Act I Study Game

disrupted
• In Shakespearean tragedies, order is

external
• In Shakespearean tragedies, human weakness is considered an
____________ force

external
• In Shakespearean tragedies, fortune and bad luck are considered ___________ forces.

order
• In Shakespearean tragedies, __________ must be restored before the play is over

fate
• One of the themes in a Shakespearean tragedy is the inevitability of ___________.

Verse
• The writing style of a Shakespearean tragedy is usually
___________.

upper
• In Shakespearean tragedies, characters are usually _________ class.

feelings
• In Shakespearean tragedies, characters are often motivated by their ___________.

place
• Shakespearean tragedies are usually set remotely in time and
____________.

Cause and effect
• There is a strict ______________ relationship in
Shakespearean tragedies.

death
• Shakespearean tragedies always end in ___________.

Benvolio tries to break it up, but Tybalt wants to fight.
• In the opening scene of the play, Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. How do they react to the fight?

The prince threatens them all with death if they fight.
• What ends the fighting in this scene?

The girl he loves does not want to get married.
• According to Benvolio, why has Romeo been acting so sad?

Paris should woo Juliet.
• In Act I Scene ii, Paris asks Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage. What is Capulet's reply?

He wants Juliet to get to know
Paris.
• Why is Capulet giving a feast?

Rosaline, the girl he loves, will be there.
• Why does Romeo decide to go to the feast even though (being a Montague) he is not invited?

They have a good relationship, and she tries to please her parents.
• What is Juliet's relationship with her family like in Act I?

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• The nurse tells us that Juliet is how old?

They will wear masks.
• How do Romeo and his friends plan on disguising themselves at the Capulet party?

He is the perfect model of a man.
• What is Nurse’s opinion of Paris?

Queen of Fairyland
• Who is Queen Mab?

He is scared the events of the night will lead to his death.
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• What is Romeo saying in the following lines?
• “I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
• Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
• Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
• With this night’s revels and expire the term
• Of a despised life, closed in my breast,
• By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”

Dreams make liars of us all.
• What feelings about dreams does Mercutio express in his
“Queen Mab” speech?

A jewel
• When Romeo first sees Juliet, what does he compare her to?

She is cautious but love-struck.
• How does Juliet react when she first meets Romeo?

He wants to fight Romeo in the middle of the party.
• During the Capulet party, Tybalt notices that Romeo is present. What is his reaction?

False – she asks him in the film
• (True/False) In the text Nurse asks Tybalt who Romeo is when they are at the party.

True
• (True/False) In the film Tybalt knows that Romeo and Juliet have kissed.

False – Lord and Lady Capulet
• In the film Tybalt is scolded by both Lady Capulet and Lord
Montague.

True
• (True/False) The text includes the scene in which the servant invites Romeo to the party.

True
• (True/False)The party scene seems much longer in the film.

False – he draws his sword in the text
• (True/False) In the text Tybalt does not draw his sword at the party, but in the film he does draw his sword.

False – the man sings in the film
• (True/False) In the text there is a man singing during the party.

divinely
• In Shakespearean tragedies, order is ____________ ordained

True
• (True/False) The text includes the scene in which the servant invites Romeo to the party.