| shrift | confession |
| ho | come on;hurry up |
| wanton | pale |
| anon | soon; right away |
| god-den | good evening |
| soft | wait |
| tut | come on |
| When was William Shakespeare born? | April 23, 1564 |
| Where was William Shakespeare born? | Stratford-on-Avon, England (a market town) |
| Who was William Shakespeare’s father? | John Shakespeare |
| What did William Shakespeare’s father do? | he was a shopkeeper, haigh baliff, and man of good-standing |
| What was Shakespeares amount of education? | he learned Latin in grammar school and recieved no further formal education |
| How was Shakespeare’s family life? | he married Anne Hathaway and had three children (Susannah, Judith, Hamnet) |
| When did Shakespeare die? | April 23, 1616 |
| What is the time span of the play? | 6 days |
| What was the Globe Theater also called? | “the wooden O” (round and made of wood) |
| Why were plays performed in the daytime? | theater was open to the sky and there was no artificial lighting |
| What was involved in the plays? (5) | no scenery, very few sets, elabotate costumes, detailed state directions and setting descriptions |
| Who were the groundlings? | they paid one penny to stand in front of the stage |
| Theater was popular entertainment and affordable for which people? | all classes |
| Why were women’s or girl’s parts played by men or adolescent boys? | acting was not considered respectable for women by English Puritans |
| What already known story was Romeo and Juliet based on? | Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (a long narrative Italian poem) |
| Why are Romeo and Juliet “star-crossed lovers?” | fate is against them (people believed in the stars, astrology and destiny) |
| What was Romeo and Juliet written in? | prose (not poetry) and poetry |
| What two types of poetry were used in Romeo and Juliet? | blank verse and rhyming couplets |
| What is blank verse? | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| iambic meaning? | unstressed, stressed |
| pentameter meaning? | 5 units in a line |
| When is iambic pentameter used? | when 2 characters share a line |
| What is a rhyming couplet? | two consective lines of poetry that rhyme |
| What is Tybalt derived from? | Theobald (means bold) |
| How is Tybalt characterized? | fighter |
| What is Benvolio’s name derived from? | latin words- bene (good) and volo (I wish) |
| How is Benvolio characterized? | peace maker |
| What character traits are Romeo first associated with? | indecision and darkness |
| What character traits are Paris associated with? | decisive, love is a business deal (opposite of Romeo) |
| What are the three forms of love? | unrequited love, real love, coarse/ribald love |
| What is an example of unrequited love/courtly love? | Romeo and Rosaline |
| What is an example of real love? | Romeo and Juliet-culminates in marriage |
| What is an example of coarse/ribald love? | Mercutio and the Nurse |
| How is the Nurse characterized? | earthy, bawdy, frank (opposite to Lady Capulet) |
| Where is Mercutio’s name derived from? | Mercury (Roman god of skill of hands, quickness of wit, and eloquence) |
| What does Mercutio represent? | the Renaissance (a time of rebirth, knowledge, life, growth) |
| How is Mercutio characterized? | quick-witted, eager, determined (opposite Romeo) |
| What events show Romeo’s character traits? | depressed by unrequited love, refuses to dance or enter into the spirit of the ball |
| What does Romeo represent? | the Dark Ages (plague) |
| How do you do in-text citations for a verse play? | use arabic numerals; list the act, scene, and line numbers with a period between |
| How does the Queen Mad Speech change from the beginning to the end? | light-dark; dream-nightmare (makes fun of people’s own follies then goes to a real evil presence that can harm innocent people) |
| Who gives the Queen Mab Speech? | Mercutio |
| What does the Queen Mab speech show about Mercutio? | his brilliance and powers of imagination |
| What does the Queen Mab Speech show about society? | men are ruled by the whims of fairies and other supernatural forces |
| How does the Queen mab Speech fit into the Freudian lens? | dreams are wish fulfillments and fantasies of the repressed |
| What members of the Capulet family die? | Tybalt and Juliet |
| What members of the Montague family die? | Romeo and Lady Montague |
| What members of the royal family die? | Mercutio and Paris |
| What is the main character foil of the Friar? | healing; the messenger |
| What is the main character foil of the Apothecary? | killing |
| What does the Nurse provide for the play? | comic relief |
Romeo and Juliet Notes and Handouts
November 1, 2019