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Plot
Romeo and Juliet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in what city does this play take place? | Verona, Italy |
| Why are Romeo and Juliet called star-crossed lovers | predestination and astrology were important their paths were crossed/they have a doomed love |
| who is fighting at the begining of the first scene | capulet - samson and gregory -gregory is teasing samson about not being as tough as he seems montagues - abram and another servingman |
| who tries to break up the fight at the begining of the first scene | benvolio but then tybalt enters and foils benvolio's attempts -tybalt threatens to kill Benvolio -tybalt says that he hates peace |
| what threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet | "your lives shall pay" death |
| Benvolio and montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him | lovesick, depressed, benvolio saw him sulkiliy walking in the early morning and romeo avoided benvolio |
| why is Romeo so sad in the first act of the first scene | rosaline broke his heart she took a vow of chastety -never will have sex or fall in love |
| what is Benvolio's advice to Romeo when Romeo is upset about Rosaline | stop thinking about her go and examine other girls at the Capulet's party "seeing other beautigul girls will remind me of how beautiful rosaline is" |
| why does ___ think it will be easy for __ and him to keep the peace | capulet, montague , swore an oath, he's under the same penalty. they are old men |
| what does paris ask about Capulet | for his permission to marry juliet |
| what is capulet's first answer when paris asks for Juliet's hand | -I don't want her to grow up too soon, lets wait 2 more summers |
| a bit later Capulet appears to change his mind about paris' question. What does he then tell paris | if juliet is interested then he gives permission invites him to the feast, he might find other girls he likes more than Juliet |
| what problem does the servant have in act I scene 2 | capulet gives peter a guest list and peter must invite them to the party peter cannot read asks benvolio and romeo (who were walking by talking about rosaline) for help peter invites them to the party as long as they are not montagues |
| what is the name of the woman Romeo loves in Scene 2 | rosaline |
| what do Romeo and Benvolio decide to do in Act I scene 2 | they decide to attend the Capulet party benvolio hopes Roemo will fall for another girl while Romeo hopes to see Rosaline |
| how old is juliet | 13 her birthday is July 31st (2 weeks and a few odd days away) |
| when Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about marriage, what is juliet's answer | It is an honor that I do not dream of |
| after juliet tells Lady Capulet how she feels about marriage, lady capulet responds by | start thinking about marriage i was a mother at your age and many other girls are mothers already Paris wants to marry you |
| according to mercutio, who or what is Queen Mab, and what does she or it do | "fairies midwife" -delivers dreams that reflect one's desire smaller than an agate stone rides in a wagon (spider legs, grasshopper wings, webs, moonbeams,) pulled by atoms driver is a bug charriot: hazel nut shell made by a squirrel or a grubworm |
| what does mercutio say about dreams | dreams are meaningless and nonsensical, born of an idle brain and "nothing but vain fantasy". He dismisses the idea that dreams hold any truth or predictive value |
| what is Romeo's mood at the end of scene 4 | he is worried that something bad will happen, will be the start of something that will end in his own death he had a premonition, a dream he gives complete control to whoever's in charge of steering his fate |
| what does romeo think of juliet the first time he sees her | her beauty outshines all the rest he can't believe he ever loved another he eyes are liars and he never saw true beauty until this night |
| how does tybalt recognize romeo | his voice |
| when tybalt is ready to seize Romeo and throw him out of the party, what does Capulet say to Tybalt | he can stay, he is known to be a gentleman just ignore him and do not insult him in our own home it would start a riot tybalt leaves |
| explain what the converstion is between romeo and juliet at the party | he is on a quest to be forgiven. He uses this religious language to suggest that Juliet's kiss is a form of absolution for him. Romeo touches her, he has sinned, he prays he can kiss her, her lips take her sin, he takes his sin back with another kiss |
| how does romeo find out juliet's last name | he asks the nurse who her mother is |
| how does juliet find out Romeo's last name | she asks the nurse to ask his name |
| MINE: A dog from that house will make me angry enough to take a stand. If! pass one of them on the street, I'll take the side closer to the wall and let him walk in the gutter | walking closer to the wall is more respectable and higher status. The gutter was dirty and lower in status. samson is forcing the rival to walk in the gutter, an act of disrespect and a way to show dominance. meant to provoke the other person |
| MINE: act I scene I gregory and sampson conversation | -gregory saying that sampson is not easily angered and runs from the fight sampson insists that he will fight the montague men & rape their woman before he cuts off the woman's heads |
| MINE: how does the fight in ActI scene I begin | sampson and gregory talk, see abram and montague servant sampson bites his thumb but doesnt want to start a fight and get into trouble with the law argue about whose master is better |
| MINE: Act I scene I who walks in on the fight | citizens with weapons: "down with the montagues and the capulets" capulet and lady capulet: "give me my sword" "you need a crutch why do u need a sword" Montague and lady montague: wife restrains him |
| MINE: scene I act I benvolio finds out the cause of Romeo's bad mood | when the sun rises Romeo flees from the light and returns home he refues to say the cause of his bad mood until ben gets it out romeo goes on a rant about love benvolio starts crying because romeo is sad |
| what is the story that the Nurse tells in Act 1 scnene 3 about when Juliet was 3 years old MINE | nurse stopped breastfeeding, put wormwood on breast juliet crys earthquake happened Juliet walked & cut forehead previous day capulets were in Mantua nurse's husband asks if she will fall backward when she is older, juliet stops crying & says yes |
| when lady capulet asks if Juliet can accept Paris's love, juliet says that | I'll look at him and try to like him, at least if what I see is likable. But I won't let myself fall for him any more than your permission allows. |
| MINE what are maskers | masked party-goers who perform a dance they've invented at a party. |
| MINE instead of dancing at the party, what does Roemo offer to do | carry the torch he wants to be the one who carries the light |
| Let this mask, with its black eyebrows, blush for me. MINE | mercutio is asking someone to hand him a mask with black eyebrows hide his own face and emotions, particularly because he is feeling awkward or perhaps even a bit self-conscious |
| how does Mercutio suggest that Romeo overcome his love for rosaline | have sex |
| MINE queen mab rides over people and makes them dream | lover brain = love courtier knee = curtsying lawyer finger = their fees lady lips = kisses courtier lips = making money off someone priest nose w/ a tithe pig's tail = large donation soldier neck = dream of war virgins = false sex dreams |
| MINE what else does Queen Mab do | puts blisters on the lips because their breath smells like candy and that makes her mad tangles the hair in horses' manes at night, bring bad luck if they're untangled |
| Capulet and his cousin's nastolga during the party | cousin says it's been thirty years since they were maskers capulet argues that it's 25 it has been since Lucentio's Wedding |
| Capulet ends the party early, why is this No, gentlemen, don’t leave now. We have a bit of dessert arriving any moment. [They whisper something to him] Well, then, I thank you both. I thank you, honest gentlemen. Good night. | |
| when marcutio is "conjuring" romeo, Mercutio argues that Romeo will not be angered because... MINE | The things I'm saying are fair and honest. All I'm doing is saying the name of the woman he loves to lure him out of the darkness. |
| Examples of when Benvolio was quick tempered (who benvolio has fought with in the past) | man who coughed in the street because he woke up a dog that was sleeping in the sun. his tailor for wearing one of his new suits before the right season another for tying the new shoes he made with old laces |
| at first, who did the citizens of the watch believe is a murder. | tybalt, they tell tybalt's body to get up |
| why is Romeo so opposed to the idea of leaving Verona | -he can't see Juliet anymore |
| after finding out about his banishment, Romeo is jeleous of ____ | the flies because they can touch Juliet and be around her |
| What does friar lawrence say will confort Romeo when he is upset about being banished | philosophy Romeo says it can't fix his problems the friar says that madmen are deaf romeo says that wise men cant even see -wise men can't truly understand his pain because they haven't experienced it, so why should madmen listen |
| why does the nurse say that Romeo should stand up in friar lawrence's cell | he needs to get himself together and act like a man for juliet's sake |
| when the nurse comes to bring Romeo to Juliet's room after his banishment, what does Romeo ask the nurse | Does she think that I'm a murderer because I tainted our newfound joy by killing one of her close relatives? Where is she? How is she doing? What does my hidden wife say about our ruined love? she doen't speak she just crys and calls "Romeo" "tybalt" |
| where does Romeo flee after his banishment | the city of Mantua |
| What argument does Friar Laurence use to prevent Romeo from killing himself? AI answer | Friar Laurence tells Romeo to be grateful for three things: 1. He is alive (was not killed by Tybalt). 2. Juliet is alive and still loves him. 3. The Prince has banished him instead of sentencing him to death. he urges Romeo to hope |
| what gives Romeo confort at the end of act 3 scene 3 | - spend one last night w/ Juliet. - hope for future reunion in Mantua. - reminded of the blessings he still has (life, love, and hope). - ring he recived from the nurse - reassures him that juliet still loves him despite what has happened |
| the two options Romeo has to escape Juliet's room after their last goodbye | be out of here before the night watchmen take their positions, or leave in disguise after day - break. |
| what does friar lawrence promise to do for Romeo while he is in Mantua | he'll find his servant, and he' ll update you now and then on your case as it stands here |
| what does Capulet invision for juliet's wedding to Paris | Tybalt was just killed, peaple might think that we dan't care abaut his memary as our relative if we have tao. grand a party. Therefare we'll have abaut half a dazen friends to. the wedding |
| what does Paris say to Juliet when the run into each other at Friar Lawrence's cell? | -he urges her to confess his love & expresses his enthusiasm about the wedding -Juliet avoids saying I love you & implies that she loves another, he doesn't get the hint -thinks that she went to confession to confess her love for Paris -he kisses her |
| when preparing for the wedding, what does Capulet order his servants to do in act 4 scene 1? | -invite all the guests on the list -hire 20 skilled cooks (he will hire cooks who lick their fingers, good cooks won't have anything sticky on their fingers) -all the servants are gone running erands so Capulet walks to Paris's house to get him ready |
| after the wedding is moved to Wednesday, what does Juliet do | asks the nurse to help her choose her outfit for the wedding |
| what excuse does Juliet make to get the nurse out of her room so shw can take the potion | I have to say a lot of prayers to make the heavens bless me. You know that my life is troubled and full of sin. |
| how does Juliet show maturity in act 4 scene 2 | shows maturity in her ability to control her emotions and act strategically. willing to take risks and make difficult decisions independently, rather than passively accept her parents’ wishes. |
| how does Juliet show maturity in act 4 scene 3 | no longer relies on her Nurse for comfort or guidance choosing to face her fears and the unknown by herself. great courage and maturity by reasoning through her fears making a life-altering decision on her own, fully aware of the risks. |
| Juliet's fears before taking the potion | 1. what if it doesn't work and she gets married 2. It's poison, friar wants to kill her to avoid disgrace after marrying her to Romeo 3. she wakes in the tomb alone and goes crazy 4. no clean air in the tomb, she suffocates 5. spirits |
| who does Juliet mean when she says " I drink to thee" | Romeo |
| Act 4 scene 4 | nurse: Cap. needs sleep or he'll be sick -stayed up many times & never sick - you were a ladies man, I'll make sure you rest -Jelious (joke- she wants to be center of action -servants bring cooking stuff -Paris arrives, cap. tells nurse to wake her |
| who finds juliet dead | the nurse talks to her from outside the bed curtains, then opens them and cries for help -lady capulet comes -then capulet -then friar lawrence, paris, and musicians |
| at the end of act 4 scene 5, what happens with the musicians | they put their instruments away (with the nurse's consent) peter asks for them to play "Heart's Ease" becuase his heart is singing "My Heart is Full of Woe" they refuse peter and muscians bicker |
| silver sound | while arguing with the musicans, peters asks why musicians have a silver sound because silver has a sweet sound? becuase musicans play to earn silver? -IDK Peter- musicans have no gold to make sound |
| what does mercutio say about blind love | it cannot hit the mark Romeo's love is so passionate and irrational that he's unable to see things clearly and is thus missing the mark, not able to achieve happiness. |
| when juliet appears on her balcony, to what does Romeo compare her to | the sun |
| how does juliet speak, yet say nothing | her eyes tell all |
| when juliet leans her cheek on her hand what does romeo say | he wishes her were a glove upon that hand so that he may touch the cheek |
| unaware of his pressence, what does juliet ask Romeo to say | deny his father and refuse his name if not then sware his love and then she will change her name |
| what does juliet say about names | they don't define people what something is called does not change what it is names are not something substancial a rose would smell just as sweet if it were not called a rose |
| juliet asks how Romeo got into her place. The orchard walls are high and Romeo's life would be in danger if her relatives were to find him there. What is Romeo's response | love's light wings helped him over the walls neither walls nor her family can stop love he was carried over the barrier by the power and lightness of his love for Juliet. and love will protect him from Juliet's family |
| why is juliet embarrassed | Romeo overheard her private thoughts about her love for him slightly concerned that Romeo will find her love too easy to attain, and that he might not be sincere in his affections. |
| Juliet is going to send someone to Romeo on the following day for what purpose | the get the wedding plan from Romeo will send the messanger by 9 in the morning |
| what is friar lawrence out gathering in his basket | herbs, medicine |
| esplain lines 21-22 "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,/Ands vice sometime by action dignified | positive traits or virtues can be twisted into negative outcomes if used incorrectly or inappropriately. actions typically considered wrong can be seen in a different light depending on the context and circumstances -said by friar lawrence |
| when friar laurence sees Romeo, what comment does Friar Lawrence make about seeing Romeo so early int he morning | Romeo must have "not slept," or that something must have "excited or troubled" him to bring him to the monastery so early romeo says he did something sweeter than resting friar asks if he was with rosaline |
| what does Friar Lawrence mean when he says to Romeo, "young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes" | you have fallen in love by her looks and not her heart his love is fleeting and superficial young men's love is often shallow and based on physical attraction rather than genuine affection or emotional connection |
| friar lawrence agrees to preform the ceremony for Romeo and juliet for what reason | to resolve the feud between their families |
| according to mercutio, what kind of man is tybalt | foreshadowing recognizes Tybalt's prowess with a sword and acknowledges his reputation as a dangerous opponent. prince of cats "Fashion-monger": This indicates Tybalt is overly concerned with appearance and style well mannered |
| what is the nurse saying to Romeo in lines 147-153 | Juliet sent her to talk to him and to warn him that if he is planning on deceiving her, it will be awful. She implies that Juliet is trusting and that Romeo should not take advantage of her. |
| How is juliet to arrange to meet Romeo? | she should go to friar lawrence's cell to be married |
| how long was the nurse gone and how long was she supposed to be gone | she was only supposed to be gone a 1/2 hour but was gone for 3 hours |
| how is the nurse behaving that is frustrating Juliet | she is slow and deliberately delays revealing Romeo's message, using excuses like being tired and out of breath. She also teases Juliet by hinting at the news but not delivering it immediately, |
| what does the firar mean when he says "therefore, love moderately; long love doth so" ? | a slow, steady love will have a longer lifespan than a passionate, intense one. highlighting the dangers of impulsive, uncontrolled love |
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