Background Information (pgs ): 1. Define tragedy according to Aristotle:

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1 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 1/11 Background Information (pgs ): 1. Define tragedy according to Aristotle: 2. In 1599, Shakespeare s acting company built their own playhouse called. 3. Instead of relying on scenery, Shakespeare used to help audiences visualize the setting of his plays. 4. Shakespeare s audiences considered costumes to be an important indication of. 5. In Italy during the 1300s, between families were common. All the members of a family might become involved in a, a feud between two families often ignited by a murder and perpetuated by acts of revenge. 6. Shakespeare s plays follow this plot structure: a. Exposition = Act I b. Rising Action = c. Climax = d. Falling Action = e. Resolution = Prologue: 1. What is the purpose of the prologue? 2. What form of poetry is the prologue? 3. What is the definition of a sonnet? _ 4. What is the definition of iambic pentameter? 5. What mood does the prologue suggest will be most strongly stressed in the play? How do you know? Cite specific examples. 6. What does star-crossed lovers mean? 7. What is an archetype? 8. Why are Romeo and Juliet the character archetypes for star-crossed lovers? Act I, scene 1: 1. The heads of the two households/families are Lord and Lord. 2. Setting: the play takes place in, Italy in the century (1300s).

2 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 2/11 3. List of characters and the family they are associated with: Capulet Montague Royal Family (Prince) Head of house: Lady of house: Daughter of house: Nephew and cousin: Servant and caretaker of Juliet: Head of house: Lady of house: Son of house: Nephew and cousin: Servant: Servant: Prince: Cousin and friend of Romeo: Relation and suitor of Juliet: Servant: Servant: 4. A foil is. Note that it is possible to compare and contrast characters without the characters being foils! 5. Analyze how Benvolio and Tybalt are foils of each other: Benvolio Tybalt 6. In your own words explain how the contrast between Benvolio and Tybalt s characters help us to understand them better individually:. 7. The Prince declares a sentence against the enemies of peace if they quarrel again. 8. Romeo s mood in scene 1 is because. 9. Romeo constantly shuts himself up in his room to make an (line 135) artificial. The archetype of darkness is being illustrated here. Explain: 10. Any oxymoron is

3 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 3/ In lines , Romeo presents several oxymorons to show that love, which should cause joy, often produces its opposite. List them:,,,,. 12. The definition of an allusion is: 13. Explain the allusion in lines According to Benvolio, Romeo might alter his depressed mood by Romeo reacts to Benvolio s suggestion with disbelief because he believes that. Act I, scene 2 1. Paris request s hand in marriage, but Lord Capulet says that she is too. He says he will agree if Juliet. 2. An illiterate asks to read a guest list in which s name appears which encourages Romeo to go to the party to prove to that. 3. The definition of prose is 4. Which character speaks in prose from lines 38-44? Why is this significant? Act I, scene 3 1. Lady Capulet discusses the prospect of to with Juliet; however, their conversation is interrupted with the Nurse s remembrance of Juliet s. 2. The nurse describes Paris as a (line 76) man of which means he is. 3. Juliet is not interested in marrying Paris but agrees to consider him. Juliet says she will love Paris no more than her mothers consent gives strength to make it fly. Based on this statement, how would you characterize Juliet as a daughter? 4. A monologue is 5. An example of a monologue in this scene is lines because 6. Analyze how Lady Capulet and the Nurse are foils of each other: Lady Capulet Nurse

4 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 4/11 Lady Capulet Nurse 7. In your own words explain how the contrast between Lady Capulet and the Nurse s characters help us to understand them better individually:. Act I, scene 4 1. A pun is 2. Mercutio makes a pun in line 53 when he says that dreamers often lie. Explain the pun: 3. Identify imagery in Mercutio s Queen Mab monologue:. 4. Read Lines and explain the dream that Romeo has in your own words:. What motif (reoccurring theme/symbol) is illustrated in these lines?. 5. Analyze how Romeo and Mercutio are foils of each other: Romeo Mercutio 6. In your own words explain how the contrast between Romeo and Mercutio s characters help us to understand them better individually:. Act I, scene 5 1. This scene opens in the Capulet hall and the general mood is. 2. Tybalt overhears Romeo talking and recognizes his voice; he thinks Romeo has come to and wants Lord Capulet to throw him out. However, Lord Capulet says he has heard that Romeo is a and youth and for Tybalt to disregard

5 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 5/11 his presence. When Lord Capulet tells Tybalt, This trick may chance to scathe you, Shakespeare is foreshadowing that Tybalt s habit of may cause his one day. 3. In line 50, Romeo asks, Did my heart love till now? How would you answer his question? Explain. Act II, scene 1: 1. Romeo hides from Benvolio and Mercutio because he wants to be near. 2. and do not realize that Romeo has found a new love because they are still teasing him about. This is an example of dramatic irony. 3. "Blind is his love and best befits the dark," or the popular saying "Love is blind," implies that when people fall in love they are unable to see any in the person they love. What motif (reoccurring theme/symbol) does Mercutio illustrate with his lines? Act II, scene 2: 1. The definition of an aside is: Find an example of an aside on page 658 and explain: 2. Two metaphors Romeo uses to describe Juliet s window/bedroom and Juliet herself are " " and " ". 3. In lines 38-47, Juliet ponders the importance of a name. Does it really matter what name we call something? What is Juliet referring to in this passage? 4. The definition of dramatic irony is: 5. In lines Romeo states: "My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." Explain what he is saying and how this is an example of dramatic irony:. 6. In line 184, Juliet uses the oxymoron " " to express her pleasure in extending her goodbye. 7. Romeo is a dynamic character because his attitude towards life has changed since Act I. He is no longer ; he is now. 8. Romeo departs Juliet's orchard and goes to see. Act II, scene 3: 1. The definition of a soliloquy is. 2. Friar Laurence has a soliloquy from lines Explain what we learn about his character in his opening speech:

6 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 6/11 3. Romeo asks Friar Laurence to marry him and Juliet. Friar states: Young men s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Explain Friar Laurence s tone and why he is hesitant to marry Romeo and Juliet?. 4. Friar Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because he wants them to be happy, but he also has another motive. He wants to help stop the between the two. This motive shows that the Friar truly about the well-being of the two families. Dramatic irony occurs because the audience knows that the families' feud doesn't end with their children's, but with their. Act II, scene 4: 1. Mercutio is looking for Romeo because Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a and Mercutio feels that Romeo is in no shape to ; he thinks Romeo is still too love-sick over. 2. Explain the allusion in lines36-43: 3. What comment does Romeo make about the Nurse s costume in line 91? Explain the importance to Shakespearean audiences (background information). 4. Romeo and the nurse devise a plan for carrying out the wedding. The nurse is to wait behind the abbey wall for someone to bring her a which will be used for. She is to also go home and tell Juliet to find a way to go to today, which will really be her wedding. 5. The and the have become Romeo and Juliet's accomplices in their marriage arrangements. Act II, scene 5: 1. Juliet desperately tries to wring the wedding news from the nurse who continues to delay because she is and out of. Act II, scene 6: 1. As this scene opens, Friar Laurence prays that he is doing the thing. 2. Lines 3-8 and 9-15 are examples of foreshadowing: 3. In general, what is the attitude of Friar Laurence toward the lovers insistence that he marry them without delay?

7 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 7/11 Act III, scene 1: 1. Tybalt renews the quarreling and feuding between the Capulets and Montagues with his challenge of Romeo to a. Mercutio appears to want to fight because he dares Tybalt to throw a punch. Romeo attempts to serve as a peacemaker. refuses Tybalt's first challenge because he is now to him through marriage. This is an example of irony because we know about Romeo and Juliet's and the other characters do not. 2. Mercutio makes a pun in lines when he says Ask for me/tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. Explain the pun: 3. The definition of a round character is: 4. The definition of a flat character is: 5. What type of character is Tybalt? Explain: 6. What type of characters are Romeo and Mercutio? Explain: Act III, scene 2: 1. Juliet's opening speech is an example of a (monologue, soliloquy, or aside?). 2. What is Juliet alluding to in her speech? 3. What does Juliet want to come quickly? What motif (reoccurring theme/symbol) is this illustrating? 4. In lines Juliet uses several oxymorons, such as,,,,,. Explain what these oxymorons convey to the audience?. 5. Explain the extended metaphor in lines :. Act III, scene 3: 1. In lines 2-3 Friar Laurence uses personification with the words and, saying that they love Romeo and have married him.

8 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 8/11 2. The definition of hyperbole is:. 3. Explain how Romeo is using hyperbole in this scene:. 4. The definition of blank verse is:. 5. Find an example of blank verse in this scene:. 6. Read Friar Laurence s monologue starting with line 108. What tragic flaw does Friar Laurence see in Romeo?. 7. Explain all the blessings Friar Laurence believes Romeo has in lines : _ 8. Friar Laurence has a plan to safeguard Romeo until he can announce the news of their. His plan is for Romeo to go to and comfort her, but he must leave before the. He is to then go to and wait there until Friar Laurence sends him word through that it is safe for him to return. Explain how this is an example of the motif of light and darkness:. Act III, scene 4: 1. Explain the conflict Juliet will have with her parents as a result of the events that occur in this scene:. 2. What type of conflict is this?. Act III, scene 5: 1. The references to light and darkness suggest the tragedy to come. The image of the rising, usually a sign of, is contrasted with the reality that the will separate the lovers. At this moment the lovers have little hope, and the dark despair dominates their future. Explain how the imagery and motif of light and darkness have changed throughout the course of the play:. 2. Explain how lines are dramatic irony as well as foreshadowing: 3. What does Juliet personify in lines 60-64? How does this relate to the archetype of the star-crossed lovers?

9 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 9/11 4. Explain Lord Capulet s behavior in this scene: 5. How has Lord Capulet changed from the beginning of the play? 6. How has Romeo changed from the beginning of the play? How has Juliet changed from the beginning of the play? What kind of characters are they static or dynamic? Act IV, scene 1: 1. Explain how Juliet s diction in her responses to Paris have double meaning and prevent her from lying: 2. Describe the mood of this scene: 3. Explain Friar Laurence s plan to prevent Juliet s marriage to Paris: 4. Juliet take the and uses personification when she asks to give her strength. Act IV, scene 2: 1. The definition of comic relief is: 2. How is this scene an example of comic relief compared to the last scene? 3. This scene is an example of dramatic irony because we (the audience) know that the food, flowers, music, etc. will all be used for the service. Also because the very clothes the nurse is picking out for Juliet to be in will be her clothes. 4. A major change in the wedding plans has been made. Lord Capulet has moved the wedding up to. 5. How is Lord Capulet's joyful attitude towards Friar Laurence's "good" he has done for Juliet an example of irony? Act IV, scene 3: 1. As Juliet holds the vial in her hands, her soliloquy explains her many fears. She is afraid the potion will not, in which case she plans to ; she fears the friar may her in order to retain his ; she also fears

10 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 10/11 waking in the burial vault too soon and the foul suffocating her; worst of all she fears going amid the horrors she will encounter there. 2. The Elizabethans were very superstitious and believed that ghosts often returned to earth on specific missions. Why might Juliet fear a visit from Tybalt's ghost? Act IV, scene 4: 1. What day is it when scene 4 opens?. What is taking place? 2. Why does the audience feel suspense at the close of the scene? Act IV, scene 5: 1. In what line does the nurse realize Juliet is dead? 2. How is this scene an example of dramatic irony? 3. In lines 39-40, Lord Capulet personifies death as a suitor, who has seized Juliet away from, becoming her and Capulet's. Act V, scene 1: 1. Lines 1-9 are an example of irony and foreshadowing. Explain. 2. How is Balthasar's news an example of dramatic irony? 3. What motif does Romeo illustrate in line 24? Why does he blame the stars for Juiet s death? 4. Line 34 tells us that Romeo has decided to by seeking out a poor to purchase. 5. Romeo's poison will "dispatch you straight" which means. Act V, scene 2: 1. Friar Laurence's plan has gone amuck because Friar John was unable to deliver Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo because. 2. Friar Laurence is forced to adjust his plan and now goes to the alone because Juliet will be waking in hours. He plans to keep Juliet hidden at his until he can send word to. How is this new plan an example of dramatic irony?

11 Name Romeo and Juliet Study Guide 11/11 Act V, scene 3: 1. Interpret the extended metaphor in lines How is death personified in lines ? 3. The climax of the scene begins with Romeo's suicide-- the tragic deaths of the " " (you will find the answer in the prologue to the play). 4. What is Juliet's first question when she awakes? 5. Friar Laurence hears a noise and begs Juliet to leave with him and be disposed of to a 6. Do you think it was right of Friar Laurence to leave her there? What does this show about his character? 7. Juliet finds Romeo and first tries to kill herself by kissing his lips in which she realizes that he has drank all the poison. Upon hearing noises outside she. This act by Juliet concludes the full of the play. 8. What figure of speech is used when Juliet says, "This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die"? The resolution of the play begins. The chief watchman has found dead. How do they know Juliet is newly dead? 9. Who has died of grief? Why? 10. and are arrested. Shakespeare uses them, along with the to reveal the plot and untangle the threads, which concludes the resolution of the play. The clears Friar Laurence of wrongdoing. 11. Prince Escalus feels that everyone, including are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The prince says, "All are punished." Explain: 12. The families feuding is finally ended with the erecting of gold in honor of their.