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Flashcards by Lynelle Bathan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lynelle Bathan
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| Question | Answer |
| What does the Prologue to Act I of Romeo and Juliet foreshadow? | The death of Romeo and Juliet |
| Are the characters Abram and Balthasar examples of flat or round characters? | Flat |
| Why does Romeo agree with Benvolio's plan to go to the Capulet party? | Because he wants to see Rosaline |
| In Act 1 Scene 5 at the Capulet feast, how is Capulet a dramatic foil to Tybalt? | Capulet doesn't care that Romeo is there, but Tybalt is outraged |
| What obstacles to Romeo and Juliet's relationship are already apparent in Act 1? | Their families are enemies and Capulet plans for Juliet to marry Paris |
| What details about Montague make him a round character? | He's the head of a rival family; he cares about his son, Romeo |
| What makes Benvolio a round character? | He has multiple character traits |
| What is the purpose of text aids? | aids the reader on unfamiliar topics |
| Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet is mainly the Capulet - Montague family feud and what else? | Romeo and Juliet's first meeting |
| What is the primary key to reading blank verse? | You pay attention to punctuation rather than line endings |
| In Act 2, what does Friar Lawrence's agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet show about his character? | He looks beyond the immediate events. He wants to end the feud between the families. |
| What character trait of Romeo is emphasized by the sociability of Benvolio and Mercutio in Act 2? | His moodiness |
| In Act 2, what are Benvolio and Mercutio concerned about the letter that has arrived at Romeo's father's house? | It's asking Romeo to fight in a duel and Benvolio and Mercutio don't believe he has the capability to win. |
| In Act 2, how does Benvolio serve as a foil for Mercutio? | Mercutio is goofy and humorous while Benvolio is focused and serious |
| In Act 2, what are the differences in attitudes towards love between Romeo and Friar Lawerence and Mercutio? | Friar Lawerence : practical; Romeo : idealistic, romantic; Mercutio: sexual romance |
| In Act 2, what makes Romeo's love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline? | Juliet returns his love while Rosaline doesn't |
| What is Act 2 mainly about? | Romeo and Juliet's marriage |
| What is blank verse? | unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter |
| What do the opening lines of Act 3 about the weather hint at or foreshadow? | The hot weather foreshadows the hot tempers that lead to the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt |
| What motivates Romeo to kill Tybalt in Act 3? | Tybalt killing Mercutio; a revenge killing |
| Why is Capulet so upset by Juliet's refusal to marry Paris in Act 3? | Capulet saw Paris as the perfect suitor for her |
| Why does Juliet lose trust in the Nurse at the end of Act 3? | The nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris |
| What is a soliloquy? | a long speech to the audience where the character is usually alone and they express their thoughts to the audience |
| What is a monologue? | a long speech to other characters on the stage |
| What is an aside? | a short speech that shares the characters thoughts and feelings |
| What choice is the central issue of Act 3? | Juliet has to choose between family and romantic love? |
| What is a paraphrase? | A restatement in your own words |
| When Paris comes at the beginning of Act 4 to discuss his sudden wedding plans with Friar Lawrence, why doesn't Friar Lawrence like the plans? | Friar Lawrence knows Juliet is married to Romeo |
| What makes Paris remarks at the beginning of Act 4 about Juliet's sorrow for the loss of Tybalt an example of dramatic irony? | Juliet actually weeps for Romeo's banishment |
| What is Act 4 primarily about? | Juliet's plan to avoid her marriage to Paris |
| Which lines from Juliet's monologue in Act 4 (Two days before her wedding to Paris, Juliet tells Friar Lawrence all the things she would rather do than marry Paris.), best predict the outcome of the play? | "Or bid me go into a new made grave. And hide me with me in his shroud." |
| What is Friar Lawrence's role in dealing with Juliet? | He is an ally |
| In Act 4 Scene 2, what accounts for Juliet's modesty towards Paris that she describes to her father? | She loves Romeo not Paris |
| What do the lines in Scene 3 of Act 4 Juliet speaks before she takes the potion and after her mother and nurse have left predict? | She has a plan to feign her death, in which all could go wrong |
| What is Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet? | Juliet takes the potion, appears dead, wakes up in the tomb, Romeo would know the plan, come to the tomb and take her to Mantua |
| How is Capulet's speech after the nurse discovers Juliet in bed on the day of the wedding in Act 4, an example of dramatic irony? | Juliet is actually sleeping |
| Which of Romeo's lines from his opening soliloquy of Act 5 hints at the outcome of the play? | "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead" |
| In Act 5, what causes Friar Lawrence's important message to Romeo to go astray? | His messenger, Friar John, is unexpectedly delayed for a day. |
| Where is the play set? | Verona, Italy |
| Who is the author of Romeo and Juliet? | William Shakespeare |
| Why is the peace at the end of the play a gloomy peace? | Because the cost of the deaths and the deaths themselves |
| What knowledge or revelation springs from the suffering of the characters in the play? | the families were responsible for the deaths because of their feud |
| What is the theme of the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? | Those who act in haste bring their own destruction |
| Which of Romeo's character traits contributes to his downfall? | His impulsivity |
| How would the Capulets and the Montagues describe the theme of the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? | Hatred between families can rob people of what they hold dearest |
| What is the central idea of Act 5? | the power of chance |
| Why in the Prince's speech at the end of Act 5, when calls forward Capulet and Montague, does her refer to them as "enemies" instead of grieving fathers? | It's his way of scolding and blaming them |
| What is the most direct cause of Romeo and Juliet's death? | Friar John's delay |
| What does Romeo mean when he says to Paris in Act 5, "I love thee better than myself, for I come hither armed against myself."? | He didn't want to fight Paris, he came to kill himself at the tomb |
| What causes Friar Lawrence to go to the churchyard in Act 5? | His letter didn't get to Romeo so He has to assist Juliet when she wakes |
| Why does Romeo decide in Act 5 to poison himself after he learns of Juliet's death? | He doesn't want to live without her |
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