| What is a Pun? | a joke or play on words |
| Puns involve… | words that are similar in sound or a word that has two meanings. |
| What is the explanation of the “Maidens/Maidenheads” pun? | This pun can either be referring to Sampson literally cutting off the heads of the maids, or it can refer to making them lose their virginity. |
| What is the explanation of the “Feel/Fish/Tool” pun? | Gregory is using the double meaning of tool/weapon to be taken literally, as well as to create a joke about Sampson’s genitals. |
| What is a foil? | a character who provides a contrast to another character. |
| What does a foil do? | A foil may emphasize another character’s flaws or may make another character look better by comparison. |
| Essentially, a foil… | is a character that compares and contrasts another character. |
| How does Draco Malfoy contrast Harry Potter? | Draco- Pale, Blonde, Scowl; darkness, evil, dark lord followerHarry- Dark hair, Usually pleasant facial expressions; loyalty, good, Dumbledore apprentice.Draco uses his intelligence and powers to help Voldemort/evil wizards. Harry uses his intelligence and powers to help Dumbledore/good wizards |
| What are some examples of foils in Romeo and Juliet? | Tybalt and Benvolio, Romeo and Mercutio |
| What is a simile? | Figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as |
| What is a metaphor? | Figurative Language that makes a direct comparison of two unlike things |
| What is personification? | Giving human qualities to nonhuman things. |
| What is alliteration? | The repetition of constant sounds or letters. |
| What is a Hyperbole? | Obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| What is an Onomatopoeia? | A word that imitates the sound it is associated with |
| “What say you? Can you love the gentleman?” | What do you think? Can you love this man? |
| “This night you shall behold him at our feast.” | Tonight you will see him at our party. |
| “Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face,” | Look at Paris’ face, |
| “And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen;” | And find joy in his beauty/handsome face; |
| “Examine every married lineament,” | Study his features/Examine every line in his face, |
| “And see how one another lends content;” | And see if it gives you happiness; |
| “And what obscur’d in this fair volume lies,” | And what is hidden/not clearly understood in his face |
| “Find written in the margent of his eyes.” | Will be revealed in his eyes. |
| “Alas that love, whose view is muffled still,” | Love is blind |
| “Should without eyes see pathways to his will!” | Should, without the ability to see, see a way to his soul/Should, without the ability to see, make you do anything! |
| “Where shall we dine? O me! What fray was here?” | Where should we eat? Oh my! What fight was here? |
| “Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.” | Actually, don’t tell me, I have heard it all. |
| “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.” | It has a lot to do with hate and more with love. |
| “Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,” | Why then, oh hating/fighting love and loving hate, |
| “O anything, of nothing first create!” | Oh anything that’s something made out of nothing! |
| “O heavy lightness, serious vanity,” | Oh heavy lightness and serious comedy |
| “Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms,” | Crazy chaos of good people |
| “Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health” | Feather that’s heavy, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health |
| “I fear, too early; for my mind misgives” | I am scared we will be there too early, my mind has second thoughts and suggests |
| “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” | Some consequence, that is destined to happen |
| “Shall bitterly begin his fearful date” | Will begin to happen/play out today |
| “With this night’s revels and expire the term” | With tonight’s festivities and end the term |
| “Of a despised life, clos’d in my breast,” | Of a miserable life, stuck in my heart |
| “By some vile forfeit of untimely death.” | By something causing my untimely death |
| “But He that hath the steerage of my course” | But consequence has control of my life/future/fate/where I go |
| “Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen!” | Guide me! Here we go young, handsome, men! |
| What does Romeo’s dialogue in Act 1 Scene 1 mean? | Everything that something isn’t-These contradictions communicate his sadness of unrequited love. |
| What does Romeo’s dialogue in Act 1 Scene 4 mean? | Romeo fears his future. He thinks that his early death will be brought upon by tonight’s events. However, he’s ready to go and party! |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Exam
August 25, 2019