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English R&J Final
FINAL
Question | Answer |
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what are the names of the two feuding families? | Capulets and Montagues |
what are the names of the Montague family? | romeo, lord Montague, lady Montague, benvolio, mercutio |
what are the names of the Capulet family? | Juliet, lord Capulet, lady Capulet, tybalt, nurse, count paris |
what caused the brawl at the beginning of the play? | sampson and gregory bit their thumb at Abram. tybalt got involved and started a fight between the montagues and the capulets. benvolio tries to stop the fight. prince escalus stops them and tells them if they ever fight on his streets again, they will die |
how is romeo before he meets Juliet? | sad and morose |
why is he the way he is before he meets Juliet? | |
how did lord Capulet change his views on Juliet and marriage throughout the play? | in the beginning, he sayed she would get married when she wants to and that they should not force her. later he forces her to get married and wants her to die if she doesn't |
description of Mercutio and understanding the symbolic part of his name? | he is "mercurial"- has a quick temper, acts without thinking, and changes his mood quickly. mercury is known as "quicksilver", also mercury is the messenger god in Roman Myths |
description of Benvolio and understanding the symbolic part of his name? | he is "bene"- good. tries to keep peace and do the right thing |
what led up to Tybalts death? | tybalt and mercutio were trashing each other, they fought, tybalt killed mercutio. romeo was so mad he challenged tybalt and killed him. |
what happened to romeo after he killed Tybalt? | he was banished from Verona and moved to Mantua |
what is friar Lawrence's plan for romeo and Juliet? | he gives juliet a potion to take the night before the wedding. it will make her appear dead. her family will bury her above ground. he and romeo will come save her when she wakes up. he will tell romeo by letter so there is no confusion |
how did friar Lawrence's plan go wrong? | the letter is never delivered to romeo because Friar John lives with a sick man and they wouldn't let him into Mantua because they were afraid he caught the sickness and it would spread. they thought he had the plague |
how did the relationship between the Montague's and the Capulet's change in the final scene of the play? | at the end, the montagues and the capulets became friends over the love of romeo and juliet. it happened after they heard about friar lawrence's plan |
who are the neutral characters? | prince escalus and friar lawrence |