Romeo & Juliet Review

What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?

I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news. Nay, come, I pray thee speak.

Prince Escalus was related to two of the slain people.

On the day of her death, Juliet was 14 years old.

The Capulet parents believe Juliet is crying about Tybalt's death.

"My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown and known too late."

lengthy speech by one character - said to other characters

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

a dramatic play with hero in a stressful situation - ends with death

a combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other

He says dreams are meaningless.

Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word by thee... hath thrice disturbed our streets.

But 'tis no wit to go... I dreamt a dream last night.

"Ay, ay, a scratch; marry, 'tis enough."

a reality outside the individual shapes and determines human life - an unstoppable force

"You kiss by the book."

"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell... and thee."

lengthy speech by one character - alone on stage

"These times of woe afford no time to woo. Madam, good night. Commend me to thy daughter."

Anon, good nurse!

"Take this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou of."

"Get thee to church o' Thursday or else never after look me in the face."

"Let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride."

You men, you beasts, that quench the fire of pernicious rage with fountains from your veins.

I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes, by her high forehead and her scarlet lip.

She doth teach the torches to burn bright.

He is related to the Prince and Mercutio.

My poverty but not my will consents.

a two-lined stanza that has end rhyme

Romeo compares Juliet to the sun, a jewel, and the white foam on an ocean wave.

unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter

the use of clues to suggest events that have not yet occurred

Breaks the law because he's starving to death

Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field.

This is the hometown of Romeo and Juliet.

"With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No; I have forgot that name, and that name's woe."

Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone.

No less? Nay, bigger! Women grow by men!

Says that poison and medicine reside in all living things

If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully.

Peter tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.

Benvolio & Romeo overhear Lord Capulet talking about the party he plans to throw.

Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed. And I might live to see thee married once."

Only the first two acts of the play begin with a sonnet.

Friar Laurence will be executed for his role in the deceit.

This alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love.

a reference to a well-know person, place, event, or literary work

Ignores Romeo's loving stares and pick-up lines

using humorous characters or situations after a tragic scene

Dead art thou - and with my child my joys are buried!

an introductory sonnet before acts one and two - establishes setting & background

Including himself, Romeo stabbed or poisoned two people.

Saw Romeo on a 5 a.m. walk but didn't talk to him.

Has buried a husband and a daughter.

The apothecary's town.

True or False: Paris did not kill anyone in the play.

"Many a morning hath he there been seen with tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew."

"O happy daggar! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die."

Paris was a Montague.

If Juliet does not marry Paris, Capulet threatens to murder her.

Where is Romeo? Hast thou seen him today? Right glad I am he was not at this fray.

a contradiction between what a character thinks & what the audience knows to be true

I'll look to like, if looking liking move.

Believes that dreams are fate's messengers

characters whose words/actions show clear personality contrasts

Most likely died of a heart attack.

Sometimes called the "Prince of Cats"

The Peace-Maker

a group of people who speak together - comment on what is happening in the play

The quarrel between the Montagues and the Capulets was started by Romeo's grandmother.

On the morning of her marriage to Paris, Juliet appears to be dead.

I do beseech you, sir, have patience. Your looks are pale & wild & do import some misadventure.

Declares Romeo banished.

Paris was a Montague.

brief remark by a character - others don't hear it

Suspected of being in a house with the plague.

Name the character:  RELATED TO MERCUTIO & PRINCE

conversation between two characters

Juliet sends the Nurse to find Romeo after she learns that he is banished.

poetry meter that has 5 stressed syllables, each preceeded by an unstressed syllable