Romeo & Juliet: Act II Review

Terms: speech given alone on stage that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings

Terms: giving hints of what is to come

Terms: play on words

How long have Romeo and Juliet known each other before getting married?

Characters: Romeo's cousin

When Romeo first sees Juliet, to what does he compare her?

"I am so vexed, that every part about me quivers. Scurvy knave!" What does "vexed" mean?

Terms: the force working against the main character

Term: a long speech in a play directed at other characters

What is an example of dramatic irony in Act II?

Quote: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."

Terms: What is a tragic hero?

What would be a good word to describe Mercutio?

Term: a character's remark that others on stage do not hear

"These violent delights have violent ends" is an example of what literary device?

Terms: Romeo

What is Romeo's tragic flaw?

Quote"The clock struck nine when I did send the Nurse; in half an hour she promised to return."

Terms: A drama that ends in catastrophe/death for the main characters

Terms: when the audience knows more than the characters

Terms: "Cleopatra a gipsy; Helen and Hero hildings and harlots; Thisbe a grey eye..."

Quote: "My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love."

Terms: Tybalt challenging Romeo to a duel is an example of which type of conflict?

Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

Quote: "Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan's the fairer face."

Quote"These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder."

Who mentions the idea of marriage first?