Answers to our study guide about the prologue.

1. ROMEO & JULIET – THE PROLOGUE
STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS

2. 1. THE PROLOGUE IS LIKE A TRAILER. IT GIVES THE BASICS OF THE PLOT SO
THE AUDIENCE CAN CONCENTRATE ON THE LANGUAGE & THE ACTION. IT
ALLOWED SHAKESPEARE TO INCORPORATE A SONNET IN HIS PLAY.

3. 2. ROMEO & JULIET IS SET IN VERONA, ITALY.

4. 3. TWO CHILDREN OF ENEMIES WILL BE FATED TO FALL IN LOVE
AND COMMIT SUICIDE.

5. 4. IT IS RELATED TO ASTROLOGY. THE STARS ARE DETERMINING THE FATE
OF R&J. “CROSS’D” CAN MEAN: BAD LUCK, CHOICE OF 2 PATHS OR
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

6. 5. THROUGH THEIR SAD LOVE & ADVENTURES,
WITH THEIR DEATHS ENDS THE PARENTS FEUD

7. CREATED BY M. RIDDELL February 2017