Romeo And Juliet Test Flashcards
Irony
Something ironic
I.e. : “The water park burned down.”
Foreshadowing
Romeo getting the invitation and having a bad feeling about it for shadows something was going to go wrong.
(Predicting something)
Soliloquies
When someone talks alone
I.e. : The balcony scene with Juliet how she talks alone.
Alliteration
The reoccurrence of the same letter or sound in a poem.
I.e. : Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Similie
A comparison of one thing to another.
I.e. : He is as brave as a lion.
Oxymoron
A word contradicting the other
I.e. : Pain with the pleasure.
What is the exposition?
Feuding street fight between Capulet and Montague Families.
Romeo is sad that Rosaline is not interested in him.
Juliet is told to marry Paris (an older man.)
Impulse/Catalyst
Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet masquerade party.
Rising Action
Romeo and Juliet profess their love during balcony scene
Romeo and Juliet MARRY
Romeo runs in Tybalt.
Falling Action
Romeo learns of Juliet’s death.
Romeo buys illegal poison from the Apothecary.
Catastrophe
Romeo and Juliet BOTH die.
Resolution
The feud ends between the Capulets and the Montague’s.
Romeo
At the beginning of the play he is madly in love with a woman named Rosaline, but the instant he lays eyes on Juliet, he falls in love with her and forgets Rosaline. Romeo is also an affectionate and devoted friend to his relative Benvolio, Mercutio, and Friar Lawrence.
Mercutio
A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. He can be quite hotheaded, he finds Romeo’s romanticized ideas about love tiresome, and tries to convince Romeo to view love as just a favor.
Nurse
Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. But, until a disagreement near the play’s end, the Nurse is Juliet’s faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet’s affair with Romeo.The Nurse believes in love and wants Juliet to have a nice-looking husband, but the idea that Juliet would want to sacrifice herself for love is incomprehensible to her.
Tybalt
A Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Vain, fashionable, supremely aware of courtesy and the lack of it, he becomes aggressive, violent, and quick to draw his sword when he feels his pride has been injured. Once drawn, his sword is something to be feared. He loathes Montagues.
Capulet and Lady Capulet
The patriarch of the Capulet family, father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy, for unexplained reasons, of Montague. He truly loves his daughter, though he is not well acquainted with Juliet’s thoughts or feelings, and seems to think that what is best for her is a “good” match with Paris. Often prudent, he commands respect and propriety, but he is liable to fly into a rage when either is lacking.
Juliet’s mother, Capulet’s wife. A woman who herself married young (by her own estimation she gave birth to Juliet at close to the age of fourteen), she is eager to see her daughter marry Paris. She is an ineffectual mother, relying on the Nurse for moral and pragmatic support.
Montague and Lady Montague
Romeo’s father, the patriarch of the Montague clan and bitter enemy of Capulet. At the beginning of the play, he is chiefly concerned about Romeo’s melancholy.
Romeo’s mother, Montague’s wife. She dies of grief after Romeo is exiled from Verona.
Paris
Young nobleman, kings man to the prince.
Benvoilio
Montague’s nephew, Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend, he makes a genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public places, though Mercutio accuses him of having a nasty temper in private. He spends most of the play trying to help Romeo get his mind off Rosaline, even after Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet.
Prince
The Prince of Verona. A kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. As the seat of political power in Verona, he is concerned about maintaining the public peace at all costs.
Apothecary
Gives Romeo the poison after Romeo bribes him because apothecary is poor.
Servants
The servants just work for the Capulets and Montague’s.
They are the reason in the beginning when the fight happened they were the reason the prince came out and threatened them.
Balthazar
He sees Juliet dead and being carried into the catecones and gives Romeo the news that she is dead, but he doesn’t realize she actually isn’t dead.
Foil
Opposites
I.E. : Romeo is loving, romantic : Mercutio is joking, doesn’t know the feeling of love.
The person who was a comic relief?
The nurse & Mercutio
The person who wanted to fight Romeo.
Tybalt
The person who always wanted to keep the peace.
Benvoilio
Name of Shakespher theater.
The globe theatre.
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
Friar Lawrence
“Wherefore art thou Romeo”
Juliet
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Juliet
“They stumble who run fast”
Friar Lawrence
The first 14 lines of the play which explain what?
The prologue.
