Romeo and Juliet A review

Test next class! Be able to put events in the order in which they happen Be able to match up characters with a description of each Balthasar told Romeo of Juliet’s death Match quotes to the character who said them Be able to answer true or false for statements about the setting and action of the story

Outline of the plot structure Exposition Rising action and Exciting force (Romeo attends Capulet ball) Climax (deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo) Falling action (Juliet takes potion) resolution

Literary Terms Oxymoron: contradictory terms are combined. For example: “Brawling love”, “loving hate”, “heavy lightness”

Allusion: a reference to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, or art. For example, reference to mythological characters such as Diana, goddess of chastity, and Phaeton the son of the sun god are literary allusions

Foreshadowing: the use of clues by an author to prepare readers for events that will happen later in the story. Ex: Romeo’s dream about Juliet in Act V.

Irony Irony: a term used to talk about a contrast between reality and what seems to be real. Ex: Romeo’s suicide while Juliet is still really alive. Capulet’s plan to arrange Juliet’s marriage when she is already married. Juliet’s balcony scene speech when Romeo is listening

Tradition of “Courtly Love”: common symptoms of the rejected lover: Bewilderment Helplessness Mental and physical pain Sleeplessness Loss of appetite Pallor

Essay due soon! Analyze the different types of love in the play, Romeo and Juliet. For your thesis statement, answer the question: Where is the true love in Shakespeare’s play? Options: compare the different kinds of love in the play: love of friendship, of infatuation, of parent for child, etc.

Friar Lawrence for Romeo Nurse for Juliet

Quotes That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet Juliet in soliloquy 2.3

I will make thee think thy swan a crow Benvolio to Romeo 1.2.94

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/ a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life… Chorus in the Prologue

Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops Romeo to Juliet 3.5.9-10

Thank me no thankings, not proud me no prouds Capulet to Juliet 3.5.157

Death, that hath suck’d the honey of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou art not conquered. Romeo about Juliet 5.3.92

Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say, Good night till it be morrow. Juliet to Romeo 2.2.200

“She is the faerie’ midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone” Mercutio about Queen Mab 1.4

Prince: “And I, for winking at your discords too, Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punish’d.” Because he neglected to act sooner, the Prince has been punished with the deaths of two of his family

True or false rundown…..

Shakespeare Festival Notes On test day I will check for: completed paraphrases character and company reports mostly done blocking notes in progress For backdrops- find a picture to pull up on the smart board as a backdrop Look over promptbook directions and rubrics