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Literature Romeo and Juliet Flashcards

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Describe the form of a Shakespearean sonnet

A

14 lines long
3 quatrains and a couplet
10 syllables per line

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2
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What is an antagonist?

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The bad guy

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3
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Who is the antagonist in Romeo and Juliet?

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The families and the feud

Tybalt

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4
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What is a protagonist?

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The good guy

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5
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Who is the antagonist in Romeo and Juliet?

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Romeo

Juliet

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6
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Describe the conventions of Petrarchan Love?

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A man idealizing a woman he believes he loves but cannot engage with her
The man lives only for the woman and will die without love

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7
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What is true about the woman in Petrarchan love?

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She must be chaste

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8
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Who began writing in the Petrarchan form?

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Poet Francesco Petrarch

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9
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In what time period was Petrarch writing?

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(1304-1374)

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10
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What did Petrarchan poetry establish?

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Many Western literary conventions about love

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11
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How is Romeo first introduced?

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Fragile
Depressed
Reserved
Emotional
Sensitive
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In A1, why does Shakespeare not name the girl Romeo is doting over?

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It allows the audience to believe that Romeo is doting over Juliet. This makes him seem like hasty and an obsessive lover when he switches to Juliet

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What does repetition of the exclamation “O” suggest?

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This shows the characters despair and conflict

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What do Romeo’s oxymorons in A1.S1 and S4 suggest?

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They suggest that Romeo is conflicted by love

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15
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How is Rosaline presented in Romeo and Juliet?

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She is only referred to as an object of beauty
We are not introduced to her at any point
This suggests that she is an absent Petrarchan object of his love

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16
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How are the Nurse and Friar Lawrence presented in Romeo and Juliet?

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They are Romeo and Juliet’s parental figures

17
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Why could Friar Lawrence and the Nurse seen as to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?

A

They were the parental figures

The law at the time stated that you needed parental consent to marry

18
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What does BENVOLIO’s name suggest?

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Benvolio = Benevolence
All good
Loving

19
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What does MERCUTIO’s name suggest?

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Mercutio = Mercury
Roman God of eloquent and profound wot
Ever changing
Hot Headed

20
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Describe Iambic Pentameter

A

A heart beat rhythm used to read the 10 syllables per line used in sonnets and throughout verse

21
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What is an Iamb?

A

Two syllables, more stress on the second syllable

22
Q

When were women believed to be witches in the Elizabethan times?

A

If they were overly sexual
If they delivered babies
(Other female biological features - lactating, childbirth, periods)

23
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What was the only true power of Elizabethan England?

A

Virginity

24
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Describe the form of a Petrarchan Sonnet?

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14 lines
An Octave and Sestet
10 Syllables per line

25
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What is the rhyming structure of a Petrarchan Sonnet?

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In the octave:
ABBAABBBA
In the Sestet:
CDECDE

26
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What is an octave?

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8 lines

27
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What is a sestet?

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6 lines

28
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What is a quatrain?

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4 lines

29
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What is a couplet?

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2 lines

30
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What is the rhyming structure of a Shakespearean Sonnet?

A 
Quatrain(s):
ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
Couplet:
GG
31
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How does Mercutio see women?

A

Objects of sex

32
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How long passes between A1.S1 to A2.S2?

A

A single day

33
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What does the speed of all of the events in the play show?

A

Romeo’s temperamental and reactive nature

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