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R&J Act 1
Romeo and Juliet facts and terms from Act 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Juliet | object of Romeo’s infatuation following the masquerade |
| Romeo | heir to the Montague Family |
| Verona | setting in Act 1 |
| Rosaline | object of Romeo’s unrequited love |
| Paris | a nobleman promised to Juliet |
| innuendo | often involves sexual connotation |
| Tybalt | a hot-headed instigator who is cousin to Juliet |
| kinsman | relative |
| ere | before |
| humour | mood |
| Nurse | breast-fed Juliet |
| Nurse | confidante to Juliet |
| Benvolio | cousin to Romeo |
| Peter | a Capulet servant who asks Romeo to help him read the party’s guest list |
| Escalus | Prince of Verona |
| nuptial | wedding |
| Mercutio | Romeo’s close friend and a kinsman to the Prince |
| Rosaline | Juliet’s cousin |
| Lady Montague | concerned about her son |
| Lady Capulet | was about 13 when she had Juliet |
| Abram | a Montague servant who gets injured in the opening fray |
| Sampson and Gregory | two Capulet servants who provoke or instigate a fight |
| Benvolio | tries to cheer up Romeo when Romeo first appears on stage |
| Escalus | declares that death will be the price to pay if the peace is disturbed |
| Tybalt | recognizes Romeo’s voice at the party and is ready to start a fight |
| Lord Capulet | warns his nephew not to start a fight at the party |
| sonnet | 14 lines |
| quatrain | 4 lines |
| couplet | two lines |
| iamb | two syllables; one is stressed and one is not |
| iambic pentameter | a line that consisting of ten beats or syllables |
| CDCD | the rhyming scheme of the 2nd quatrain |
| GG | the rhyming scheme of the couplet |
| ABAB | the rhyming scheme of the 1st quatrain |
| EFEF | the rhyming scheme of quatrain 3 |
| Aurora | the goddess of dawn |
| Chorus | the narrator who reads the prologue and/or makes comments |
| Romeo | his tears add to the “morning’s dew” |
| Romeo | his mood adds more clouds to the sky |
| Diana | the goddess of chastity |
| Cupid | the god whose arrows are used to make someone fall in love |
| heavy | dark mood |
| light | happy |
| Paris | his royal rank is Count |
| dreams | used to show foreshadowing |
| foreshadowing | events, objects, or dialogue that suggest what will happen later |
| flashback | recalling an event or action to explain something in the present |
| Rosaline | has no intention to get romantically involved |
| holding hands | led to a kiss |
| Nurse | reveals to Juliet that Romeo is a Montague |
| Romeo | “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight! For I never saw true beauty till this night.” |
| Romeo | “…let lips do what hands do!” |
| Juliet | “Then have my lips…” |
| Juliet | “My only love, sprung from my only hate!” |
| Romeo | “My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” |
| Juliet | “If he be wed, my grave is like to be my wedding bed.” |
| Benvolio | constantly tries to cheer up Romeo and encourages to see other girls |
| Romeo | finds another girl with whom he is infatuated and it appears this will not be a case of unrequired love |
| Tybalt | vows revenge on Romeo for crashing his uncle's party |
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