Romeo and Juliet Acts I & II quotes

“With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs.” (Act 1 scene 1 page 17) The speaker is Lord Montague; the person he is speaking about is his son, Romeo. He doesn’t understand…

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Romeo and Juliet Test Review Study Guide

In what city does this play take place? Verona Why are Romeo and Juliet called “star-crossed” lovers? They were meant to be by the alignment of the stars. Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene? The servants…

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Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 4

the letter Tybalt sent to romeo is actually what? a challenge Tybalt is known for what? fencing What is going on when the nurse enters the boys are just joking around who is the nurse looking for? Romeo What shows…

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Romeo and Juliet quotes

“As I hate hell, all montagues, and thee” Act 1 Scene 1: Conflict “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs” Romeo’s Love for Rosaline – Courtly Lover “She’ll not be hit with cupid’s arrow” Romeo’s Love for…

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Romeo and Juliet Acts 1&2

What’s humorous about the way the Nurse treats Juliet in scene 5? The Nurse is deliberately stalling to annoy Juliet. What is the main point of Act 2 scene 6? Romeo and Juliet get married and Friar warns Romeo to…

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Romeo and Juliet Act 2 : figurative language

“It is the east, and juliet is the sun” Metaphor “Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief” Personification “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, as daylight doth a…

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Romeo and. Juliet: Act II Scene 3

What is Friar Lawrence doing at the beginning of Sc III? Gathering herbs What kind of speech is Friar Lawrence giving in the beginning? Soliloquy Friar Lawrence guesses what about Romeo’s sleep that night? He was not in bed What…

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Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

Tragedy Features a tragic hero who suffers from a tragic flaw (e.g. hamartia), which leads to his downfall. Fate contributes to this downfall. Many characters other than the tragic hero die in the play as well. Hamartia Tragic heroes make…

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