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Shakespearean
Concepts
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Types of Love
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Characters/
Comprehension
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Shakespearean Concepts--100
“For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
COUPLET
Shakespearean Concepts--200
Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie,
And young affection gapes to be his heir;
That fair for which love groan'd for and would die,
With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair.
Now Romeo is beloved and loves again,
Alike betwitched by the charm of looks,
But to his foe supposed he must complain,
And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks:
Being held a foe, he may not have access
To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear;
And she as much in love, her means much less
To meet her new-beloved any where:
But passion lends them power, time means, to meet
Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.
RHYME SCHEME
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Shakespearean Concepts--300
“O my love, my wife,
Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou are not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advanced there….
Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe
That unsubstantial death is amorous,
And that the lean abhorred monster keeps
Thee here in dark to be his paramour?
For fear of that I still will stay with thee
And never from this [palace] of dim night
Depart again. Here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chambermaids…..”
SOLILOQUY
Shakespearean Concepts--400
“Romeo that spoke him fair, bade him bethink
How nice the quarrel was, and urged withal
Your high displeasure: all this uttered
With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd,
Could not take truce with the unruly spleen
Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast,
Who all as hot, turns deadly point to point,
And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats
Cold death aside, and with the other sends
It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity,
Retorts it: Romeo he cries aloud,
'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and, swifter than his tongue,
His agile arm beats down their fatal points,
And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm
An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life
Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled;
But by and by comes back to Romeo,
Who had but newly entertain'd revenge,
And to 't they go like lightning, for, ere I
Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain.
And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly.
This is the truth, or let Benvolio die.”
MONOLOGUE
Shakespearean Concepts--500
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
SHAMPOO--100
“O brawling love, O loving hate”
OXYMORON
SHAMPOO--200
“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls”
ALLITERATION
SHAMPOO--300
“The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night”
PERSONIFICATION
SHAMPOO--400
“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume”
SIMILE; PERSONIFICATION
SHAMPOO--500
“Life and these lips have long between separated.
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.”
SIMILE; PERSONIFICATION; ALLITERATION
Types of Love--100
In Act II, Scene II, Romeo and Juliet profess their
undying love for one another.
ROMANTIC LOVE
Types of Love--200
In Act I, Scene V, Tybalt perceives Romeo’s
attendance at the Capulet party as an act of
disrespect against his family—he vows revenge.
FAMILY HONOR
Types of Love--300
In Act II, Scene III, the Friar expresses to Romeo
his concern that Romeo is moving too quickly in
regards to his relationship with Juliet.
In Act II, Scene VI, the Friar offers one final piece
of advice prior to marrying Romeo and Juliet.
PARENTAL LOVE
Types of Love--400
In Act I, Scene I, Romeo is infatuated with Rosaline,
but she does not return his love.
UNREQUITED LOVE
Types of Love--500
In Act IV, Scene V, the Friar attempts to comfort
Juliet’s family by speaking of her ascent to heaven.
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
Characters/Comprehension--100
Who is the only character who is able to
communicate to the other characters the story
of Romeo and Juliet?
FRIAR LAWRENCE
Characters/Comprehension--200
Why does Lord Capulet change his mind in
regards to marrying Juliet to Paris?
Characters/Comprehension--300
Who all dies in Act V of Romeo and Juliet?
PARIS; LADY MONTAGUE; ROMEO; JULIET
(MERCUTIO AND TYBALT DIE IN ACT III)
Characters/Comprehension--400
Identify two fears communicated by Juliet
before she takes the Friar’s potion.
WHAT IF THE POTION DOESN’T WORK?
WHAT IF THE POTION IS A POISON?
WHAT IF I WAKE BEFORE ROMEO ARRIVES?
• SHE MAY SUFFOCATE WHILE SHE WAITS
• SHE MAY GO CRAZY WHILE WAITING.
Characters/Comprehension--500
Identify two things Juliet says she would rather
do than marry Paris.
1) LEAP OFF A TOWER, 2) BE CHAINED WITH BEARS,
3) LURK WITH SERPENTS, 4) WALK IN THIEVISH WAYS,
5) SPEND EVERY NIGHT IN A MORGUE SURROUNDED
BY DEAD BODIES, 6) LAY WITH A FRESH CORPSE.
Additional Concepts-100
“Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death,
And therefore have I little talk of love,
For Venus smiles not in a house of tears.”
ALLUSION
Additional Concepts-200
“Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead
in the bottom of a tomb.”
FORESHADOWING
Additional Concepts-300
Romeo notices upon seeing Juliet’s “dead” body
that she still has color in her cheeks and in her lips
(the audience knows that she’s not really dead,
and we can infer that she is waking up).
DRAMATIC IRONY
Additional Concepts-400
Juliet says to Friar Lawrence when Paris insists
that Juliet loves him,
“I will confess to you that I love him.”
VERBAL IRONY
Additional Concepts-500
Romeo instantly falls in love with the one girl
who he should avoid (due to his family’s
long-standing hatred of her family).
SITUATIONAL IRONY