Romeo and juliet

• Who is benvolio and what is he described as?

  Romeo's cousin and a peace-maker
• Who is tybalt and what is he described as?

  Juliet's cousin and is short-tempered
• What poetic form is the prologue written in?

  A sonnet
• Who do Sampson and Gregory fight in the first scene?

  Montague servants
• What effect does the prologue have on the audience?

  Romeo and Juliet cannot escape their fate
• Where does fate play a role Between Romeo and Juliet in Act 1 scene 2?

  Romeo reads invitation and decides to goto party
• What is the nurse's opinion of Paris?

  "a man of wax"
• Why can't Paris marry Juliet?

  Lord Capulet thinks Juliet is too young
• Who is Romeo in love with before Juliet?

  Rosaline
• Who is the most agressive in Act 1?

  Tybalt
• How does mercutio tease Romeo?

  makes a sexual pun about rosaline
• What shows Romeo and Friar Lawrence's close relationship?

  Friar Lawrence calls him "my good son"
• Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

  To end the feud
• Why is Juliet anxious in act 2 scene 5?

  Nurse is taking a long time to return with Romeo's news
• What happens in the balcony scene?

  Romeo and Juliet agree to get married
• Who knows about their marriage?

  Friar Lawrence Nurse
• What do the hints of trouble in act 2 between Romeo and Juliet cause?

  Dramatic irony, the audience know their love will be short-lived.
• What does their decision to get married show?

  Impulsiveness
• Who does tybalt kill?

  Mercutio
• Who kills tybalt in retaliation?

  Romeo
• How does the prince punish Romeo?

  Banishes him from Verona
• How does lady capulet want Romeo punished?

  Prince to kill him
• How does mercutio act when fighting and dying?

  Humorous
• How does Juliet see Romeo after he killed her cousin?

  Her "true knight", this shows the power of love
• What does Friar Lawrence tell Romeo?

  Accept banishment or he will be killed
• What does the nurse bring Romeo from Juliet?

  A ring
• What does the ring symbolise?

  Never-ending love
• How does Romeo describe his kiss with Juliet?

  'tender'
• What does the word tender show?

  Romeo is gentle and has true emotions for Juliet
• What does Romeo tell tybalt after mercutio is killed?

  'thou or I, or both, must go with him'
• Why does Juliet kill herself?

  She wakes and finds Romeo dead
• What does Shakespeare use at the start of the play?

  A prologue