VERONA
The city in which the play takes place
The Montagues and The Capulets
Two feuding families with an ancient grudge.
What puts an end to the feud?
"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life."
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet ultimately end their families' feud.
Sampson and Gregory
Two Capulets starting a fight in the opening scene.
Two Montagues being insulted by Sampson and Gregory in the opening scene.
Abraham and Balthasar
Balthasar has no lines in Act I Scene I. How do we know he was involved in the opening fight?
He's listed in the stage directions for the scene.
Peace, Hell, All Montagues, and Thee/Benvolio
Four things Tybalt says he hates.
Stop Lord Montague and Lord Capulet from joining the fight in the first scene.
Lady Montague and Lady Capulet, their wives.
Intervenes and ends the opening fight between Montagues and Capulets
Prince Escalus
The entire family who starts the fight
Who will be put to death the next time violence erupts between the two families?
Where does Benvolio tell Lady Montague where he had seen Romeo?
Crying in the woods before sunrise
Why is Romeo depressed in Act I Scene I?
He loves a girl who has sworn chastity and does not love him back
Who says to the Audience, "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona where we lay our scene"?
The Chorus
Tybalt says, "I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee" to whom?
Benvolio
Prince Escalus threatens whom with death if violence breaks out again?
Lord Montague and Lord Capulet, whoever's family starts the next fight.
Romeo says the families' feud has "much to do with hate, but more with love." What does this mean?
The only thing that outweighs the families' hatred for each other is their love for their own family.