Romeo And Juliet: Act 1-2 Flashcards
scene one starts off how
With the servants fighting
Setting
Verona
Maidenhead
Virginity
Is an insult to another person (like sticking up the middle finger)
Biting the thumb
Why is Romeo depressed and why does he speak in oxymoron
Because Rosaline doesn’t love him back and because that is what he is feeling. He loves her but she doesn’t love him back
Why doesn’t Rosaline love Romeo?
Because she is chaste and wants to become a nun
Is lady Capulet close to Juliet?
No, and you can see it because Lady Capulet needs the nurse to be in the room to talk to Juliet
When is Juliet’s birthday?
July 31
Did the nurse breastfeed Juliet?
Yes, until Juliet was 3
Is a fairy that puts dreams into your head
Queen Mab
Why does Benvolio tell Romeo to go the ball?
So that he could get over Rosaline and see other beauties
What dream does Romeo get from Queen Mab?
He foreshadows his death
Who is Paris?
The guy who wants to marry Juliet
What is wrong with the servant that was entrusted to invite the guests?
He can not read
Why does Romeo agree to go to the ball?
He knows that Rosaline is going to be there since she is Capulet
What are Romeo and Juliet disguised as for the party?
Romeo is a pilgrim and Juliet is a Saint
In Act 2 what is Romeo sayings?
How he is over Rosaline and now in love with Juliet
What do romeo friend’s think when Romeo disappears
That he is depressed
What does Romeo refer Juliet as
Bright things; stars, the sun
Talk about the comparison between the sun and the moon
Juliet is the sun and she is beautiful and full of life while the moon is depressed and pale
What puts Juliet eyes to shame
Her rosy cheeks
Sweet sorrow
Oxymoron because she has to say goodbye but sweet because she is seeing him
Is an apothecary, works with drugs
Friar Lawerence
Greek; weakness
Hamartia
What’s Romeo hamartia
is that he is too quick to do things without thinking. He is rash. It leads to his death
In love with Rosaline with one minute then Juliet the next
Gets in engaged the day he meet her
Him buying the potions without even talking to Friar Lawerence
When Romeo is talking about being wounded what is referring
Cupid
sent a letter to Romeo’s house asking for a duel because he crashed the party
Tybalt
believe that Romeo is already dead because he doesn’t know how to fight all he does is cry because Tybalt is such a great fighter
Mercutio and Benovilo
What are the plans after marriage
the plan after the wedding was for Romeo and Juliet spend the night together and the next day tell the parents that they are married. Obviously plans change
these violent delights have violent ends
Foreshadowing to us that something is going to occur
thinks it’s immoral that he leaves Romeo and Juliet be left alone but he doesn’t think it’s immoral to marry them without there parents consent
Friar Lawerence
