Studied by 4 peopleprologue
tells what will happen in the story and that it will last two hours
written in a shakespearean sonnet
scene i (fight)
begins with capulets dissing montagues
tybalt instigates a fight, prince stops it (threatens to kill both families if feud continues)
scene i (conversation)
lady montague and benvolio are concerned over romeo being in him room too much
they find out that romeo is lovesick over rosaleen, benvolio tells him to find another girl
romeo
only son of the montagues
benvolio
the peacekeeper
gives advice
tybalt
instigator
prince
annoyed with the feud between capulets and montagues
scene ii
introduced to paris
illiterate servant asks romeo and benvolio for help (they see the invitation)
romeo wants to go because of rosaleen, benvolio tells him to go to find a new girl and forget rosaleen
paris
wants to marry juliet
capulet says no (offers an invitation to their party)
described as a “man of wax”
scene iii
introduced to the nurse, lady capulet, and juliet
they discuss juliet’s future
juliet
daughter of capulets
13 (almost 14) years old
lady capulet
want’s juliet to marry paris for status, says that they would be perfect for eachother
nurse
wants juliet to be able to choose who she wants to marry (does think that paris is a good man though)
desceased daughter (susan) and husband
is a mother figure to juliet
scene iv
benvolio, mercutio, and romeo discuss their dreams
benvolio: imaginative, long, and descriptive dream
romeo: dreams of his death
they discuss going to capulets party and dont think they will be recognised because of masks
what literary element does romeo experience the night before the ball
foreshadowing
(of his death)
scene v (ballroom)
tybalt recognizes romeo by his voice and wants to kill him (capulet stops him
tybalt says that he will get revenge
scene v (romeo&juliet)
romeo and juliet meet
they kiss and immediately fall in love
they find out that their families are enemies
what is romeo and juliet written in
blank verse
some sonnets
mercutio
jokester
describes his dream
rosaleen
romeo is in love with her and at the ball to find a new girl
character foils
opposites
romeo - mercutio
benvolio - tybalt
sonnet
a form of lyric poetry composed of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter
rhyme scheme of sonnet
abab cdcd efef gg
iambic pentameter
a type of meter
contains 5 iams (feet) per line
how many quatrains are there in a sonnet
three (ababcdcdefef)
how many couplets are in a sonnet
one
couplet
two lines of verse (poetry) that rhyme
heroic couplet
a pair of rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter
the message of sonnet 18
shakespeare is comparing someone to a summers day
the message of sonnet 130
even though she is not the “standard” he still loves her and sees her as beautiful in her own way
literary elements used in sonnets 18 & 130
rhyming
iambic pentameter
personification
metaphor
meter
a regular rhythmic pattern in poetry as determined by the number of beats, or stresses, in each line
order of a shakespearean sonnet
quatrain - 4 lines
quatrain - 4 lines
quatrain - 4 lines
heroic couplet - 2 lines
volta
a change (usually in the couplet of the sonnet)
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