What sort of words describe Romeo? What is his personality like?

What sort of words describe Juliet? What is her personality like?

What sort of words describe Lord Capulet? What is his personality like?

What sort of words describe Mercutio? What is his personality like?

What sort of words describe Tybalt? What is his personality like?

Why is the prologue important?

Why are there so many references to fate and destiny in the play?

"forswear it sight, for I never saw a true beauty 'til this night" Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“for never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“a plague on both your houses” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“a rose by another name would smell as sweet” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“does she not give us thanks? is she not proud?” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“O! I am Fortune's fool!” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“But, soft. what light through yonder window breaks “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“these violent delights have violent ends” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

“I defy you stars!” Who says this? What does it mean? What themes does it link to? What is the writer suggesting?

Good poetry pairs The Manhunt Dulce et Decorum est Given poem Your choice Why The Manhunt Dulce et Decorum est Both focus on the trauma which soldiers go through, but from different perspectives. Sonnet 43 The Soldier Ultimate love of a person versus the ultimate sacrifice of themselves for their country (because they love it and are patriotic) London Living Space The suffering of the poor in really bad conditions in London and in India

Both love their partners but demonstrate it in different ways Good poetry pairs Given poem Your choice Why She Walks in Beauty Cozy Apologia Both love their partners but demonstrate it in different ways As Imperceptibly as Grief Afternoons Feelings and people change as time moves on Valentine Sonnet 43 Both about power of love, but differences in how it affects people

How people’s lives and feelings change as time goes on Good poetry pairs Given poem Your choice Why A Wife in London The Manhunt One never gets her husband back; the other does and he’s not the same man Death of a Naturalist Afternoons How people’s lives and feelings change as time goes on Hawk Roosting Ozymandias Both think they have unlimited power, but Ozymandias’ (Rameses II) influence fades over time

Except from The Prelude Good poetry pairs Given poem Your choice Why To Autumn Except from The Prelude Both admire nature, but Prelude has an element of fear and isolation in the world Mametz Wood The Manhunt How war has taken lives too young or has ruined lives for those still living

Romeo & Juliet – conflict extract from Act 1 Scene 1 Tybalt What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.

Tybalt What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.