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What central question below connects best with this quotation from the prologue for Act I: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” (I.i.5-6).
A. How does young love differ from true love? B. Is love at first sight a real phenomenon or just a romantic ideal? C. Are the two lovers fated to die or is their death the result of their own free will? D. How does the older generation affect the lives of the younger generation?
What is (c) Are the two lovers fated to die or is their death the result of their own free will?
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Who is described in the following quotation? “Many a morning hath he there been seen, / With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, / Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs” (I.i.125-7).
Who is Romeo?
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True or False? Although Romeo is present when Juliet begins her speech in Act II, scene ii (the balcony scene), it is still considered a soliloquy because she believes she is alone.
What is true?
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Dreams are described as “idle” and the product of “nothing but vain fantasy.” What other prominent subject in Romeo & Juliet could be described in the same way?
What is young love?
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“Wherefore” means…
What is why?
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After the opening lines from the chorus and the battle of wits between Gregory & Sampson, how does the play begin?
What is a fight between the Montagues and the Capulets?
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What does Romeo describe in the following quotation? “-- is a smoke made with the fume of sighs: / Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; / Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. / What is it else? A madness most discreet, / A choking gall, and a preserving sweet” (I.i.184-8).
What is love?
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The Nurse’s monologue in Act I, scene iii, in which she tells a story of Juliet from when Juliet was younger, serves what purpose?
(Any of the following): What is it highlights the motherly connection between Juliet & the Nurse? What is it establishes her as a comedic character? What is it highlights the lack of connection between Juliet and her own mother?
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Who is the speaker of the following quotations and what does he/she describe? “Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” and “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (I.v.42, 50-1).
Who is Romeo when he's describing Juliet?
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Who is the speaker? “Oh, I am fortune’s foe!”
Who is Romeo?
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The play opens with a series of puns pairing two unlikely things. What do the puns pair?
A. love and hate B. order and chaos C. sex and violence D. religion and lust
What is (c) sex and violence?
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When asked why he loves Rosaline, what is the best paraphrase of Romeo’s response?
What is because she is beautiful?
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When Mercutio tells Romeo that he is “a lover” and should therefore “borrow Cupid’s wings / And soar with them above a common bound,” which of the following topics is emphasized? (I.iv.15-16).
A. the differences between the older and younger generations B. the transformative power of love C. one’s social identity vs. one’s self
What is (B) the transformative power of love?
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When Romeo and Juliet first speak, what is notable about the lines they share?
What is they form a sonnet?
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What is described in the following quotation? “Her vestal livery is but sick and green, / And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off” (II.ii.8-9).
What is the moon being used as a metaphor for virginity?
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Who is the speaker of the following quotation from Act I, scene i? “What? Drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word / As I hate Hell, all Montagues, and thee” (I.i.64-5).
Who is Tybalt?
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Capulet suggests Paris do what before deciding on Juliet for a wife?
What is compare her beauty to other young women at the party?
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Who is described in the following quotation and who delivers the speech? “She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes / In shape no bigger than an agate stone / On the forefinger of an alderman, / Drawn with a team of little atomi / Over men’s nose as they lie asleep” (I.iv.49-57).
Who is Queen Mab & Mercutio?
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Provide a successful paraphrase of the following quotation from Act Two's prologue: “That fair for which love groaned for and would die, / With tender Juliet matched, is now not fair” (II.Prologue.3-4).
Judgement call!
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Fill in the blanks: “What’s in a _______? That which we call a _______ / By any other word would smell as sweet” (II.ii.42-3).
What is name and rose?
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What will be the punishment for fighting in the street, according to the prince at the end of Act I, scene i?
What is banishment?
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What does Benvolio tell Romeo to do to get over Rosaline?
What is find another beautiful woman?
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Who is the speaker of the following quotation? “True, I talk of dreams, / Which are the children of an idle brain, / Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” (I.iv.94-6).
Who is Mercutio?
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When the Chorus tells us that “passion lends them power,” (them meaning Romeo & Juliet), what topic from the text is emphasized?
What is the transformative power of love?
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Romeo and Juliet focus a lot on physically desiring each other throughout the text. What does this pattern suggest about how true their love is?
Judgement call!
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