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McLellan-RomeoJuliet
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was William Shakespeare born? | 1564 |
| What is another name for William Shakespeare? | the Bard (poet) |
| After attending Stratford Grammar School, whom did he marry? | Anne Hathaway |
| Where did Shakespeare go to join the Lord's Men? | London; the Lord's Men changed its name to the King's Men |
| How did Shakespeare make his living at the company? | part-owner of the Globe Theater; actor; playwright |
| What is another name for the Renaissance? | the Elizabethan Era |
| Why were theaters closed when Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII, was reigning? | the Bubonic Plague |
| About how many people did the Globe theater hold? | 2,500 to 3,000 spectators |
| What are the three categories we put Shakespeares plays into? | comedy, tragedy, history |
| What is Romeo and Juleit considered? | tradegy |
| Where is Romeo and Juliet set? | Verona, Italy |
| When did the Burbage brothers build the Globe theater? | 1599 |
| How much of the Globe did Shakespeare own? | 10 percent |
| When were plays performed? | during the afternoon because of the sunlight needed |
| Who were allowed to perform onstage? | men |
| During what production did the theater burn down in 1613? | Henry VIII |
| When did Shakespeare die? | In 1616, at age 52 |
| When was Shakespeare born in Stratford-upon-Avon? | 1564 |
| Act 1 Prologue | (blank) |
| Describe the setting of the play. | Set in Verona where two families are fighting and love causes death. |
| Why are Romeo and Juliet called "star-cross'd" lovers"? | The stars on the day they were born were not favorable, and they were doomed to die. |
| Act 1 Scene 1 | (blank) |
| Who is fighting in the beginning of the first scene? | the servants from both the CApulet and Montague families |
| Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him? | Romeo has been very depressed. |
| Why is Romeo so sad? | He has been rejected by Rosaline, and he cannot forget about her because he was in love |
| What is Benvolio's advice to Romeo? | to look for other women and not to dwell on her |
| anthesis | a contrast of ideas expressed by parallelism of strongly contrasted words |
| When does Romeo use anthesis? | when he is depressed talking about Rosaline, comparing love to extremely opposite things |
| Act 1 Scene 2 | (blank) |
| Why does Capulet think it will be easy for Montague and him to keep the peace? | he thinks since they are older they are wiser and he knows neither wish to die |
| What does Paris ask about Capulet? | he asks Capulet for his daughter's, Juliet's, hand in marriage |
| What is Capulet's first answer? | no, Juliet is too young |
| Later, Capulet changes his answer to Paris' question, saying what? | he tells Paris to court her and he may let him marry her when she is older |
| What problem does the servant have? | he is illiterate and must read the party invitation |
| What do Romeo and Benvolio do? | they help the servant read the invitation, then go to the party |
| Why does Capulet think that Juliet is too young to marry? | she needs more time to mature |
| What is Paris' argument against Capulet? | there are women younger than Juliet who are mothers |
| What does Capulet mean when he says, "And too soon marred are those so early made"? | he thinks that marrying girls too young, they are not ready; he implies for Paris to wait for Juliet |
| Act 1 Scene 3 | (blank) |
| When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about marriage, what is her answer? | Juliet has not given it much thought because she is so young |
| Following Juliet's answer, what does Lady Capulet tell her daughter? | she tells Juliet that when she was her age, she was already married having children, and that other girls in Verona are also married at her age |
| Summarize the conversation among Juliet, her mother, and the nurse. | The nurse recounts Juliet's childhood; Lady Capulet tries to convince Juliet that she should consider Paris for a spouse |
| Act 1 Scene 4 | (blank) |
| According to Mercution, who or what is Queen Mab, and what does she/it do? | Queen Mab is the queen of the fairies who brings dreams to people. |
| What does Mercutio say about dreams? | he says they are not true and that they only come to people who have nothing else to think about |
| What is Romeo's mood at the end of this scene? | he is fearful that he will die because of something he saw in the stars |
| Act 1 Scene 5 | (blank) |
| What does Romeo think of Juliet the first time he sees her? | he thinks she is extremely beautiful and he falls in love |
| How does Tybalt recognize Romeo? | he immediately recognizes the Montague voice |
| When Tybalt wants to kick Romeo out of the party, what does Capulet tell him? | he says to relax and that Romeo will not disrupt the party |
| What does Juliet mean when she says, "My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late"? | Juliet fell in love before knowing that Romeo was of the enemy's bloodline |
| Act 2 Scene 1 | (blank) |
| What does Mercution say about "blind love"? | he means that blind love is not realistic |
| Summarize this scene. | Benvolio and Mercution joke about Romeo's lovesickness while they search for him. Meanwhile, Romeo has climbed Juliet's fence to find her. |
| Act 2 Scene 2 | (blank) |
| When Juliet appears on her balcony, what does Romeo compare her to? | the sun; he says the moon looks pale because it is jealous of her beauty |
| How does Juliet :speak, yet...[say] nothing"? | She speaks, but not to Romeo because he is nervous to talk to her |
| When Juliet leans her cheek on her hand, what does Romeo say? | he says the brightness of her cheek shames the stars, saying how beautiful she is |
| Unaware of his presence, what does Juliet ask Romeo to say? | she tells him to get rid of his name because her parents won't approve of his being a Montague |
| Explain what Juliet says about names. | she says names are not important because they do not define a person |
| Juliet asks how Romeo got to her balcony when it is so high and how he would be in danger if her were found, to which Romeo responds what? | he says his love for her helped him climb it |
| Why is Juliet embarrassed? | she thinks she has fallen in love too quickly and doesn't want him to live as quickly as he came |
| Why does Juliet need to contact Romeo the next day? | she needs to know if he is being truthful about their wedding and he has to have the date set |
| Summarize this scene. | Romeo climbs to Juliet's balcony and they express their love for each other and plan to marry |
| Act 2 Scene 3 | (blank) |
| What has Friar Laurence been out gathering in his basket? | herbs to make different potions |
| Explain lines 21-22: "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,/And vice sometime by action dignified"? | If good is used wrong it can turn evil, and evil can sometimes turn good. This foreshadows the fatal potion |
| When Friar Laurence sees Romeo, what comment does he make about seeing him so early in the morning? | he says only the troubled are up early, and he thinks Romeo was awake all night |
| What does Friar Laurence mean when he says to Romeo, "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes"? | he means that men fall in love with beautiful women, determined to remind Romeo how quickly he forgot about Rosaline |
| Friar Laurence agrees to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet for what reason? | he thinks maybe their young love could end the feud |
| Summarize this scene. | While Friar Laurence is gathering herbs, Romeo approaches him to ask him to marry Juliet and him. The friar agrees for he thinks it may end the family feud |
| Act 2 Scene 4 | (blank) |
| According to Mercutio, what kind of man is Tybalt? | Tybalt is hot-headed because he always starts fights |
| What does the nurse say to Romeo about Mercutio? | she is angry that he made fun of her and wanted her servant to defend her |
| How is Juliet to arrange to meet Romeo? | she will pretend to go to the friar's for confession |
| Summarize this scene. | Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio are joking around when the nurse comes to confirm marriage details |
| Act 2 Scene 5 | (blank) |
| The nurse was to be gone a half hour, but how long was she actually gone for and why? | the Nurse was gone for 3 hours because she was running errands and stalling |
| How is the nurse behaving that is frustrasting to Juliet? | the nurse taunts Juliet by waiting to tell her what Romeo told her |
| Summarize this scene. | Nurse takes a long time to get to Juliet and tell her the news Romeo has told her |
| Act 2 Scene 6 | (blank) |
| What does Friar Laurence mean when he says, "Therefore, love moderately; long love doth so"? | he means that Romeo should not rush his love |
| Summarize this scene. | Romeo and Juliet profess their love for each other to Friar Laurence, then head off to be married |
| Characters | (blank) |
| Lady Montague | Romeo's mother |
| Lord Montague | Romeo's father |
| Romeo | son of Montague |
| Benvolio | nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo |
| Balthasar | servant to Romeo |
| Abram | servant to Montague |
| Lord Capulet | Juliet's father |
| Lady Capulet | Juliet's mother |
| Juliet | daughter of Capulet |
| Tybalt | nephew of Lady Capulet |
| Nurse | Juliet's helper |
| Peter | servant to Nurse |
| Sampson | servant to Capulet |
| Gregory | servants to Capulet |
| Prince Escalus | ruler of Verona |
| Mercutio | kinsman of the Prince and friend of Romeo |
| Friar Laurence | a Franciscan priest |
| Friar John | another Franciscan priest |
| Count Paris | a young nobleman, kinsman of the Prince |
| Apothecary | provider of poison |
| Page | Paris' servant |
| Chief Watchman | watches the cemetary |
| Act 3 Scene 1 | (blank) |
| What do the lines about hot days and mad blood stirring foreshadow? | the fight with Tybalt because he is already hot-headed and will start a fight |
| What does Mercutio tell us about Benvolio? | he jokes about Benvolio being hot-headed and staritng fights, when he is actually describing himself |
| What does Romeo have to remind Mercution and Tybalt about? | that the Prince forbid fighting or the death penalty will ensue |
| What does Romeo regret over Mercutio's death mean? | he thinks since Juliet has come along he has been soft and unwilling to fight, which caused Mercutio's death |
| Why do the citizens tell Romeo to leave Verona? | he will be put to death if he does not leave |
| What does Benvolio tell Romeo and why? | he tells Romeo to leave so he will not die because he does not want to lose another friend |
| What does the Prince mean when he says, "But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine That you shall repent the loss of mine"? | he will punish Romeo harshly so that others will repent the loss of Mercutio |
| What does the Prince promise to do if Romeo is found? | the Prince promises to kill him; he does not like murderers in his town |
| Summarize this scene. | Mercutio and Tybalt fight, with Tybalt killing Mercutio, causing Romeo to fight Tybalt, and Tybalt dies; Romeo then must leave or be killed |
| Act 3 Scene 2 | (blank) |
| What is Juliet's first reaction when she learns that Tybalt is dead? | she is sad and curses Romeo then she shames herself for cursing her own husband |
| What does Nurse think of men in general? | she thinks they all are liars and says this to comfort Juliet over Tybalt's death |
| What is Juliet's reaction when Nurse curses Romeo? | she is apalled and automatically defends his reputation |
| Where is Romeo hiding? | he is in Friar Laurence's cell |
| Summarize this scene. | Juliet wants to see Romeo, but her dreams are crushed when Nurse tells her that Romeo killed Tybalt and his punishment, so Juliet wants to see him one last time |
| Act 3 Scene 3 | (blank) |
| Explain Romeo's statement: "Tis torture, and not mercy." | Romeo thinks that exile is a greater punishment than death because he will only be thinking of Juliet |
| What solution is Romeo contemplating? | he considers suicide |
| The Friar proposes to give Romeo "Adversity's sweet milk"; what does this mean? | he wants to give Romeo advice |
| Friar Laurence gives Romeo, "a pack of blessings light upon thy back;" what are these blessings? | the blessings are slayiing Tybalt, having Juliet alive, and not being killed |
| Summarize this scene. | Romeo learns his punishment, which he hates because it is exile; the friar gives Romeo some advice; the Nurse invites him to meet with the weeping Juliet |
| Act 3 Scene 4 | (blank) |
| What decision does Capulet make in this scene? | he tells Paris that he can marry Juliet |
| Summarize this scene. | Capulet gives Paris his blessings, and Lady Capulet goes to inform Juliet |
| Act 3 Scene 5 | (blank) |
| Explain the line: "I must be gone and liv, or stay and die." | Romeo must leave before he is caught and killed |
| What is Juliet's vision about? | she sees Romeo climbing to his death in a tomb, which foreshadows his death |
| What does Lady Capulet mean in the following quote: "Some grief shows much of love; But much grief shows still some want of wit." | a little crying shows love, but too much shows attachment |
| What is Lady Capulet wishing for in the following line: "I would the fool were married to her grave!"? | she thinks Juliet will die unmarried because she refuses to marry Paris |
| What are Capulet's feelings towards his daughter when she refuses to take Paris for a husband? | he is extremely angry and threatens to disown her |
| At the end of the scene, where does Juliet go? | she goes to Friar Laurence's cell to get advice |
| If the Friar is not able to help, what does she plan to do? | commit suicide |
| Act 4 Scene 1 | (blank) |
| Whyis Friar Laurence reluctant to marry Paris to Juliet? | he has already married Romeo and Juliet and knows that Juliet loves Romeo |
| How does Paris explain the sudden haste of the marriage plans? | he says Capulet wants them married quickly to ease the tragedy of Tybalt's death |
| What is ironic about the conversation between Juliet and Paris? | she doesn't want to reveal her plan to Paris, and she says her face isn't beautiful, even though Romeo told her it was |
| If Friar Laurence cannot help her, what does Juliet threaten to do? | stab herself |
| Describe the friar's plan for Juliet. | he plans to give her a potion thatwill put her into a deathlike coma for two days, during which time the Capulets will bury her, and Romeo will come when she wakes up and they will escape to Mantua |
| Act 4 Scene 2 | (blank) |
| What does Juliet say that makes her father happy? | she says she will marry Paris |
| How does Capulet change the wedding plans, and what does this imply? | he changes the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday, making Juliet take the potion earlier |
| Expalin Capulet's state of mind in the following lines: "My heart iswondrous light, Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed." | he is extremely happy that Juliet has consented to his plans |
| Act 4 Scene 3 | (blank) |
| How does Juliet show her maturity and independence in this scene? | she shows that she thinks her plans through ,and she follows through with it |
| If the potion does not work, what will Juliet do? | kill herself |
| What are some of the fears Juliet has about the potion? | the friar has poisoned it to kill her; she might wake up before Romeo rescues her |
| How does Juliet show her devotion to Romeo? | she drinks the potion, despite her inhibitions |
| Act 4 Scene 4 | (blank) |
| What is happening in this brief scene? | the household prepares for the wedding forParis and Juliet |
| Describe Capulet's mood in this scene. | he is excited to marry his daughter to Paris and is light-hearted |
| Act 4 Scene 5 | (blank) |
| Describe the imagery Shakespeare uses in describing Juliet's "death." | he personifies death and Capulet recites a simile |
| What does Friar Laurence say to comfort the Capulet family? | he says not to despair, Juliet is in a better place in heaven |
| What are the Capulet's preparing for in this scene? | they are preparing for the wedding, but must now prepare for Juliet's death |
| Who first finds Juliet? Describe Juliet's condition. | Nurse; she looks fast-asleep in her clothes and is very cold |
| What does Capulet mean when he says, "Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir; My daughter he hath wedded"? | Juliet has died unmarried and is married to death now; an example of personification |
| Why does Lady Capulet grieve? | Juliet was her only daughter and now she is dead |
| What does the Friar mean when he says, "The heavens do low'r upon you for some ill; Move them no more by crossing their high will"? | he means that the fates are punishing them for something they have done, which is obviously hating the Montagues, and they must accept her death so they won't upset the fates |
| At the end of Act 4, what event takes place? | There is a cheery conversation among Peter and the musicians to lighten the mood |
| Act 5 Scene 1 | (blank) |
| How does Romeo's dream, which he describes in his opening speech, compare with the news brought to him by Balthasar? | Romeo's dream was about his death with Juliet awakening him, and the message was that Juliet had died |
| How does romeo convince the apothecary to sell him poison? | he says the apothecary could use some money from the poison to better himself |
| What does Romeo plan to do with the poison? | go to Juliet's tomb and die next to her |
| What does Romeo mean when he says, "Then I defy you starts!"? | he is angry at fate for killing Juliet |
| Act 5 Scene 2 | (blank) |
| Explain the conversation between Friar Laurence and Friar John. | Friar John says there was disease in Mantua and he could not deliver the message to Romeo, which makes Friar Laurence concerned |
| What does Friar Laurence now plan to do? | get Juliet and keep her in his cell then send another messenger to Romeo |
| Act 5 Scene 3 | (blank) |
| Why does Paris come to Juliet's burial place? | to grieve and put flowers on her grave |
| What happens when Romeo and Paris meet? | they fight and then Romeo kills Paris |
| Romeo enters the tomb and sees Juliet. He takes the poison, and no sooner does Romeo die, then Friar Laurence comes along-but too late. What happens when Juliet wakes up? | he wants to take her away, but she is too upset to leave and she kills herself |
| Why does Paris think that Romeo has come to the tomb? | to somehow defile the graves of the Capulets |
| What is it about Juliet that should have told Romeo that she was not dead? | her face had full color and she should have been pale if she were dead |
| Why doesn't Friar Laurence stay in the tomb with Juliet after she awakens? | he is in the middle of many deaths and does not want to be blamed |
| Why does Juliet kiss Romeo after he is dead? | to see if there is poison on his lips so she could die too |
| When Montague first arrives on the scene, what does he say? | his wife has died out of grief for her son, and now Romeo is dead too |
| How do Montague and Capuletplan to honor the memories of their children? | each will put a statue of the other's child in the city and to end the feud |
| What is Romeo and Juliet's tragic flaw? How does it lead to their destruction? | Their tragic flaw is their undying love for each other despite their parents' differences; this led to both's suicide after not wanting to die without the other |
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