Vocabulary from Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

Pro

Answer 1

Pro: before

Question 2

logue

Answer 2

logue “speaking

Question 3

prologue

Answer 3

prologue: an introduction to a book or play

Question 4

sonnet

Answer 4

sonnet: A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Question 5

civil

Answer 5

civil: cultured and polite as relating to being “civilized’

Question 6

star-crossed

Answer 6

star-crossed thwarted by bad luck

Question 7

mis

Answer 7

wrong or incorrectly

Question 8

oxymoron

Answer 8

an oxymoron is a figure of speech where two contradictory are put together for effect

Question 9

unrequited love

Answer 9

if something is unrequited it is not returned therefor, unrequited love is when the person you love does not “return” the love to you

Question 10

dis

Answer 10

away or apart

Question 11

disposition

Answer 11

frame of mind or attitude

Question 12

valiant

Answer 12

brave, full of courage

Question 13

Extended metaphor

Answer 13

a figure of speech where a metaphor (comparison between two unlike things) goes on for several lines

Question 14

consent

Answer 14

to agree or allow something

Question 15

fate

Answer 15

the development of events outside of someone’s control

Question 16

free will

Answer 16

the ability to make your own choices, to act voluntarily

Question 17

prefix, post

Answer 17

behind, after, later

Question 18

cunning

Answer 18

skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving

Question 19

peril

Answer 19

danger

Question 20

vow

Answer 20

to make a promise

Question 21

imagery

Answer 21

is a type of figurative language that apeals to senses.

Question 22

dramatic irony

Answer 22

when the audience knows something that the actors on stage don’t

Question 23

dishonorable

Answer 23

lacking honor, shameful

Question 24

valor

Answer 24

Strength of mind spirit that enables a person to encounter danger bravely

Question 25

woe

Answer 25

great sorrow or distress

Question 26

slander

Answer 26

the utterance of false charges which damage another person's reputation

Question 27

prevail

Answer 27

to succeed

Question 28

How does Romeo feel about love?

Answer 28

He has mixed feelings about it and is confused

Question 29

What does he say about it?

Answer 29

He says that love is a battle

Question 30

What is their relationships like?

Answer 30

No relationship between Romeo and Roseline

Question 31

What must Paris do according to the dad?

Answer 31

He must woo here and she should marry him in two years

Question 32

What does the mom tell her what she was doing at her age?

Answer 32

She tells her to get married now and that the mom already had kids she calls Paris valiant.

Question 33

What is Juliet's "job"

Answer 33

her job is to be pretty according to her mom

Question 34

how does she speak to her mother

Answer 34

In a way that her mother can deal with and accept.

Question 35

Why did Romeo go to the capulet's party?

Answer 35

Because he liked the girl. He is in love with her and that is pretty much the only reason.

Question 36

Did the nurse want Juliet to marry.

Answer 36

She does want her to marry someone but she thinks it should be the man of her choosing and in this case Romeo.

Question 37

"religous"

Answer 37

something that is diverted to Holy

Question 38

"images"

Answer 38

things

Question 39

"Is she a capulet?" Romeo

Answer 39

speaker's name contest why it is imparted

Question 40

"my only love sprung from my only hate! too early seen unknown, and known too late." Juliet

Answer 40

Speaker context 'why important

Question 41

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." Romeo

Answer 41

light imagery

Question 42

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love." Juliet

Answer 42

wants him as her love

Question 43

"my ears have yet not drunk a hundred words of thy tongue is uttering." Juliet

Answer 43

Haste- quick

Question 44

"i have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be."c Juliet

Answer 44

fear

Question 45

"what o'clock tommorrow shall I send thee?" Juliet "by the hour of nine."

Answer 45

way to fast

Question 46

"within the infant rind of this weak flower poison hath residence and medicine power:" Fria Lawrence

Answer 46

Friar Lawrence dangerous plots

Question 47

"in one respect I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor pure love." Friar Lawrence

Answer 47

he'll help because it might end feud

Question 48

"Tybalt the reason I lose thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not."

Answer 48

Suspicious hug

Question 49

"a plagie o' both houses! I am sped.:

Answer 49

dead

Question 50

"why the devil came you between us? O was hurt under your arm."

Answer 50

Blames Romeo