| A | B |
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| pestilence | disease |
| lament | to feel deep sorrow for; to grieve |
| repent | to feel sorry about some past action so as to decide to change |
| foil | qualities of characters or scenes are exaggerated by contrast |
| imagery | words that appeal to the 5 senses |
| personification | human qualities given to non-human things |
| foreshadowing | words that suggest events to come |
| metaphor | unusual comparisons [not in the same category] & NOT using "like" or "as"; example: "Juliet is the sun" |
| simile | unusual comparisons [not in the same category] using "like" or "as"; "I'm as happy as a lark". |
| pun | a play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike Example: Mercutio says, "I'll be a grave man"; grave, meaning either dead or serious |
| dramatic irony | when the audience knows something that the character doesn't know |
| foible or hubris | the tragic flaw; defect in the character that leads to his downfall |
| Romeo's hubris | his haste |
| setting | time & place |
| allusion | a reference to something in another work of literature, mythology or history |
| prologue | speech at the beginning of a play |
| comic relief | provides the audience emotional relief by using really dumb characters; 'dumb & dumber"; comes often in the falling action when the drama is intense |
| Why does Paris go to see the Friar | to arrange his marriage to Juliet to take place on Thursday |
| If the Friar cannot help her, what has Juliet decided to do? | Stab herself with a knife |
| To show she is fearless, what are some things Juliet says she will endure to remain Romeo's pure wife? remain | Leap off the battlements of any high tower; lurk where serpents are; be chained to roaring bears; go to a new grave and be covered with dead men's rattling bones |
| State Friar's solution and plan | Friar will give Juliet a potion to make her seem dead; then he will write Romeo; he will be in the tomb when Juliet awakes and take her to Mantua |
| Why does the Friar become involved with Juliet's marriage problems | He has married Romeo and juliet in secret; he cannot perform a second marriage; he does not want to get into trouble |
| What causes Capulet to say "My heart is wonderous light/" | Juliet appears to be obeying him & willing to marry Paris |
| Quote a line that foreshadows Juliet's death | "Farewell, God knows when we shall meet again. i have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins That freezes up the heat of life. |
| List 3 fears Juliet has as she considers taking the potion | She is afraid it won't work and she will have to marry Paris. She is afraid it will kill her. She is afraid of waking up in the tomb alone with the stinking corpses and screeches of the dead |
| How do Juliet's fears contrast with her previous attitudes? | Previously she was fearless; now she is fearful [Example of a foil] |
| Report juliet's final action in scene 3, Act 4 | She drinks the potion after seeing Tybalt's ghost |
| How do the actions of Scene 4 contrast to scene 3 in Act 4? | The Capulets are excited & happy getting ready for the wedding party; contrasted with Juliet's fears; the party is speeding up & Juliet's unconscious body is slowing down; Another example of Foil |
| Capulet says, "Ha! Let me see her. Out alas! she's cold." How does this show the Friar's plan is working? | They think she is dead, the potion worked to its effect |
| Where is the setting of scene 1, Act 5 | Mantua |
| Why does Romeo go to the apothecary & what does he buy? | He buys poison to enable him to die next to Juliet. He does not know her death is fake. The apothecary sells him the poison because he is very poor and needs the money. |
| How do Balthasar's information & Friar John's quarantine affect Romeo? | Romeo can't get the correct information because Friar John cannot leave Verona due to the plague. Balthasar brings him the wrong information. |
| Report the Friar's plans in his closing speech | Juliet will wake up in three hours; She'll be scared because Romeo won't be there; He'll keep Juliet in his cell until he can get a new letter to Romeo |
| Who is hidden in the graveyard when Romeo arrives? Why? | Paris & his page to lay flowers on Juliet's grave |
| How does Balthasar disobey Romeo? | He stays to watch Romeo; "I'll hide me hereabout". |
| Why does Romeo kill Paris? | Paris is preventing Romeo from seeing Juliet because he thinks Romeo is descrating the grave |
| Quote the lines that indicate Juliet will awaken soon after Romeo's arrival | "Beauty's ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks." |
| This clue does not sway Romeo from his original purpose. What does he do? | He drinks the poison and dies |
| After Juliet discovers Romeo, she refuses a plan of the Friar. What is the plan? What does she do instead? | Friar will take Juliet to a nunnery. She refuses & kills herself with Romeo's dagger. |
| What other death is reported by Montague? | Lady montague has died from grief over Romeo |
| What purpose does the letter from Romeo serve? | It provides the characters with the same information as the audience has |
| Quote at least two statements that show the feud is over | Capulet say, "O brother Montague, give me thy hand." Montague says, "But I can give thee more: For I will raise her a statue in pure gold." |
