Romeo &
Juliet
Study Guide
CHARACTERS
1. Stage
Manager-When the play is read aloud, and the actors remain seated the stage
manager reads the play directions. These
are the words in italics that describe what's happening on stage.
Capulet's
2. Lord Capulet
3. Lady Capulet-his wife
4. Juliet-their daughter
5. Tybalt-Juliets Cousin
6. Sampson
7. Gregory
Montague's
8. Lord Montague
9. Lady Montague-his wife
10. Romeo-their
son
11. Benvolio
12. Mercutio
13. Abraham
Other
14. Nurse-Juliets
Nurse
15. Friar
Laurence-a holy man
16. Prince-The
Prince of Verona
17. Paris
Act1 Scene1: The
scene is a street in Verona, Italy. Sampson and Gregory, 2 servants of the
Capulet household, are talking. Romeo loves Roseline
Scene2: At the
Capulet house, Lady Capulet talks to Juliet. Juliet's unwise sisters.
Scene3: Three
masked Montagues hesitate outside the Capulet house. They are Romeo, Benvolio,
and Mercutio.
Act2 Scene1:
Romeo enters the Capulet's orchard.
Scene2: Friar Laurence
enters his room. He carries a willow
basket full of fruit.
Scene3: Benvolio
and Mercutio walk along a street in Verona. Tybalt challenged Romeo to a duel.
Scene4: Juliet is
in her bedroom.
Act3 Scene1:
Benvolio and Mercutio stand in the street talking. Romeo and Juliet married.
One hour later there is a fight. Mercutio and Tybalt fight then Tybalt stabs
Mercutio. Romeo is mad and then fights Tybalt in which he kills Tybalt.
Scene2: At the
Capulets house, Juliet awaits for Romeo. Juliet has heard of Tybalts death.
Juliet finds out that Romeo has been banished.
Scene3: Romeo is
upset and he wants to kill himself.
Friar tells Romeo to go to Mantua.
Scene4: Romeo
says goodbye to Juliet. Juliet's parents have arranged for Juliet to marry
Paris.
Act4 Scene1:
Juliet talks to friar and finds away out.
Scene2: Juliet is
dead. Paris is angry. There will be a funeral.
Act5 Scene1:
Romeo hears the news of Juliet being dead.
Scene2: Romeo
kills himself after killing Paris and then Juliet kills herself (for real this
time!)
Shakespear Bio
Notes:
He was born in
1564 and he died in 1616. He wrote 38 plays.
Strategy
3 major
ingredients:
1. Story
2. Performance
3. Audience
A PLAY WILL
USUALLY END IN A RESOLUTION TO A CONFLICT
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