| Benvolio | (good wishes) tries to get Romeo to “examine other beauties”practical, helpful, loyal, thinks that there are a lot of people to love |
| Tybalt | (little tyrant) hates “Hell, all Montagues and [Benvolio]” |
| Lady Capulet | wants Juliet to marry Pariswants to see Juliet make a good match quickly, traditional |
| Capulet | the host of the partynot a fan of early marriage, cares about his daughter and wants her to be happy and in love |
| Lady Montague | holds Montague back from joining the fight |
| Montague | Lord Capulet’s enemy |
| Romeo | in “love” twice in this act (sailboat) belives love is complex, is sensative and romantic |
| Rosaline | Capulet’s niece |
| Paris | wants to marry Juliet, eager to marry and age is not an issue |
| Juliet | not thinking of marriage and not ready for it, open and flexible to mother’s wishes, good girl- respectful and does what parents’ say |
| Mercutio | believes in continuing to love through rough, painful times |
| Nurse | protective, lower class, sense of humor, practical, loves Juliet, traditional |
| The Prince | orders the families to end their feud |
| Chorus | “What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.” |
| Sampson and Gregory | servants to the Capulets |
| Abraham and Balthasar | servants to the house of Montague |
| sonnet | 14 line love poem |
| structure | author reinforcing theme through ______________ |
| rhyme scheme | author reinforcing duality (concept of 2) through _____________ |
| compound words, alliteration, words that connote to 2 | author reinforces duality through _____________,_____________,______________ |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines |
| couplet | a stanza of 2 lines |
| fate controls romeo, he is a fatalist | wind controls sailboat. Romeo is the sailboat and fate is the wind |
| romeo | character’s name similar to romance |
| alliteration | what speeds up language to show excitement? |
| theme and structure | act 1, scene 5, lines 104- 117 is a sonnet of two people falling in love, what does it reinforce? |
| extended religious metaphor | What does romeo use while flirting with Juliet?(Juliet is the shrine/ worthy lady, Romeo is the unworthy pilgrim) |
| pun | a play on words |
| double entandres | body puns |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1
November 14, 2019