GCSE Romeo & Juliet Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| How many big beats are there in a line of blank verse? | There are 5 Big Beats. |
| Is the rhythum in every line of blank verse the same? | For serious and important bits, the rhythum is very regular. |
| Which character always speaks in a very regular, rhythmic way? | The Prince. |
| You have found a couple of lines that rhymw. Give three reasons why Shakespeare could have made them rhyme. | This is to emphasise that something is important, to emphasise when people agree and to make the last two lines of a scene or a speech sound more final. |
| How many lines are there in a Sonnet? | There are 14 lines. |
| Give one reason why Shakespeare would have used Sonnets in the play. | The rhythum and structure of a sonnet make it sound very complete. |
| Does long words speed things up or slow them down? | This slows things down. |
| What two things affect the rhythum of a line? | By messing around with the punctuation and the words he chooses. |
| When Shakespeare changes the word order in a sentence to put a particular word at the beginning, what does he want it do? | He wants the audience to notice it. |
| Who is compared to a flower? | Juliet. |
| Why does Romeo compare Juliet to light? | It is to make Juliet sound more beautiful, and shows how to Romeo she stands out from everything else. |
| Name three religious words Romeo uses to describe Juliet in the Sonnet in Act 1, Scene 5. | Holy shrine, Saints and holy palmer.(palmer = pilgrim) |
| Describe one relationship between characters in the play which contrasts with the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. | Paris and Lord Capulet treat love as a kind of deal - they don;t go into the emotions of love. Whereas Romeo and Juliet are all about the love, and not about the deal. |
| Is love always shown in a postitive way in Romeo and Juliet. | No, it is also shown as a kind of madness, and that love can be destructive and dangerous. |
| Explain what "star cross'd lovers" mean in three sentences. | I says that the stars control Romeo and Juliet's lives, and the stars are against them. It's like astrology - believing you can read what will happen in the path of the stars. The Prologue says that Romeo and Juliet are going to die from the start. |
| Which character makes a lot of puns? | Mercutio. |
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