Romeo | son of Montague |
Juliet | daughter of Capulet |
Benvolio | nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo |
Mercutio | friend of Romeo who loves to talk and talk |
Balthasar | servant to Romeo |
Friar Laurence | person who mixes up potion for Juliet |
Tybalt | nephew of Lady Capulet who kills Mercutio |
Nurse | loyal servant to Capulets who raised Juliet |
Paris | nobleman who wishes to marry Juliet |
Prince Escalus | ruler of Verona |
Apothecary | person who sells poison to Romeo |
Friar John | friar who fails to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter to Romeo in Mantua |
After the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets in the town square, what does the Prince decree will be the punishment for anyone caught fighting in the future? | Death |
At the beginning of the play, why is Romeo brooding and sad? | He is in love with Rosaline and she does not love him. |
When the Nurse compares Juliet to “Susan,” whom is she talking about? | Her child who died as an infant |
Who is the Nurse talking about when she describes him as “a man of wax?” | Paris |
Why does Benvolio encourage Romeo to go to the party at the Capulets? | So he can see other women. |
How does Tybalt recognize Romeo at the party? | By his voice |
Who is Capulet referring to when he says, “You are a saucy boy”? | Tybalt |
What does Romeo mean when he says, “My life were better ended by their hate/Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love”? | He would rather die loving Juliet—a Capulet—than live without her love. |
As Romeo leaves Juliet on her balcony, what does he vow to do? | come back the next morning to marry her |
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? | He thinks it will end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. |
Where are Romeo and Juliet married? | Friar Laurence’s cell |
What does the letter say that Tybalt sends to Romeo’s house? | Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel for disrespecting them by coming to the party |
What does Tybalt call Romeo to try and provoke Romeo into fighting? | Villain |
Why does Romeo feel “love” towards Tybalt? | Since Romeo is married to Juliet, he is now related to Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. |
Who says, “A plague o’ both your houses!” | Mercutio, as he is dying |
Where does Romeo go immediately after the sword fight in the town square? | Friar Laurence’s cell |
What is Juliet’s first reaction when the Nurse tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt? | She is mad at Romeo and feels like he has deceived her with his looks. |
What is Juliet’s reaction when the Nurse criticizes Romeo and says, “Shame come to Romeo!”? | She is mad at the Nurse for saying bad things about Romeo. |
What does the Juliet’s mother think Juliet is crying about? | Tybalt’s death |
What is Juliet actually crying about? | Romeo’s banishment |
The potion that Friar Laurence makes for Juliet is supposed to make her sleep for how long? | 42 hours |
What does Juliet say to her father when she gets back from visiting Friar Lawrence? | She apologizes to her father for being disobedient and agrees to marry Paris. |
Why is it in Friar Lawrence’s best interests not to marry Paris and Juliet? | He has already married Romeo and Juliet, and it would mean that he has married Juliet to two men. |
Why does Friar John not deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo in Mantua? | He gets quarantined by the town for caring for sick people who may have plague. |
Why is it necessary for Romeo to “bribe” the apothecary for the poison? | It is against the law to sell poison in Mantua. |
What does Romeo tell Balthasar is the reason for him needing to go into the Capulet family tomb? | To retrieve a ring that Juliet has on her finger |
Who does Romeo fight in the Capulet tomb? | Paris |
How does Juliet really die in the end? | She stabs herself with a dagger. |
What does Balthasar have that confirms Friar Lawrence’s explanation of what happened between Romeo and Juliet? | The letter that Romeo wrote to his father to explain why he was doing what he was doing |
What does Montague say that he will do to honor Juliet? | Build a golden statue in her image |
True or False: Romeo and Juliet is an original story that was created by William Shakespeare. | False. Romeus and Juliet were characters in a poem written earlier by Arthur Brooke. |
True or False: The part of Juliet was first played on the stage by Shakespeare’s wife. | False. During Shakespeare’s time, female roles were played by men and boys. |
True or False: The richest spectators paid the most for tickets at the Globe Theatre so that they could stand right in front of the stage. | False. the cheapest tickets were for the standing-only area right in front of the stage. This part of the audience was called the groundlings. |
True or False: Shakespeare wrote most of Romeo and Juliet in iambic pentameter. | True. Though the play is a combination of prose and poetry (written in iambic pentameter), most of the play is poetry. |
True or False: Primarily, Romeo and Juliet is considered a comedy because of the funny scenes involving Juliet’s nurse and other servants. | False. Romeo and Juliet is considered to be a tragedy. |
True or False: The Globe Theatre was the first theatre in London to be completely enclosed by a roof. | False. The center part of the roof was open. |
True or False: Queen Elizabeth I was a supporter of the theatre in London | True. |
True or False: The setting of Romeo and Juliet is Verona, England in the 18th Century. | False. The setting is Verona, Italy, in the 15th century. |
Romeo and Juliet
July 25, 2019