| Lady Montague | holds Montague back from joining the fight |
| Paris | wants to marry Juliet |
| Prince Escalus | orders the families to end their feud |
| Tybalt | “hates ―Hell, all Montagues and [Benvolio]” |
| Rosaline | Capulet’s niece |
| Abram and Balthasar | servants to the house of Montague |
| Chorus | “What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend” |
| Montague | Lord Capulet’s enemy |
| Nurse | “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.” |
| Juliet | “It is an honor I dream not of” |
| Mercutio | “Oh, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.” |
| Romeo | in love twice in this act |
| Sampson and Gregory | servants to the Capulets |
| Lady Capulet | wants Juliet to marry Paris |
| Capulet | the host of the party |
| Benvolio | tries to get Romeo to “examine other beauties” |
| a brief re-statement of the main points | What is a summary? |
| It has acts and scenes | How is a play, or a drama, different from a short story or novel? |
| a play in which most of the characters die | What is a tragedy? |
| a comparison between two unlike things using like or as | What is a simile? |
| giving human characteristics to something that is not human | What is personification? |
| an over exaggeration | What is a hyperbole? |
| a direct comparison between two unlike objects | What is a metaphor? |
| a long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters | What is a monologue? |
| in drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience | What is a soliloquy? |
| the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction | What is dialogue? |
| Directions written into the script that indicate to actors where to enter and exit and what to do. | What are stage directions? |
| A character makes a comment not heard by all the other characters. | What is an aside? |
| they will die | In Act I, what does the prologue suggest will happen to Romeo and Juliet? |
| hot tempers, fierce loyalties, insults | What causes the fight in scene1? |
| death | What is the Prince’s punishment? |
| he is in love | Why is Romeo unhappy? |
| to see Rosaline | Why does Romeo agree to go to the Capulet party? |
| he is a virtuous youth | Why will Capulet not let Tybalt fight Romeo at his party? |
| she responds with interest | How does Juliet respond when Romeo begins to flirt with her? |
| unconcern | What is Romeo’s first reaction when he first learns that Juliet is a Capulet? |
| profanes | to treat something sacred with abuse,contempt, irreverence |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
| wantonly | immorally, cruelly |
| partisans | members of a party, faction, or cause |
| portentously | (adv) of or relating to something that foreshadows an upcoming event, ominously, or suggesting danger |
| covertly | secretly; in a concealed manner |
| names are meaningless | What is the main point of Juliet’s “What’s in a name” speech? |
| arrange to be married | What are Romeo and Juliet’s plans for the next day? |
| Capulet orchard | After the party, where does Romeo go? |
| to end the feud | Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? |
| assurance that he truly loves Juliet | What does the Nurse want from Romeo? |
| if Romeo still wants to marry her | As Juliet waits for the Nurse to return, what is she most worried about? |
| drags it out | What does the Nurse do when she tells Juliet of the wedding plans? |
| it is inconstant | Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear by the moon? |
| He was just in love with Rosaline | Why does Friar Lawrence initially question Romeo’s love for Juliet? |
| she is going to confession | Under what pretense does Juliet get out of the house in order to meet Romeo? |
| R & J get married | What happens at the end of Act 2 that is not written to necessarily be seen on stage? |
| entreat | to beg, implore, ask earnestly |
| forsake | to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| chide | to scold |
| utterance | the act of expressing vocally; something that is expressed |
| idolatry | idol worship; blind or excessive devotion |
| air | make public |
| repose | (v) to rest; lie; place; (n) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness |
| rancor | bitter resentment or ill-will |
| Capulet: Tybalt can not fight Romeo at the feast because he is in Capulet’s house. | “I would not for the wealth of all this town here in my house do him disparagement; therefore be patient, take no note of him.” |
| Juliet: She will look at Paris, but that is as far as she will go, for her mother’s sake. (See your side note in Act 1, scene 3) | “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” |
| Juliet: Names are meaningless. | “‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy, Thou art thyself, though not a Montague” |
| Romeo: Juliet is as bright as the sun. | “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” |
| Juliet: Ignore your name and the feud. It means nothing to our love. | “Deny thy father and refuse they name! Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” |
| Mercutio: Dreams are mere fantasy. They are products of an idle brain and Queen Mab. | “O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife and she comes in no shape bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger of an alderman.” |
| Friar Laurence: Your quick love will have a fast ending. You’re moving too fast. | “These violent delights have violent ends.” |
Romeo and Juliet – Acts 1-2
November 28, 2019