Name ____________________________

Romeo and Juliet notes Paolini/Meyer-Love

English 9RC

Prologue: 14 line sonnet

-Chorus performs prologue, explaining that two warring
households will be brought together by a pair of star-crossed
lovers who die.
Star crossed lovers are:

-Setting:
-Background information given:

-Prologue sets the plot, solidifying Romeo and Juliet’s fate – they
cannot escape it

Act I, scene I
-Sampson and Gregory, who are _____________________________,
stroll through the streets of Verona
-__________ expresses his hate toward ___________________
-He wants to provoke a fight without breaking the law
-It is against the law to _________________________________.
-Benvolio enters the scene to stop the fight
Name ____________________________

-_______________ attacks Benvolio when he sees that a sword has

been drawn
-___________________ and ______________ enter, but their wives keep
them from fighting each other.
-______________ ___________ enters and demands that the fighting
stop by penalty of _____________________
-During the conversation that the Montegues have with Benvolio,
the parents express concern over ______________________________.
-Benvolio talks with Romeo and learns that his saddened state is
caused by __________________________________________________.

Act I, scene ii
-The scene opens while _________________is discussing marrying
Juliet with Capulet
-Capulet asks ______________ to wait for ____ years, since Juliet is
too young to be married.
-Invitation to masquerade for Paris and a list of people to invite
given to Peter (servant)
-Peter’s problem with the list is that he ________ _________.
-Peter passes _____________ and Benvolio in the street and asks for
help ________________ ________ ___________.
-Romeo sees _____________’s name on the list and decides he must
go!
-Peter accidentally invites Romeo and Benvolio
-CRASH PARTY!

Act I, scene iii

-Capulet’s house, preparing for feast
-Lady Capulet asks Juliet _________________________________.
-She encourages Juliet to think about _________________ since Lady
Capulet was almost pregnant with Juliet at Juliet’s current age of
_____.
Name ____________________________

Act I, scene iv
-_________________, ________________, and ______________ gather in
masks, ready to enter the Capulet’s party.
-_________________does not want to have fun.
-Romeo’s dream foreshadows ______________________________.
-Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech’s message:

-Romeo’s concern-he has a feeling that the night’s activities will

set in motion the action of fate, resulting in an untimely death

Act I, scene v
-Romeo spots __________________ and immediately forgets
____________.
-Romeo claims that he has never ___________________________
before this moment.
-Tybalt, ______________’s cousin, recognizes Romeo.
-__________________ will not allow fighting
-Romeo approaches Juliet
-They kiss
-_____________ enters to tell Juliet that _______ _______ is looking for
her.
-Romeo discovers who Juliet is when _________________________.
Name ____________________________

-Juliet does not realize that Romeo is a Montague

-Juliet asks the Nurse to find out the names of a number of boys
and learns that her mystery man is a Montague!

Act II, scene i

-Romeo does not go home after the party because
__________________________________________________________________
________________.
-_______________ and ______________ are making fun of Romeo and
give up trying to find him.

Act II, scene ii Balcony Scene

-_________________ appears on the balcony over Romeo
-Metaphor: Romeo compares Juliet to _______________________.
-Juliet is talking to herself over the problem of Romeo being a
_____________.
-If Romeo would give up his name or claim his love for Juliet, she
could give up her name and they could be together.
-Romeo speaks, and he ___________________________________.
-Juliet is worried that confessing love too quickly will lead to what
problem?
-At _____________ tomorrow, Juliet will send someone to Romeo to
see if _______________________________________________.

Act II, scene iii

-Scene changes to ___________ ___________________ ‘s cell.
-Friar Lawrence is worried that Romeo spent the night in sin with
____________.
-Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to perform a __________________
between Romeo and ________________.
Name ____________________________

-Friar Lawrence is shocked at Romeo’s ______________________, but

agrees to ______________ them anyway.
-Friar Lawrence hopes the marriage will end the ___________.

Act II, scene iv

-Scene opens with ____________________ and ____________________.
-They are wondering where Romeo
________________________________.
-Benvolio tells that ________________ has sent a letter to Romeo,
challenging him to a ___________.
-Mercutio wonders if Romeo is man enough to fight because
________________
_____________________________.
-Mercutio’s thoughts on Tybalt:

-Romeo enters as Mercutio mocks his love for Rosaline.

-_______________ enters the scene
-She threatens Romeo that he’d better not __________________________.
-The plan for Nurse to tell Juliet is __________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.

Act II, scene v

-Juliet waits for _____________ to return from meeting Romeo

-Romeo is waiting at Friar Lawrence’s cell to ____________ _____________.
-Nurse goes to make sure that a ladder to Juliet’s room will be in place so
that Romeo can sneak up to her room that night, after they are married

Act II, scene vi

-Romeo and __________ __________ are waiting for Juliet

-Friar Lawrence counsels Romeo to love _______________ and not with too
much intensity
-Juliet shows up, once again describes her love for Romeo
*so great that words cannot describe it
-Juliet and Romeo are married by _________ __________

Act III, scene I

-Scene begins with _____________ and ______________ on street

-___________ approaches and asks to speak with one of them
-Mercutio taunts (teases) Tybalt
-Romeo enters and Tybalt calls him __ ________________
Name ____________________________

-Tybalt wants to fight, but Romeo will not –he is now Tybalt’s _____________ by
marriage
-______________ gets upset and says that if Romeo will not fight Tybalt, he will
-Romeo tries to break it up, but Tybalt stabs _____________ under Romeo’s
arm
-__________________ dies, cursing both the Montagues and the Capulets (“A
plague o’ both your houses.”)
-Romeo feels like he should have fought Tybalt instead of Mercutio
-When _____________ returns, he fights Romeo and Romeo ________ Tybalt
-Benvolio tells Romeo to run

-Prince enters with Montagues and Capulets

-Benvolio tells story, especially how Romeo tried to keep peace
-Lady Capulet wants _______________ dead
-Prince ____________ Romeo and if Romeo is found in the city, he will be _____.

Act III, scene ii

-______________ is waiting for Romeo when the Nurse comes in to tell her of
the fight
-Nurse stumbles over her words and Juliet mistakenly believes that
___________ is dead
-Juliet decides she will ______ _______________ if he is dead (foreshadowing)
-Juliet gets the story straight that ________ is dead and Romeo ____________
-Nurse knows where Romeo is hiding and will bring him to Juliet so they may
have their wedding night
-Juliet gives Nurse a ring to give to Romeo

Act III, scene iii

-The scene opens in ______________________________

-Romeo is overwhelmed and is awaiting the Prince’s punishment
-Romeo believes _____________________ is worse than ________________________
-Nurse arrives in cell
-Romeo is worried that _________________ will hate him and he takes a
_______________ to hurt himself.
-________________ ____________ scolds him for being unmanly
-Friar Lawrence’s first plan:
1.

2.

3.

4.

-Nurse gives Romeo Juliet’s ring and he is feeling better

Name ____________________________

Act III, scene iv

-________________, _____________ and Capulet are discussing _____________’s
marriage to Juliet
-_________________ makes the decision that Juliet will marry Paris because he
thinks this will help Juliet __________________________________________________.
-Capulet schedules the wedding for ________________; today is Monday

Act III, scene v

-the setting is _______________’s chamber in the _____________________
-__________________ and _____________ are in their marriage bed
-The two say good-bye only when __________________ warns them that
______________ is coming
-Lady Capulet comes in and sees ____________ crying; Lady Capulet assumes
she cries for _____________________
-Lady C. claims that________________ should be killed; this makes Juliet cry
harder
-Juliet is talking on two levels: Her mother believes she is saying that Romeo
should be killed since he slew Tybalt. Juliet is really claiming her love for
Romeo in a way that her mother is not supposed to understand
-Lady Capulet tells Juliet that _______________________________________
-Juliet responds by saying __________________________________________
-Lord Capulet threatens to _______________________________________ if she will
not marry Paris
-When Juliet asked the Nurse for help, she suggests
___________________________
-Juliet goes to __________________________________ to seek help.
-________________________ threatens to kill herself

Act IV, scene I

Setting: _______ _________________’s ________
-Speaking to Paris
-Juliet enters. ______________ speaks lovingly to her; she is indifferent to him
-Friar asks Paris to leave; Paris ________________ Juliet good-bye
-Juliet will kill herself if Friar does not have advice
-Friar’s plan:
-Juliet will promise to marry Paris
-_______________________________________________________.
-Juliet will be laid in ______________’s ____________
-A _______________will be sent to Romeo so he can retrieve Juliet when
she awakens
-She will return to Mantua with Romeo – she can live free with Romeo
and without parents’ hatred
Name ____________________________

-Juliet agrees to plan

Act IV, scene ii

-Juliet goes home, cheerfully to tell her parents that she will _______ _______
-Capulet moves wedding up one day

Act IV, scene iii

-Juliet asks to be _______________________________________________.
-She questions the outcome of the potion (foreshadowing)
-She experiences a vision of Tybalt’s ghost searching for Romeo
-She drinks _______ _____________

Act IV, scene iv

-Setting: ________________________________
-Juliet is found “____________”
-Lord and Lady Capulet, Nurse and Paris weep for her
-Friar tells them she is in a better place

Act V, scene I
Setting: Wednesday in Mantua
-Romeo is happy in thought about Juliet
-__________________________ (Romeo’s servant) comes to Mantua
-He tells Romeo that Juliet _____ ____________
-“Then I defy you stars.”
-Romeo writes a letter to his father and promises to get to Verona that night
to lie with Juliet
-Romeo buys ______________ from a poor apothecary

Act V, scene ii
Setting: Friar Lawrence’s cell
-Friar L. is talking to Friar John
-Friar John was unable to deliver the messages to Romeo because he was
held in a quarantine house due to an outbreak of the plague
-Friar Lawrence claims he will rescue _________________.
-Friar Lawrence sends another ____________ to Romeo to warn him of what
has happened & he plans to keep Juliet in his cell until ___________
____________.

Act V, scene iii

Setting: Churchyard in Verona
-______________ is visiting Juliet’s gravesite
-When Paris hears someone, he hides
-Romeo and Balthasar enter and Romeo sends Balthasar away
-B. does not leave, however
Name ____________________________

-Paris recognizes Romeo as Tybalt’s murderer and thinks Romeo is here to

______
_____________________________________________________________.
-Paris attacks Romeo and Romeo _________ Paris when he won’t leave
-Paris wants to be laid next to Juliet; Romeo says he will honor this
-Romeo carries ___________ into the tomb & sees Juliet
-He believes her to look so peaceful that she cannot be dead (dramatic irony)
-Romeo __________ ____________ and dies
-_________ __________________ enters and sees bloody scene
-Juliet _______________________, looking for her husband
-Friar asks Juliet to come with him once she has seen the dead Romeo
-She refuses, Friar leaves and Juliet ___________ _____________ with Romeo’s
dagger when kissing his lips to taste poison fails
-Montagues and Capulets enter
-Lady Montague has since died over grief for her banished son
-Friar Laurence tells the whole story, which Romeo’s letter confirms
-__________________ scolds both families
-The families truce and promise to build a statue in gold of the other family’s
child