5. He is often called England's national poet,
and the
"Bard of Avon"
Born: April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, United
Kingdom
Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon,
United Kingdom
Spouse: Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616)
7. Shakespeare did indeed write the 37
plays and 154 sonnets credited to him.
In 1597, he bought one of the most
prestigious properties in all of Stratford,
The New Place.
9. • All’s Well that Ends Well
• As You Like It
• Comedy of Errors
• Measure for Measure
• Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Taming of the Shrew
• Much A do About Nothing
• Twelfth Night
• Merchant of Venice
10. • King Henry V
• King John
• Richard II
• Richard III
11. • Julius Caesar
• Hamlet• Macbeth
• Othello
• ROMEO AND JULIET
• King Lear
13. ROMEO
The son and heir of Montague and Lady
Montague.
A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is
handsome, intelligent, and sensitive.
14. Leonard Whiting is an English actor who is best known for his
role as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and
Juliet
15. JULIET
The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet.
A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl, Juliet begins
the play as a naïve child who has thought little
about love and marriage, but she grows up
quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the
son of her family’s great enemy.
16. Olivia Hussey is an
Argentine-born English
actress who became
famous for her role as
Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's
1968 film version of
Romeo and Juliet,
17. FRIAR LAWRENCE
A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and
Juliet.
The Friar agrees to marry the couple in secret in
the hope that marriage will restore peace
between their families.
19. MERCUTIO
A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close
friend.
He accepts Tybalt's challenge to defend Romeo's
honor and is killed, thus precipitating Romeo's
enraged reaction during which Romeo kills
Tybalt.
21. THE NURSE
Juliet’s nurse, the woman who breast-fed Juliet
when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her
entire life.
Acts as confidante and messenger for Romeo and
Juliet.
22. Patricia Heywood is a Scottish character actress who has appeared in
stage productions, films and television.
23. TYBALT
Lady Capulet's nephew and Juliet's cousin. Tybalt
is violent and hot-tempered, with a strong sense
of honor. He challenges Romeo to a duel in
response to Romeo's attending a Capulet party.
His challenge to Romeo is taken up by Mercutio,
whom Tybalt kills. Romeo then kills Tybalt.
25. Capulet
The patriarch of the Capulet family, father of
Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy, for
unexplained reasons, of Montague.
He truly loves his daughter, though he is not well
acquainted with Juliet’s thoughts or feelings, and
seems to think that what is best for her is a
“good” match with Paris. .
26. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet reconcile Capulet
and Montague
Paul
Hardwick was
an English
actor.
27. LADY CAPULET
Juliet’s mother, Capulet’s wife.
Lady Capulet is vengeful and she demands
Romeo's death for killing Tybalt. In her
relationship with Juliet, she is cold and distant,
expecting Juliet to obey her father and marry
Paris.
29. MONTAGUE
Romeo’s father, the patriarch of the Montague
clan and bitter enemy of Capulet. At the
beginning of the play, he is chiefly concerned
about Romeo’s melancholy.
33. PARIS
A kinsman of the Prince, and the suitor of
Juliet most preferred by Capulet. Once
Capulet has promised him he can marry
Juliet, he behaves very presumptuous toward
her, acting as if they are already married.
35. Benvolio
Montague's nephew and friend of Romeo and
Mercutio. Benvolio is the peacemaker who
attempts to keep peace between Tybalt and
Mercutio. After the deaths of Mercutio and
Tybalt, Benvolio acts as a Chorus, explaining
how events took place.
36. Bruce Robinson is an English director, screenwriter, novelist and
actor.
37. PRINCE ESCALUS
The Prince of Verona. A kinsman of Mercutio
and Paris. As the seat of political power in
Verona, he is concerned about maintaining the
public peace at all costs.
38. Sir Robert Graham
Stephens was a
leading English
actor in the early
years of Britain's
Royal National
Theatre.
40. An Apothecary - A poverty-stricken chemist, who
illegally sells poison to Romeo.
Peter - A Capulet servant attending the Nurse.
Abram - A servant to Montague.
Sampson - Servant of the Capulet household.
Gregory - Servant of the Capulet household.
41. - refers to the sequence
of events inside a story
which affect other
events through the
principle of cause and
effect.
42. the insertion of important background
information within a story; for example,
information about the setting, characters'
backstories, prior plot events, historical
context, etc.
43. In the streets of Verona another brawl
breaks out between the servants of the
feuding noble families of Capulet and
Montague.
Romeo confess his love for Rosaline;
normal conversations in Montague and
Capulet families; Mercutio makes fun of
Romeo because of Rosaline’s intent to never
marry.
44. the series of events that begin
immediately after the exposition
(introduction) of the story and builds up
to the climax.
45. Romeo falls in love with Juliet at the
party and needs to secretly
marry Juliet, knowing that a Capulet and a
Montague
would never be allowed to
marry.
46. refer to the part of story or play where
the tension or action reaches its highest
part. Sometimes, the climax is a "crisis"
point in the plot.
47. Tybalt kills Mercutio, then Romeo
kills Tybalt. The Prince arrives and orders
Romeo to be banished.
48. occurs right after the climax. It is
what happens after the main problem
of the story has been solved
49. Paris will soon be married to Juliet,
but the Capulets do not know about Juliet’s
secret marriage. Juliet decides to fake her
death with a potion the Friar gives her.
50. Romeo is informed that Juliet is dead
(when she is really asleep from the potion).
Romeo arrives at the Capulet burial vault
ready to drink the poison the Apothecary
sold him.
51. the final outcome of the story,
generally occurring after the climax of
the plot. Often it's where all the
secrets (if there are any) are revealed
and loose ends are tied up.
52. Romeo drinks the poison and dies. Juliet
wakes up, finds Romeo dead, and kills herself
with a dagger when the Friar is not looking.
Friar explains the events. Both families agree
to stop the hatred after the tragedy.
53. A serious play or drama typically
dealing with the problems of
central character, leading to an
unhappy or disastrous ending.
55. 1.The forcefulness of love
2.Love as a cause of violence
3.The inevitability of fate