Why is Prologue important? | Sets time and place and gives plot summary of play. |
What is the form of poetry in the Prologue? | Sonnet: 14 lines, 3 quatrains, ends in rhyming couplet, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme. |
Who are Sampson and Gregor? | servants of the Capulets. |
Who are Abram and Balthasar? | Servants of the Montagues. |
How do the citizens feel about the feud? | Do not like and want it ended. |
What ultimatum does the prince give? | death penalty for any who disturb the peace. |
What final orders does the Prince give to Capulet and Montague? | Tells them to leave and to come visit him at different times later in the day. |
Who is Benvolio? | Romeo’s cousin |
What information do we get about Romeo? | heartbroken because his love is not returned (unrequited). |
What is Romeo’s definition of love? | Bittersweet — bad and good. |
Who is Rosaline? | Girl Romeo is in love with who has sworn a vow of chastity and will not return his love. |
What advice does Benvolio give Romeo? | Forget about Roasline and look at other girls. |
What is Romeo’s answer? | Romeo thinks there will never be another girl as beautiful as Rosaline. |
Who is Tybalt? | Juliet’s cousin. |
Who enter in Act I, Scene ii | Paris and Capulet enter this scene. |
What information do we get here? | Paris is a count/nobleman. Capulet cares for his daughter. Juliet’s age |
What does Paris ask Capulet? | Paris asks Capulet if he can marry his daughter, Julier. |
How old is Juliet? | Juliet is 13 |
What order does Capulet give a servant? | Capulet orders his servant to invite people to the party. |
How is this an opportunity for comedy? | Servant can’t read the list he has been given — this is comedy because the audience would have found it humorous that the servant was asked to do something he didn’t know how to do. |
What purpose does Romeo have in agreeing to go to the party? | Romeo only agrees to go to the party because he wants to see Rosaline. |
What new characters appear in this scene? | Nurse, Juliet, And Lady Capulet enter in Act I, Scene iii. |
What else do we learn about Juliet? | She will soon be 14, the nurse has cared for her since hshe was a baby. |
Name some of the nurse’s characteristics. | The nurse is eccentric, she talks a lot, and she loves Juliet. |
How does the nurse describe Paris? | Nurse describes him as a man of wax, a perfect man. |
What message does a servant bring? | A servant tells them the guests have arrived and are ready to start the party. |
Who is the county? | County equals Paris (Count Paris) |
What do we learn indirectly in scene iii? | Juliet doesn’t want to get married/ isn’t interested in love. |
What is the dramatic purpose of what is learned indirectly in Act I, Scene iii? | ironic because she will soon fall in love with Romeo |
Who is introduced in Act I, Scene iv? | Mercutio–Romeo’s friend/relative of Prince. |
Soles and soul,, soar and sore are examples of what literary device? | homophones and alliteration. |
What does Mercuio’s speech reveal about his character? | He is funny, outgoing and a jokester. |
What is the Queen Mab speech about? | Queen Mab, a fairy who brings people dreams. He is trying to explain to Romeo in a funny way that dreams are not real and not meant to be taken seriously. |
Homophone | words which are spelled differently but sound the same. |
alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
Where does Act I, Scene v take place? | Capulet house–a party. |
What are the serving-men talking about? | some of the servants are not doing their jobs correctly. |
What is the purpose of this disagreement and confusion? | provides comic relief to lighten the mood |
What kind of host is Capulet? | Capulet is a good host. He is a friendly and wants his guests to have a good time. |
What impression has Juliet made on Romeo? | Romeo thinks Juliet is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. “Has my heart loved until now?” |
Who objects to Romeo’s presence and what does he say? | Tybalt objects to Romeo’s presence. He says he wants to kill him. |
How does Capulet respond to this? | Capulet tells Tybalt to leave Romeo alone. He says that their town Verona brags about Romeo being a good person. |
How do Romeo and Juliet speak to each other? | Romeo and Juliet speak to each other in poetic form using metaphors about pilgrims making a religious journey. |
What is Juliet’s reaction when she learns who Romeo is? | When Juliet learns that Romeo is a Montague, she is angry that her “only love sprung from my only hate.” |
Summarize Juliet’s solioquy. | Her only love came from her only hate and she feels like she will not be able to love anyone else. |
Romeo and Juliet A1
August 18, 2019