Romeo and Juliet Review For Final Test.
What is the main purpose of the Prologue to “Romeo and Juliet”?
Who breaks up the fight between the servants of Montague and Capulet? What does his name mean?
Briefly explain who Paris is and what he asks for from Capulet in Act 1 scene 2?
Who convinces Romeo to go to the Capulet party? Why does he convince Romeo to do this?
What is Romeo talking about when he says: (connect with prologue)
I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels and expire the term
Of a despised life, closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But he that hath the steerage of my course
Direct my sail! (5.4.106-113)
What does the Prologue of Act Two tell the audience?
What is a soliloquy? Write a full definition and explain why Shakespeare uses soliloquies in his plays.
What is important about Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 2 scene 2? (What does it tell the audience?)
What does Juliet say about Romeo’s name in 2.2 lines 38 to 49?
At the end of Act 2 Scene 2, what do the two lovers plan?
What does Friar Laurence’s soliloquy at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 3 tell the audience?
Why does the Friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
How does Juliet treat her nurse in Act 2 Scene 5?
What does the Friar warn Juliet and Romeo about in Act 2.6 lines 6 to 20?
When Mercutio says, “A plague on both your houses” (3.1.104), what does it mean, why does he say it, and what will it do to the Montagues and the Capulets?
Who dies in Act 3 Scene 1 and who kills who?
How does the Prince respond to the murders? What does he do to Romeo?
Find two quotations from Act 3 Scene 2 that illustrate how Juliet feels about Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment with Act, scene, and line numbers.
In 3.3.108-158, Friar Laurence gives some advice to Romeo. Read this section of text, and write a brief summary of what he says to Romeo.
In Act 3, scene four, what do Capulet and Capulet’s wife decide to do?
Find a quotation from Act 3 scene 5 that shows how Juliet responds to her mother and fathers request. Write it down with act, scene, and line number.
Find a two to three line quotation from Act 3 scene 5 where Capulet is angry with Juliet. Write it down with act, scene, and line number.
What advice does the nurse give to Juliet after her parents have left?
What does Juliet say she will do if she cannot have Romeo?
How does the Friar help Juliet solve her dilemma regarding her upcoming marriage to Paris and her despair at having lost Romeo? Describe the plot.
What doubts does Juliet have in Act 4.3.24-58?
How does Capulet respond to finding Juliet in her bed, apparently dead, in Act 4.5?
*Act Five: new questions.
What are the differences between the death of Romeo and Juliet in the modern movie version and the text that Shakespeare wrote?
What does Romeo kill himself with?
When the Prince says, “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,/ That heaven finds means to ill your joys with love./ And I, for winking at your discords too,/ Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished” (5.3.291-295), what is he saying about the hatred between the two families and the result of their hatred? State this as a theme phrase.
Read the quotation and answer the following questions:
“The sun for sorrow will not show his head”
Underline two examples of alliteration
What is being personified?
Literary devices to review. Find examples from “Romeo and Juliet”:
alliteration
metaphor
personification
imagery
allusion
rhyme
repetition