fight?
Benvolio
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Who is Benvolio?
the nephew Montague and Romeo's cousin
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Who is Prince Escalus?
the prince of Verona
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What is the prince's punishment if the two families fought again?
death to whoever participates in the fight
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Why is Romeo upset?
Rosaline doesn't love him and has sworn to become a nun
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Who is Romeo?
the son of Montague
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Where were most early plays performed before 1590?
London Inns
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What were the two main types of theaters?
Indoor and outdoor
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What was the first outdoor theater called?
The Theatre
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When was the first theater built?
1576
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Where were London playhouses?
Outside of London's jurisdiction
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What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Globe
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When was the Globe built?
1599
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When did the Globe burn down?
1613
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How did the theater catch fire?
A canon used in Henry VIII put the roof on fire
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How many people could fit in the Globe theater?
2,000-3,000
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What made up the floor of the Globe?
Mortar, ash, hazelnut shells
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What was the more expensive theater that Shakespeare's plays were performed in after 1608?
Blackfriars
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In which three ways were Shakespeare's plays different than they are now?
No curtains, Minimal set, All male actors
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What were people who watched a play while standing called?
Groundlings
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Where did Shakespeare grow up?
Stratford-upon-Avon
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When did Shakespeare live?
1564-1616
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Which grammar school did Shakespeare most likely attend?
King's New School
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What was the main language that Shakespeare was taught?
Latin
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Did Shakespeare marry if so when and to whom did he get married to?
He got married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway
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When did he become known as an actor and playwright?
1592
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When did he return to Stratford upon Avon?
Between 1610 and 1613
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What were his children's names?
Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet
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Which of his children died young?
Hamnet
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What describes most of Shakespeare's biographies?
They are full of legends.
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What is Shakespeare's nickname?
The Bard
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When did he finish school?
At age 15
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How many signatures did Shakespeare have?
6
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Which day was he born on and died on?
April 23rd
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Who were his parents?
John and Mary Shakespeare
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What was his rank in siblings?
3rd of 8.
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What jobs did his dad have?
Glovesmith and perhaps mayor
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What classes did Shakespeare take in school?
Math, science, Latin, logic, Christianity, and classical literature
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What is strange about Shakespeare's marriage?
His wife was pregnant before they got married
