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82 Cards in this Set
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gallant
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brave;courageous
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commend
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recommend; say hi
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reconcile
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make amends; forgive
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abhor
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hate; strong dislike
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agile
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quick; coordinated
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calamity
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disaster
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prevail
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efeat; succeed
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vile
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evil
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martial
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military
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exile
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banished; kicked out
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litote
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an understatement; playing something down (opposite of hyperbole)
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who says the following lines and what do the lines foreshadow?
"i pray thee, good mercutio, let's retire. the day is hot, the capulets abroad, and, if we meet, we shall not 'scape a brawl, for now these hot days, is the mad blood stirring." |
benvolio and the fight and the deaths of tybalt and mercutio
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summarize the argument between mercutio and benvolio
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benvolio having a temper
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is mercutio's long speech a monologue? how can you tell?`
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yes because he is talking right to benvolio and meant for everyone to hear
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why do you think tybalt approaches mercutio and benvolio and wants a "word" with one of them?
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he's looking for romeo
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mercutio tries to provoke tybalt to fight. why doesn't he want to fight him
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he doesn't have a reason to
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in the exchange between tybalt and mercutio who appears to be the agressor
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mercutio
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what does tyblat call romeo? literary techniue?
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villain and epiteth
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summarize the conversation between tybalt and romeo. why does romeo say he loves tybalt? how does tybalt respond?
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they're family/doesn't want to fight with him/ tybalt doesn't care - he wants to fight and kill romeo
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how are the above lines an example of dramatic irony
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they're family and tybalt doesn't know - family
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why does romeo's answer to tybalt's insults upset mercutio? what does he think romeo is doing
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mercutio aid romeo would fight but he won't - thinks romeo is being a coward - feminine
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what does romeo remind mercutio and tybalt about in the following lines:
"tybalt, mercutio, the prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in verona streets." |
reminds him of the princes new law
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define litotes and give 2 examples out of the play
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understatement; playing something down
ex: a scratch not as deep as a well |
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mercutio repeats the following line 3 times and then adds the next line; explain what he means:
"a plague O'both your houses! they have made worms meat of me" |
he is mad and wants the houses to be cursed and have the men die; he has been killed
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what does romeo say that juliet's love has done to him
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made him soft - feminine
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what is the climax
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when romeo chooses to kill tybalt
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after mercutio dies, why does romeo decide to kill tybalt instead of accepting mercutoi's death as an unfortunate accident
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romeo was angry; tybalt would've died anyway - he would've killed romeo
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who or what does romeo blame for his troubles when he says, "O i am fortune's fool!" do you agree with him? explain
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the god's and no - romeo made the choice - doesn't think things through
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are benvolio's lines an exmaple of a monolgoue, aside or soliloquy
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monologue - talking to everyone
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how honest is benvolio's account of what happened? is this in keeping with his character as we have come to know it?
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pretty honest - did tybalt start the fight and yes he's honest
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what reasoning does lady capulet use in begging the prince for vengeance for tybalt's death? why is this ironic?
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she knows romeo started it - they're family
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what is lord montagues' reasoning in his attempt to persuade the prince not to kill romeo for killing tybalt
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the prince would've killed
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what is romeo's punishment for killing tybalt? according to act 1, what was it supposed to e? do you think this is a fair punishment?
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he was banished - death - yes because he didn't start the fight
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lines 2-3 are an example of what literary device
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mythological allusion
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what does juliet wish would come? why is she so impatient for the nurse to return
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night and romeo/ nurse bringing ropes for romeo
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define imagery and given an example of imagery from juliet's speech
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death imagery - cut romeo up and toss into the sky
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is juliet's speech an example of an aside, soliloquy or monologue
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soliloguy and she's talking to herself
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what misconception does juliet make when the nurse is telling her what happened
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romeo is dead
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what is juliet's first reaction when learning of tybalt's death? how does she react when she learns the truth
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thinks both are dead
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after juliet learns that romeo has killed tybalt what metaphors does she use to describe romeo
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book, castle, and cave/ beautiful on outside ugly inside
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what oxymorons does juliet use to describe romeo? why are these appropriate
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phened angel, raven dove/ romeo is beautiful but yet evil
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when the nurse agrees with juliet, juliet has a different reaction to romeo's killing of tybalt explain
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romeo's hers and she can't say anything ad because it's her husband, only juliet can say bad things/ tybalt would've killed romeo
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how does the scene end
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juliet sends a ring with the nurse to give to romeo/ she was going to kill herself
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copy an example of death imagery from juliet's dialogue with the nurse near the end
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"come cords come nurse. I'll to my wedding bed; and death, not romeo, take my maidenhead"
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carrion
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roadkill (dead animal)
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mantua
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where romeo is going to hide
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what is romeo's reaction when he learns that he has been banished
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worse than being dead
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how are the friar's words i characterstic of his personality? romeo's words?
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shows he he always gives good advice to romeo
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ho does romeo say is more better off than him? why
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flies, mice, dogs, and cats because they can e with juliet
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romeo tells friar laurence that the priest cannot know or understand how romeo feels. why? is he correct in feeling this way?
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he thinks friar has never been in love because he's a priest, but that isn't true because he wasn't a priest his whole life
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friar laurence tells romeo to count his blessings. what are they
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he could be dead, killed tybalt who could've killed you, juliet's a live
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in what way is romeo still impulsive? in what way is it reminsicent of the friar's warning from act 2 "these violent delights have violent ends..?"
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he was threatening suicede and tried to kill himself - said because your so passionate it will lead you to have problems
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explain friar's plan
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1. comfort juliet
2. leave before guard change 3. go to mantua 4. wait there |
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what does the nurse give to romeo from juliet
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a ring
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woo
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to date
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what is lady capulet referring to when she says, "and know her mind early tomorrow?"
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i'll know what she thinks about it tomorrow
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explain the irony of lord capulet saying, "I thinks he will be ruled/ In all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not."
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he was at first saying he wanted her consent/ choice and she won't because she is married to romeo
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why does the scene when capulet is speaking to paris become all the more ironic when compared to this earlier scene?
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in that scene he promised juliet could have a choice
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why does capulet say the celebration will be simple
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tybalt just died - would not look right to have a huge party after a funeral
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how do capulet's actions coplicate the plot? what does this do to the friar's long range pan for romeo and juliet
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the friar needs time (only has 2 days to make things right); friar doesn't know about the wedding - destroys his plans
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inverted ending
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switched endings; ex: juliet sees romeo dead but romeo actually sees her dead
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as romeo is preparing to leave juliet, what argument does she use to convince him to stay? why are romeo and juliet so concerned with signs of night and day
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wasn't lark was nightingale - if romeo gets caught because he stays he will die
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later, why doe sjuliet think romeo should leave
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she realizes that the longer he stays the more danger he will be in
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what does juliet foresee? what type of literary device is this?
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him dead lying in a grave - inverted ending
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lady capulet misunderstands juliet's sadness, and juliet does not want her to know what hs happened between romeo and juliet. why does lady capulet think juliet is crying? what does juliet say about tybalt and romeo to keep the truth from her mother
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tybalt's dead - acts if romeo is her enemy
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what does lady capulet want to give romeo what is juliet's reaction to this news
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poison - juliet wants to mix it
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what is juliet's response when she is told the news that she is to marry paris? how has she changed since act 1
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she'd rather marry romeo - opinion of marriage has changed
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what comparison does lord capulet make when he describes juliet's sadness? why is this an example of an extended metaphor
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body is ship tears are sea sighs are winds - extended it through paragraphs
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what is her mother's reaction to juliet's response
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wishes she ws dead
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what is lord capulet's response to juliet's refusal to marry paris
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don't marry and he will disown her
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if juliet's mother doe snot arrange to delay the marriage, what will juliet do? juliet's mother's reaction to this?
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kill herself - doesn't care - do what you want
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what does the nurse advise juliet to do? what is her reaosning
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marry paris because he's better and romeo cannot come back
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how does juliet's attitude toward the nurse change
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juliet turns on her and will not have anything to do with her - no relationship
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what scheme does juliet devise to get rid of the nurse and to get out of the house
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she said she is going to confession - really getting advice from friar
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what do you consider the climax to be and why
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romeo killing tybalt - because it will affect the rest of his life
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benvolio disappears from the play once he explains what happens to the prince why do you think shakespeare chose to do this
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he's a good person - could've talked sense into romeo
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the day is hot, the capulets are abroad and if we meet we shall not scape a brawl for now these hot days is the mad blood stirring
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benvolio and foreshadowing
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come come thou art as hot a jack in thy mood as any in italy; and as soon moved to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved
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mercutio
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thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is ufll of meat
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mercutio
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and but one word with one of us? couple it with something make it a word and a blow
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mercutio and is starting a fight
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consort what dost thou make us misntrels?
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mercutio and pun
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we talk her e in the public haunt of men
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benvolio
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