Final Flashcards
To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from verona?
Mantua
Why is Romeo exiled?
for killing Tybalt
Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?
Friar Laurence
Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams?
Queen Mab
What does the nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled?
Marry Paris
Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?
Capulet’s party
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast?
Benvolio
What, at first, does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night?
Nightingale
To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene?
the sun
Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Laurence’s potion?
Nurse
Who proposes that a gold statue of Juliet be built in Verona?
Montague
To which powerful figure is Paris related?
prince escalus
How and where does Romeo commit suicide?
in the capulet tomb with poison
Who is the last person to see Juliet alive?
Friar Laurence
Why was Friar John unable to deliver Friar Laurence’s message to Romeo in Mantua?
he was quarantined
Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison?
he was poor and needed the money
On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet?
Sunday
On what day do Romeo and Juliet die?
Thursday
In what decade was Romeo and Juliet written?
1590’s
Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel?
the Montagues and Capulets
In what area is Friar Laurence an expert?
medicine and herbs
What term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers?
star-crossed
Why does Tybalt first challenge Romeo to a duel?
cause Romeo went to Capulet’s party
What year does Shakespeare die?
1616
Juliet’s age is…
13
Paris comes to see Capulet because he wants to…
Marry Juliet
Romeo happened to read the guest list for the Capulet party because
the servant could not read
Lady Capulet tried to convince Juliet that _____ would be a good husband
paris
The nurse is especially loving towards
Juliet
Who says, “You kiss by the book?”
Juliet
The party-goer who was most outraged by Romeo’s presence was…
Tybalt
Juliet finds out who Romeo is by asking…
Nurse
Who says, “My only love sprung from my only hate”?
Juliet
At the end of Act I, who are the only people who know about Romeo and Juliet’s feelings?
no one else knows
After the duel with Tybalt, Romeo hides…
at Friar Laurence’s
Romeo cries out, “Oh, I am fortune’s _____.”
fool
Juliet’s reaction to Tybalt is one of…
greif
Capulet tells Paris he can marry Juliet the following…
Thursday
Juliet says, “Oh, thou shalt not make me a joyful _____.”
bride
Nurse betrays Juliet when she advises her to…
marry Paris
Romeo enters and exits Juliet’s room by using…
a rope laddar
The lark is the herald of the…
morning
Juliet says that to avoid marrying Paris she would…
kill herself
After Romeo leaves Juliet he goes to…
Mantua
The person who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead is…
his servant Balthasar
At the end of Act V, Scene 1, Romeo buys…
poison
At the tomb Romeo finds…
Paris
Does Friar Laurence get to the tomb before Romeo?
no
Who says, “I dare no longer stay!”
Friar Laurence
Who says, “O happy dagger!”
Juliet
When Juliet awakens, Friar Laurence says he will take her…
to a convent
The right side of the stage from the actor’s point of view:
stage right
The left side of the stage from the actor’s point of view:
stage left
The area of the stage away from the footlights:
upstage
The area of the stage close to the footlights:
downstage
The viewers who need to be responsive to the action on stage:
audience
When an actor speaks while no one else is on stage to provide thoughts or feelings:
soliloquy
When an actor talks directly to the audience, yet the actors on stage do not hear what is said:
aside
The introductory section of a play in which characters, setting, and conflict are presented
exposition
The series of events leading to the high point of action
rising action
initiates action in the play
conflict
the highest point of action in the play
climax
the series of events following the high point of the action
falling action
The final revelation or outcome of a tragedy
catastrophe
the hero or main character in a play
protaganist
the stage furnishing that add reality to a play
props
the main idea of a play
theme
an amusing play that ends happily
comedy
a subdivision of a play
act
the conversation of a play
dialogue
The main action or events of a play
plot
A play in which the protagonist meets with defeat or death
tragedy
the reason behind a character’s actions
motivation
Who reveals the whole story to the prince?
Friar Lawrene
At the end of the play, how do Lord Montague and Lord Capulet feel about one another?
they’re okay with each other
life-long companion of Juliet
nurse
illegally sells poison
apothecary
asks to marry Juliet
paris
layful rouge killed by Tybalt
Mercutio
peace-loving cousin of Romeo
Benvolio
Object of Romeo’s love before Juliet
Rosaline
Playwright of Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
Man who wants Paris as a son-in-law
Capulet
son of Montague
Romeo
Performs the wedding of Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence
Prince of Verona and law keeper
Prince Escalus
Servant to Romeo
Balthasar
enable to deliver letter to Romeo
Friar John
Uncle of Benvolio
Montague
Cousin of Tybalt
Juliet
Servants of the Capulets
Sampson and Gregory
Town to which Romeo goes after being banished
Mantua
Hometown of Romeo and Juliet
Verona
Trouble-making nephew of Lord Capulet
Tybalt
The right side of the stage from the actor’s point of view
stage right
The left side of the stage from the actor’s point of view
stage left
The area of the stage away from the footlights
upstage
the area of the stage close to the footlights
downstage
the viewers who need to be responsive to the action on stage
audience
When an actor speaks while no one else is on stage to provide thoughts or feelings
soliloquy
when an actor talks directly to the audience, yet the actors on stage do not hear what is said
aside
The introductory section of a play in which characters, setting, and conflict are presented
exposition
the series of events leading to the high point of action
rising action
initiates action in the play
conflict
the highest point of action in the play
climax
the series of events following the high point of the action
falling action
the final revelation or outcome of a tragedy
catastrophe
the hero or main character in a play
protagonist
the stage furnishings that add reality to a play
props
the main idea of a play
theme
amusing play that ends happily
comedy
a subdivision of a play
act
the conversation of a play
dialogue
the main action or events of a play
plot
a play in which the protagonist meets with defeat or death
tragedy
the reason behind a character’s actions
motivation
When were all plays in Shakespeare’s time performed?
during the day
Juliet agreed to marry which two men
romeo and paris
Who bit his thumb in the street?
Sampson
Who did he bite his thumb at?
Abraham
Who is the protagonist?
Romeo and Juliet
Who is the antagonist?
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet commits suicide by…
Romeo’s daggar
Mantua and Verona are cities in what country
Italy
According to Lord Capulet, who is his son in law
Death
Lord Capulet moved Juliet’s wedding back by one day. Instead of ___ now it is ___
Thursday
Wednesday
What stalled Friar John on his journey to Mantua
he was quarentined
Why did Friar Lawrence agree to marry Montague and the Capulet
attempt to stop the fued
Was it legal to buy poison in Italy
no
Who wrote a suicide letter?
What did it say?
Romeo
he married a Capulet
What was Paris’ dying wish
to die next to Juliet
Juliet was to sleep how many hours after drinking the potion
42
Do the two families stop fighting after the tragedy
yes
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon
who is already sick a nd pale with grief
that thou her maid art far more fair than she”
romeo
“What’s in a name? That which is called a rose
but any other name would smell as sweet.”
Juliet
“Then hie you hence to Friar’s cell;
There stays a husband to make you a wife.”
nurse
“Farewell, farewell! One kiss, and I’ll descend.”
romeo
“I’ll to the friar to know his remedy.
If all else fail, myself have power to die.”
Juliet
“That is the banished haughty Montague”
Paris
“If you ever disturb our streets again
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”
Prince
“Ah, dear Juliet! Why are thou yet so fair?”
Romeo
“Why - he’s a man of wax!”
nurse
“O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”
romeo
“Go ask his name. If he be married.
My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”
Juliet
“Ask for me in the morning, and you shall find me a grave man.”
mercutio
“My child is but a stranger in the world.
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years.”
Capulet
“For this alliance may so happy prove
To turn their households’ rancor to pure love.”
Friar Lawrence
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
Friar Lawrence
“O brother Montague, give me thy hand.”
Capulet
“That murd’red my love’s cousin”
Paris
“O true apothecary
Thy drugs are quick, Thus with a kiss I die”
Romeo
“Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger.”
Juliet
“For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
prince
List these in order:
- Romeo and Juliet learn each other’s names
- servants of Capulet pick a fight with servants of Montagues
- Romeo sees Juliet
- the audience is told how the play will end
- Lady Capulet asks Juliet to consider marrying Paris
- the audience is told how the play will end
- servants of Capulet pick a fight with servants of Montagues
- Lady Capulet asks Juliet to consider marrying Paris
- Romeo sees Juliet
- Romeo and Juliet learn each other’s names
List these in order:
- Mercutio is killed
- Nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris
- The prince banishes Romeo
- Tybalt is killed
- Romeo leaves for Mantua
- Mercutio is killed
- Tybalt is killed
- The prince banishes Romeo
- Romeo leaves for Mantua
- Nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris
List these in order:
- Romeo kills himself
- Romeo kills Paris
- Romeo hears that Juliet is dead
- Juliet kills herself
- Romeo buys poison
- Romeo hears that Juliet is dead
- Romeo buys poison
- Romeo kills Paris
- Romeo kills himself
- Juliet kills herself
