Romeo & Juliet Flashcards
What starts the feud all over again?
Servants from each family insult each other in the street.
What does the prologue suggest will be the result of the lover’s deaths?
Fate and mistiming
Why does Romeo agree to go the the party?
Romeo finds out that Rosaline will be at the party.
Why doe the Frair agree to wed Romeo & Juliet?
He believes it could end the feud.
How are the Frair and Nurse alike?
They both frustrate the lovers by being too slow.
Why is Capulet so anxious to wed Juliet to Paris?
To cheer Juliet up from Tybalt’s death.
What is the Friar’s plan after Romeo has been banished?
To give Juliet the potion and have Romeo around when she wakes up in the tomb.
Who does the Friar find alive at the tomb?
Juliet
Who is Romeo?
The son of Montague and the husband of Juliet.
Who is Juliet?
The daughter of Capulet and the wife of Romeo.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
The friend of Romeo and Juliet, who tries to keep them together and offers much wisdom to Romeo.
Who is Montague?
Romeo’s father and a wealthy nobleman in a feud with Capulet.
Who is Capulet?
Juliet’s father, Tybalt’s uncle, and a wealthy nobleman in a feud with Montague.
Who is Tybalt?
Enemy of Romeo and cousin of Juliet.
Who is the Nurse?
The Capulet’s nurse who has accompanied Juliet with advice and love.
Who is Mercutio?
Romeo’s comedic and witty friend and kinsman to the Prince.
Who is Lady Capulet?
The wife of Capulet and mother of Juliet.
Who is Lady Montague?
The wife of Montague and the mother of Romeo.
Who is Paris?
A kinsman to the prince and the preferred suitor to Juliet by the Capulets.
Who is Benvolio?
The peace-keeping friend and cousin of Romeo.
Who is Prince Escalus?
The Prince of Verona who tries to keep the public safe at all costs. He is also related to Paris and Mercutio.
Who is Balthasar?
Romeo’s faithful servant.
Who is Friar John?
A Friar sent by Friar Lawrence to deliver a message to Romeo of the plan to find Juliet in the tomb.
Who is Peter?
A Capulet servant who also escorts the Nurse to Romeo.
Who is the Apothecary?
A poor medicine merchant who illegally sells Romeo the poison.
Who is the Chorus?
The narrator of the story who supplies tragic and ironic foreshadowing.
Who is Rosaline?
The woman Romeo is in love with at the beginning of the play but is later replaced by Juliet.
Who is angry at the Montagues entering the party?
Tybalt
Why is Romeo not sent to death?
He defended the Prince;s kinsman, Mercutio.
Why does Romeo never get the message from Friar John?
Friar John is quarantined in a plague house.
How long does it take Romeo and Juliet to wed after they meet?
About half a day
Why does Juliet not leave with the Friar at the tomb?
She discovers Romeo’s warm dead body next to her.
“Aside”
An actor’s speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by the other characters
“Soliloquy”
A speech given by a single actor representing mental reflections.
“Iambic Pentameter”
A type of poetic tone often used by Shakespeare with many strong and weak parts, often rhyming.
“Rhymed Couplets”
A pair of rhyming lines meant to grab the attention of the reader.
“Sonnet”
A poem of 14 lines typically with 10 syllables per line.
“Tragedy”
A serious drama with a superior conflict meant to teach a lesson through sorrow, pity, or terror.
“Renaissance”
The time period of change in many European Countries.
“Elizabethan”
The time of reign of Queen Elizabeth I
“Oxymoron”
Opposites meant to clash usually to cause emotion.
“Irony”
The opposite of what is expected.
