Romeo & Juliet REVISION MATS

Name: Date: Mat 1: A Christmas Carol

1) Act 1: Montagues and Capulets

2) Act 1: A party and a marriage

3) Act 2: Marriage

4) Act 3: Death in the afternoon, another marriage

5) Act 4: Banishment and death

6) Act 5: Tragedy

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 1 - PLOTList key events for each Act.

Name: Date: Mat 1: Romeo and Juliet Plot

1) Act 1: Montagues and Capulets

Montagues and Capulets meet and fight

We meet Benvolio and Mercutio – peace and war

We meet Tybalt – the ‘Prince of Cats’ linking to a famous comic strip at the time

Prince’s warning ‘three civil brawls’

Romeo’s love oxymorons – ‘oh feather of lead, heavy lightness’

2) Act 1: A party

Tybalt tells Lord Capulet that he's going to beat up Romeo for crashing their party.

Lord Capulet orders him to relax and leave Romeo alone—Romeo seems to be a nice enough kid.

Tybalt just swears he'll make Romeo pay for this supposed insult later. Cue the dramatic and

ominous music.

Romeo and Juliet meet – love at first sight?

Meanwhile, their dialogue has formed a perfect Shakespearean love sonnet.

3) Act 2: MarriageRomeo is wandering aimlessly around the Capulet backyard

when guess-who appears on the balcony. "What light through yonder window breaks?" he asks. He then answers

his own question. "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!“

You might wonder, "why is she asking where Romeo is?" Well, as it turns out, "Wherefore" doesn't mean "where." It means "why." Juliet is saying, "Why does the guy I love have

to be a Montague?“

Proposals and plans are made

Messages are sent via the nurse and priest

Everybody loves a wedding! (In secret)

4) Act 3: Death in the afternoon, another marriage

DRAMATIC IRONY! We know Romeo has married Juliet. Tybalt doesn’t – still mad from the party he

picks a fight.

Romeo tries to stop it but only gets Mercutio killed

‘A plague o both your houses!’

Benvolio spills, Romeo’s banished. Tybalt and Mercutio lie dead. Nice honeymoon.

And Juliet is told to marry Paris.

5) Act 4: Banishment and death

Romeo and Juliet respond like teenagers and threaten to kill themselves

Friar Laurence plans to fake Juliet’s death and allow Romeo to know, then sneak Juliet to him.

Foolproof!

Wedding preparations

Juliet bids a sad farewell to her parents.

Juliet ‘dies’

6) Act 5: Tragedy

Romeo hears Juliet is dead. Goes back!

Romeo kills Paris.

Romeo kills himself.

Juliet sees Romeo dying, kills herself.

Everyone learns to get along.

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 1 – PLOT There are 30 points on this mat – you have 5 minutes to memorise

Name: Date: Mat 1: A Christmas Carol

1) Act 1: Montagues and Capulets

2) Act 1: A party and a marriage

3) Act 2: Marriage

4) Act 3: Death in the afternoon, another marriage

5) Act 4: Banishment and death

6) Act 5: Tragedy

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 1 - PLOTNow write down what you remember. There are 30 points, 5 points per box .

Name: Date: Mat 1: Romeo and Juliet Plot

1) Act 1: Montagues and Capulets

Montagues and Capulets meet and fight

We meet Benvolio and Mercutio – peace and war

We meet Tybalt – the ‘Prince of Cats’ linking to a famous comic strip at the time

Prince’s warning ‘three civil brawls’

Romeo’s love oxymorons – ‘oh feather of lead, heavy lightness’

2) Act 1: A party

Tybalt tells Lord Capulet that he's going to beat up Romeo for crashing their party.

Lord Capulet orders him to relax and leave Romeo alone—Romeo seems to be a nice enough kid.

Tybalt just swears he'll make Romeo pay for this supposed insult later. Cue the dramatic and

ominous music.

Romeo and Juliet meet – love at first sight?

Meanwhile, their dialogue has formed a perfect Shakespearean love sonnet.

3) Act 2: MarriageRomeo is wandering aimlessly around the Capulet backyard

when guess-who appears on the balcony. "What light through yonder window breaks?" he asks. He then answers

his own question. "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!“

You might wonder, "why is she asking where Romeo is?" Well, as it turns out, "Wherefore" doesn't mean "where." It means "why." Juliet is saying, "Why does the guy I love have

to be a Montague?“

Proposals and plans are made

Messages are sent via the nurse and priest

Everybody loves a wedding! (In secret)

4) Act 3: Death in the afternoon, another marriage

DRAMATIC IRONY! We know Romeo has married Juliet. Tybalt doesn’t – still mad from the party he

picks a fight.

Romeo tries to stop it but only gets Mercutio killed

‘A plague o both your houses!’

Benvolio spills, Romeo’s banished. Tybalt and Mercutio lie dead. Nice honeymoon.

And Juliet is told to marry Paris.

5) Act 4: Banishment and death

Romeo and Juliet respond like teenagers and threaten to kill themselves

Friar Laurence plans to fake Juliet’s death and allow Romeo to know, then sneak Juliet to him.

Foolproof!

Wedding preparations

Juliet bids a sad farewell to her parents.

Juliet ‘dies’

6) Act 5: Tragedy

Romeo hears Juliet is dead. Goes back!

Romeo kills Paris.

Romeo kills himself.

Juliet sees Romeo dying, kills herself.

Everyone learns to get along.

Give yourself a mark out of 30. Work out the percentage of what you remember - /60 Repeat the task – how much more did you remember?

Name: Date: Mat 2: Romeo and Juliet

1) Rosaline

2) Romeo

3) Juliet

4) Lord and Lady Capulet

5) Lord and Lady Montague 6) Tybalt

7) Mercutio

8) Benvolio

9) Nurse and Friar

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 2 - CHARACTERSName each character where possible and add 2-4 brief descriptions to summarise them.

Name: Date: Mat 2: Romeo and Juliet

1) Rosaline

Not seen in the play

‘…will not ope her lap for saint seducing gold’

Proves Romeo loves whatever he sees?

2) Romeo

Lovesick – oxymorons – confused

Major character arc

‘I defy you stars’ – obsessed with fate

3) Juliet

Elizabethan woman – powerless

‘swear not by the moon’ – nobody’s fool!

Defies her father

4) Lord and Lady Capulet

Propagate conflict

Terrible parents – ‘I would the fool were married to her grave’ (Lady Cap)

Lady Capulet is a little too upset by Tybalt’s death

5) Lord and Lady Montague

Propagate conflict

Terrible parents – ‘Was that my father that went hence so fast?’ (Romeo)

Rely on Benvolio

6) Tybalt

Prince of cats – comic book reference

Excellent swordsman

‘Peace? I hate the word.’

7) Mercutio

Mental.

‘..thou consorts’d with Romeo?’ (Tybalt) – a little touchy about his relationship with Romeo

‘…a scratch, a scratch’ – Makes jokes about Tybalt (cat) even when dying

8) Benvolio

‘Put up thy sword’ – tries to make peace but always in a fight

Honest – Prince and Montagues rely on him for the truth

Fades throughout the play.

9) Nurse and Friar

Nurse – comic relief – filthy humour

Friar – tries to do well but is he responsible?

Known as messengers – are they to blame for the tragedy as they should know better?

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 2 - CHARACTERSThere are 27 points on this mat – you have 5 minutes to memorise them all

Name: Date: Mat 2: Romeo and Juliet

1) Rosaline

2) Romeo

3) Juliet

4) Lord and Lady Capulet

5) Lord and Lady Montague 6) Tybalt

7) Mercutio

8) Benvolio

9) Nurse and Friar

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 2 - CHARACTERSWrite down what you remember.

Name: Date: Mat 2: Romeo and Juliet

1) Rosaline

Not seen in the play

‘…will not ope her lap for saint seducing gold’

Proves Romeo loves whatever he sees?

2) Romeo

Lovesick – oxymorons – confused

Major character arc

‘I defy you stars’ – obsessed with fate

3) Juliet

Elizabethan woman – powerless

‘swear not by the moon’ – nobody’s fool!

Defies her father

4) Lord and Lady Capulet

Propagate conflict

Terrible parents – ‘I would the fool were married to her grave’ (Lady Cap)

Lady Capulet is a little too upset by Tybalt’s death

5) Lord and Lady Montague

Propagate conflict

Terrible parents – ‘Was that my father that went hence so fast?’ (Romeo)

Rely on Benvolio

6) Tybalt

Prince of cats – comic book reference

Excellent swordsman

‘Peace? I hate the word.’

7) Mercutio

Mental.

‘..thou consorts’d with Romeo?’ (Tybalt) – a little touchy about his relationship with Romeo

‘…a scratch, a scratch’ – Makes jokes about Tybalt (cat) even when dying

8) Benvolio

‘Put up thy sword’ – tries to make peace but always in a fight

Honest – Prince and Montagues rely on him for the truth

Fades throughout the play.

9) Nurse and Friar

Nurse – comic relief – filthy humour

Friar – tries to do well but is he responsible?

Known as messengers – are they to blame for the tragedy as they should know better?

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 2 - CHARACTERSGive yourself a mark out of 27. Work out the percentage of what you remember - /60 Repeat the task – how much more did you remember?

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 3 - StructureWrite down what you know.

Name: Date: Mat 3: Romeo and Juliet

Traditional Greek Tragedy Conventions: Plot Structure: Key Terms:

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 3 - StructureThere are fifteen points. You have 5 minutes to memorise them.

Name: Date: Mat 3: Romeo and Juliet

Traditional Greek Tragedy Conventions:

Traditional Greek Tragedies according to Aristotle

3 ActsShort space of time

Involve good intentions going badIf fate intervenes or the gods – then it’s not a

tragedy, it’s a misadventure

Plot Structure:

Plays start with conflict.Conflict builds.

Looks like conflict is about to be resolved (zenith)

Conflict gets worse through someone trying to fix it

Everyone dies.

Key Terms:

Protagonist – main characterAntagonist – main baddie

Zenith – high point of the playHamartia – flaw in the protagonist that leads

to deathCatharsis – the idea that by watching bad

things, the audience’s emotions are cleansed

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 3 - StructureWrite down what you remember.

Name: Date: Mat 3: Romeo and Juliet

Traditional Greek Tragedy Conventions: Plot Structure: Key Terms:

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 3 - StructureGive yourself a mark out of fifteen.

How many more did you get second time round?

Name: Date: Mat 3: Romeo and Juliet

Traditional Greek Tragedy Conventions:

Traditional Greek Tragedies according to Aristotle

3 ActsShort space of time

Involve good intentions going badIf fate intervenes or the gods – then it’s not a

tragedy, it’s a misadventure

Plot Structure:

Plays start with conflict.Conflict builds.

Looks like conflict is about to be resolved (zenith)

Conflict gets worse through someone trying to fix it

Everyone dies.

Key Terms:

Protagonist – main characterAntagonist – main baddie

Zenith – high point of the playHamartia – flaw in the protagonist that leads

to deathCatharsis – the idea that by watching bad

things, the audience’s emotions are cleansed

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 4 - LanguageWrite down what you remember.

Name: Date: Mat 3: Romeo and Juliet

Speech Stagecraft: Language:

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 4 - LanguageThere are fifteen points here. You have five minutes to memorise them.

Name: Date: Mat 4: Romeo and Juliet Speech

Iambic pentameter – speaking in 10 syllables per line. Unrhymed

When more than one line of Iambic Pentameter = blank verse

Blank verse usually spoken by the upper classes

When not in Iambic Pentameter – prose. Usually spoken by lower classes.

Can be reversed to make fun/parody people – think of Tybalt vs Mercutio

Stagecraft

Exeunt – all leaveExit – one leaves

Soliloquy – a single character alone on a stage speaks their inner thoughts to the

audienceAside – a single character speaks to the audience when other characters are on

stage. Other characters can’t hear them.Globe theatre – shaped like the world with

heavens at the top and a trapdoor signifying hell

Language

Metaphors – comparison in language without like or as. Can demonstrate something about

the character. (Tybalt and violence)Similes – comparison in language with like or

as – lower level than metaphor, can demonstrate lack of class or intelligence

Oxymoron – two words beside each other that don’t go together. ‘heavy lightness’

Personification – giving an inanimate object human qualities – ‘…kill the envious moon’.

Romeo talking about Juliet’s beauty.Reference to Greek/Roman Gods –

demonstrates knowledge and intelligence. Shows an upper class education.

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 4 - LanguageWrite down what you remember.

Name: Date: Mat 3: Romeo and Juliet

Speech Stagecraft: Language:

Romeo and Juliet Revision Task 4 - LanguageGive yourself a mark out of fifteen. How many more did you get second time around?

Name: Date: Mat 4: Romeo and Juliet Speech

Iambic pentameter – speaking in 10 syllables per line. Unrhymed

When more than one line of Iambic Pentameter = blank verse

Blank verse usually spoken by the upper classes

When not in Iambic Pentameter – prose. Usually spoken by lower classes.

Can be reversed to make fun/parody people – think of Tybalt vs Mercutio

Stagecraft

Exeunt – all leaveExit – one leaves

Soliloquy – a single character alone on a stage speaks their inner thoughts to the

audienceAside – a single character speaks to the audience when other characters are on

stage. Other characters can’t hear them.Globe theatre – shaped like the world with

heavens at the top and a trapdoor signifying hell

Language

Metaphors – comparison in language without like or as. Can demonstrate something about

the character. (Tybalt and violence)Similes – comparison in language with like or

as – lower level than metaphor, can demonstrate lack of class or intelligence

Oxymoron – two words beside each other that don’t go together. ‘heavy lightness’

Personification – giving an inanimate object human qualities – ‘…kill the envious moon’.

Romeo talking about Juliet’s beauty.Reference to Greek/Roman Gods –

demonstrates knowledge and intelligence. Shows an upper class education.