| Define foil. | A character in literature that has qualities that are in sharp contrast to another character, thus emphasizing the traits of each. |
| tragedy | narrative about serious and imiportant actions that end unhappily. |
| oxymoron | combines two words of contrasting meaning to convey a single thought or idea. |
| malapropism | a ridiculous misuse of words, especially a confusion of two words. |
| pun | a play on words; two distinct meanings are suggested by the same word or by two similar sounding words. |
| foreshadowing | the use of events that will occur later in the plot |
| The two families are fighting because of | an ancient grudge of which no one knows the cause. |
| In the beginning, the people involved in the fight included the two families as well as | servants and civilizans in the town participated. |
| This is a sad story of young couple’s | ill fated love. |
| The parents anger is finally ended by | the deaths of the children. |
| The number of hours for this play to be presented on state is | two. |
| Sampson and Gregory fight with Montagues men | to carry on the ancient grudge of the families they serve. |
| Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting and Benvolio | tries to stop the fighting. |
| Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting and Tybalt | starts to engage in fighting because he loves a good fight. |
| When Montague and Capulet enter and see the disturbance, they want | to fight also. |
| Lady Capulet insults her husband when he wants to fight by saying | you need a crutch. |
| Lady Montague is concerned with | her husband joining in the fight because she doesn’t want him to get in trouble or to get hurt. |
| The opening skirmish was ended by the | prince Escalus ended it by saying the families would pay for any more fighting with their lives. |
| Benvolio suggests to Romeo in order to cheer up that he should | examine other beauties. |
| Romeo is sad at first because | he loves Rosalind who will not return his love. |
| Paris asks Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage and Capulet replies, | not yet, I want her to wait two more summers. |
| Caulet is giving a feast because | it was a way for Juliet to meet Paris and/or other potential husbands. |
| Romeo finds out about the feast | when he helps the Capulet servant read the guest list. |
| Romeo decides to go to the party when | he sees Rosalind’s name on the list and hej ust wants to see her again. |
| Juliet’s relationship with her family at the beginning is | close to the nurse and respectful of her parents. |
| Romeo tells Benvolio, foreshadowing future action in the play that, | he had a dream that something bad would happen because of attending the party that night. |
| The dream Romeo had was that something that happened at the party | would cause his untimely death. |
| Romeo’s reaction when first seeing Juliet was | to say that her beauty is overwhelming. |
| Capulet forbids Tybalt to fight with Romeo at the banquet because | he has heard that Romeo is well respected young man and he does not want a disturbance at the p arty. |
| When Romeo and Juliet first meet, they refer to each other in | religions terms.because this is a first, very respectful meeting. |
| When Romeo and Juliet refer to each other in religious terms, in may foreshadow | marriage, a holy sacrament. |
| Juliet says about Romeo, when she discovers who he is | “it is too late, I am in love with my enemy. |
| Romeo says “Oh, dear account, my life is my foe’s death.”, What does he mean? | He means to say that his life and happiness is in the hands of his enemy, the Capulets. |
| Shakespeare was born in | Stratford Upon Avon, England, around 1564, April |
| The education of Shakespeare | included grammar school. |
| Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway | and had three children. |
| Shakespeare was doing work in 1592 as | an actor and a playwright. |
| The Lord Chamberlains’s men were | a theatrical company for which Shakespear worked. |
| Lord Chamberlain’s men was later renamed “The King’s men” because | King James provided financial assistance to the group |
| Shakespear was with The King’s Men” for | 18 years. |
| Romeo and Juliet was written between | 1594-96 |
| When Shakespeare retired in 1612, he had written | 37 plays. |
| April 23, 1616 | Shakespeare died. |
| The Wooden O is | The first permanent theater in England where Shakespeare’s plays were performed. |
| Describe the Globe | Open sky, three levels, round shaped, platform stage |
| How was the stage “set” if there was not much scenery or furniture? | through language. |
| Plays were performed in the afternoon because | sun illuminated the stage. |
| Groundlings were | people who paid a penny to see the play and stood on the ground. |
| Women’s parts were played by | boys. |
Romeo and Juliet
October 8, 2019