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Question | Answer |
What family does Romeo belong to? | Montague |
What family does Juliet belong to? | Capulet |
Why do the Montague and Capulet family dislike each other? | It's an ancient (very old) grudge; they do not even remember what started it; at least, Shakespeare never tells us why. |
Who is Romeo's cousin? | Benvolio |
Who is Romeo's best friend? | Mercutio |
Who is Juliet's cousin? | Tybalt |
What happens at the start of the play? | There is a fight between the Montague and Capulet servants. Benvolio tries to stop it, but Tybalt challenges him. |
Why does Capulet decide to hold a feast? | He says it is an "old accustomed feast." |
Who tells Romeo and Juliet which family they each come from? | The Nurse |
What do Romeo and Juliet do the day after the feast? | They get married. |
Who organises the marriage for Romeo and Juliet? | The Nurse |
Who marries Romeo and Juliet? | Friar Lawrence |
What happens between Mercutio and Tybalt after Romeo marries Juliet? | Tybalt wants to fight Romeo for attending the Capulet feast. Romeo will not fight, so Mercutio fights instead and is killed by Tybalt. |
What happens between Romeo and Tybalt after Mercutio is killed? | Romeo kills Tybalt in anger. |
Juliet is crying because Romeo will now be banished. Why does Lady Capulet think she is crying? | Because Tybalt is dead. |
Romeo and Juliet spend the night together and Romeo leaves in the morning. What happens next? | Lady Capulet tells Juliet she will be marrying Paris. |
How does Juliet respond to Lady Capulet's news of marriage? | Juliet is angry and says she will NOT marry Paris. |
What does Friar Lawrence hope to achieve by marrying Romeo and Juliet? | He hopes to bring the two families together. |
Why does Romeo kill Paris. | Paris challenges Romeo when he sees him at the tomb thinking that Romeo has come to do harm to the vault. |
Why does Romeo say that Juliet lights up the tomb? | Ironically, he notices that she does not look dead because she is still beautiful with rosy cheeks. He does not know she is about to awaken even as he speaks. |
Why does Romeo say, "I am fortune's fool"? | He recognizes that he has fallen into the hands of fate and is doomed. |
How does Romeo react to the word banished? | He says that it is worse that death. To live and be without Juliet is a living hell. |
Why does the Prince only banish Romeo? | He takes into account the murder of Romeo's best friend Mercutio by Tybalt. |
Why is the Friar absolved of guilt at the end of the play? | Romeo's letter to his father explains that the Friar was trying to help the two families resolve their differences. The Prince says, "We still know thee as a holy man." |
What do the nightingale and lark represent? | The nightingale sings at night; the lark signals the rising of the sun which means Romeo must leave or be killed if caught in Verona. |
How does Lady Montague die? | She dies of grief thinking she will never see her son again. |
When does Juliet's turning point occur? | When she decides that she must side with Romeo because she is his wife despite the fact that he has killed her cousin. |
What is the purpose of the oxymorons in Acts I and III? | To show that each character is confused about the love they feel. To show that Romeo and Juliet are very much alike in their thinking. |
What do the 3 letters represent? | Miscommunication. Each of the letters is intercepted or delayed from reaching its intended recipient. |
How is hatred like a plague? | The hatred between these two families is as deadly as the plagues that ravaged Elizabethan communities. |
Who were the foils in the play? | Romeo and Mercutio Benvolio and Tybalt The Nurse and Lady Capulet |
What poetic forms/devices does Shakespeare use during this play? | Puns Sonnets Extended Metaphors or Conceits Blank verse Iambic Pentameter Rhyming Couplets |
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