Romeo and Juliet Study Guide Elements of Drama Drama Conflict 1. What did the leading character want?

2. What stood in his way? (People - environment- personality, etc,) 3. What was the high point of tension or the crisis? (This is where the leading character must make a crucial decision that will effect the outcome of the play.) Character analysis 1. How are the characters revealed? 2. What is the driving force of each leading character? 3. If a character changes, are the causes convincing and true to life? Setting Critical standards useful for drama, novel, motion pictures: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What is the chief emphasis (ideas, character, atmosphere)? What was the purpose? (entertainment, informative, persuasive)? Is it realistic or romantic? Does it show life as it really is or distort life? Does it present any problem of human relationship? Does it glamorize life and present an artificial happy ending?

Types of Drama: 1. Tragedy , 2. Comedy 3. Historical Allusion Aside Comic Relief Climax Dramatic Irony Foreshadow Irony Metaphor

Personification Simile Soliloquy Monologue Tragic Flaw Character Identification Briefly tell who each character is and what significance they have to the story. 1. Tybalt 2. Mercutio 3. Romeo 4. Nurse 5. Paris 6. Juliet 7. FriarLawrence 8. Montague 9. Benvolio 10. Capulet 11. Prince Escalus Recalling the Facts Act I 1. In the Prologue, what does the chorus say will happen to the two lovers? 2. What does Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future? 3. How does Benvolio say the fighting began? 4. According to Benvolio and Mercutio, how has Romeo been acting recently? 5. What remedy does Benvolio suggest for Romeo's problem? 6. In scene 2, what does Capulet tell Paris he will have to do in order to marry Juliet? 7. What makes Romeo decide to go to the party? 8. In scene 3 we learn that Juliet is how old? 10. How do Romeo and friends plan to hide their identity at the Capulet's party? 11. Who is Queen Mab? 12. At the end of scene 4, what does Romeo fear? 14. How does Romeo react when he first sees Juliet? To what does he compare her? 15. How does Juliet react to Romeo in their first meeting?

16. How does Tybalt react to the news that Romeo is at the party? How does Capulet react? Act II 1. What does Romeo compare Juliet to in scene 1? 2. Who do Mercutio and Benvolio think Romeo is with? 3. Why does Juliet want Romeo to have some other name? 4. When Juliet discovers Romeo at her balcony, what does she fear? 6. What concerns does Friar Laurence have about Romeo and Juliet's relationship? 7. Why does Friar Laurence agree to help the two? 8. Why has Tybalt sent a letter to Romeo's house? 9. What warning does the nurse give Romeo? 10. What message does Romeo give the nurse to tell Juliet? 11. Why is Juliet annoyed at the beginning of scene 5? 12. What fears does Friar Laurence express in scene 6? 13. What is an example of dramatic irony from Act II? 14. What is an example of foreshadowing from Act II? Act III 1. Why has Tybalt come looking for Romeo? 2. What does Mercutio do? 3. How does Romeo contribute to Mercutios death? 4. What is the outcome of the fight between Romeo and Tybalt? 5. What punishment does Escalus give Romeo? 6. At the end of scene ii, what does Juliet ask the nurse to do? 7. What is Romeos reaction when Friar Laurence tells him that Escalus has banished him? 8. What is Friar Laurences plan for Romeo? 9. In scene IV, what does Capulet tell Paris? 10. What is Capulets reaction when he learns that Juliet refuses to marry Paris? 11. What does the nurse tell Juliet she should do? 12. At the end of scene v, why is Juliet so angry with the nurse? 13. When talking to her parents in this act, explain how some of Juliets lines are filled with double meanings? 14. Describe the change in Juliets behavior toward her parents. Act IV 1. How does Paris think Juliet feels about him? 2. What does Juliet ask of Friar Laurence? 3. What does Juliet say she will do if she cannot find a way to avoid marrying Paris? 4. How does Juliet respond to Paris compliments in this act?

5. What does Friar Laurence say will happen when Juliet drinks the potion? 6. How will Romeo learn of Friar Laurences plan? 7. What does Friar Laurence say Romeo and Juliet will do after Juliet awakens? 8. In scene ii what does Juliet tell her father? 9. What activities occur in the Capulet household at the start of scene ii? 10. What effect might Capulets change of plans have on the Friars arrangements? 11. How do Capulet, his wife, the nurse, and Paris react when they find Juliet? 12. What does Friar Laurence tell the family? 13. According to Lord Capulet, what will happen now to all the preparations that were made for the wedding? Act V 1. Why is Romeo feeling cheerful at the beginning of scene I? 2. What news does Balthasar bring Romeo? 3. After hearing the news, where does Romeo plan to go? 4. What does the speed with which Romeo makes his decision tell you about his character? 5. How is Friar John prevented from going to Mantua to deliver Friar Laurences letter? 6. Why does Paris go to the Capulet tomb? 7. How do you think Paris feels about Juliet? 8. What is Romeos real reason for sending Balthasar away from the tomb? 9. Why does Paris think Romeo has come to the tomb? 10. What does Friar Laurence find when he enters the tomb? 11. How does Juliet kill herself? 12. What causes Lady Montagues death? 13. Who tells the story of the events to the Prince? 14. What does the Prince mean when he says, All are punished.? 15. At the conclusion of the play, what happens between the Capulets and the Montagues? 16. In this final act, how are Romeos actions guided more by emotion than reason? 17. By family, list the people who have died in the play? Important Quotes Act I 1. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life / Whose misadventured piteous overthrows / Doth with their death bury their parents' strife (Prologue, 6-9) 2. O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! / It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-- / Beauty too rich for use, for Earth too dear! (I, v, 43-46) Act II Quote: O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name (II, ii, 33-34). Quote: What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet. (II, ii, 43-44).

Quote: Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good night till it be morrow (II, ii, 184-5). Act III Quote: A plague a both your houses. (III, i, 99) Quote: Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! / Dove feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb! / Despised substance of divinest show! / A damned saint, an honorable villain! (III, ii, 73-79). Quote: 'Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here, / Where Juliet lives; and every cat and dog / And little mouse, every unworthy thing, / Live here in heaven and may look on her; / But Romeo may not. (III, iii, 29-34) Act IV Quote: I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins / That almost freezes up the heat of life. (IV, iii, 15-16) Quote: Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir (IV, v, 38) Act V Quote: Ah, dear Juliet, Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is amorous? (V, iii, 102-3) Quote: For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo (V, iii, 309-10). TP-CASTT You will be given a Shakespearean Sonnet. 4-Sqaure List 4 traits of Romeo or Juliet. Use quotes and explain how they support the chosen trait. Identify a theme of this play. Explain the contributing factors to development of this theme with textual support. What was Romeos tragic flaw. Explain how he made this flaw evident and two ways it contributed to his downfall. Cite the play to prove your points. Plot Diagram Complete one for the play.