| ” I do but keep the peace” | Benvolio |
| “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.” | Romeo |
| “I’ll look like, if looking liking move.” | Juliet |
| “She hath not seen the change of fourteen years.” | Lord Capulet |
| “A villain that is hither come” | Spoken by Tybalt to Romeo |
| “This night you shall behold him at our feast” | Spoken by Lady Capulet to Juliet |
| “Thou talk’st of nothing” | Said by Romeo to Mercutio |
| “A bears him like a portly gentleman” | Said by Lord Capulet to Romeo |
| Doth | Does |
| ’tis | it is |
| ay | yes |
| nay | no |
| thee | you (second person familiar; obj. form) |
| thou | you (second person familiar; subj. form) |
| wert | were (second person familiar) |
| Scene 1: A fight | A fight breaks out between servants of two rival families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Two leading characters of the drama, Tybalt and Benvolio, take over the fight. We meet the star, Romeo, who is depressed because Rosaline doesn’t want to fall in love. His cousin, Benvolio tries to help by suggesting him to look at other people. |
| Scene 2: Juliet’s dilemma | Wealthy gentleman, Paris, wants to marry Juliet, daughter of Capulet. Romeo and his friends find out there is going to be a capulet party. |
| Scene 3: Mother knows best | Juliet’s mother, Lady Capulet, tells juliet that Count Paris will be there and wants to marry her. |
| Scene 4: Some Mischief | Romeo and his two friends, Mercutio and Benvolio, decide to crash a capulet party. |
| Scene 5: The party | Tybalt is angry when e sees that Romeo is a montague at the party. Meanwhile, Romeo and Juliet see each other and fall in love |
| Aside | a short speech, usually directed at the audience and not heard by the other characters on stage. |
| Foil | when two opposite characters contrast each other to prove a point. |
| Oxymoron | figurative language that mixes opposite words (silent, screams or liquid gas) |
| Personification | figurative language that assigned human characteristics to non-human objects |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration made for the sake of emphasis |
| pun | a play on words, frequently based on different meanings of words that sound alike |
| Metaphor | a direct comparsion of two unlike things |
| inference | using information in the story, and your own common sense, to make logical guesses |
| foreshadowing | clues that hint at future events and outcomes |
| foreboding | foreshadowing of something bad |
Act 1: Romeo and Juliet
December 6, 2019