Romeo and Juliet: Cloze Passage
“______and ______” is a ______by William ______. Shakespeare’s plays fall into two main ______: ______and ______.
Some of Shakespeare’s plays are based on historic figures, such as ______and ______, while others tell the story of fictional characters. Romeo and Juliet are ______characters and the play about their lives is an example of one of Shakespeare’s ______.
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The story is ______in the fair city of ______and the audience learns that two important families are engaged in a ______. In the opening ______of Act One there is a confrontation between the followers of these two houses, the ______and the ______. Romeo belongs to the house of ______. He and his companions decide to sneak into a ball that is being given by the ______family, to which Juliet belongs. It is at this gathering that Romeo ______Juliet for the first time and falls immediately in ______.
______, Juliet’s cousin, discovers Romeo at the ball and wants to throw him and his friends out of the house. He is ______by Capulet and Romeo is able to talk to Juliet. She too falls in love and the pair agree to ______in secret.
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Tybalt seeks revenge for the insult at the ball and causes a ______with Romeo. In the fight, Romeo’s friend ______is killed. In a moment of rage and ______Romeo slays Tybalt. For this, Romeo is ______to Mantua. Juliet grieves for her slain cousin and her banished lover. Her parents arrange for her to be ______to Paris, an eligible young suitor of whom Juliet’s father and mother both ______.
Father Lawrence devises a ______to reunite Romeo and Juliet. He gives Juliet a ______that will put her into such a deep ______that she will appear to be ______. Once her family has been tricked by the potion she will awake and be ______taken to Romeo in ______.
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Juliet takes the potion and when her parents find her they ______that she is dead. The ______unfolds when messages sent to Romeo, telling him of Father ______plan, do not ______him. He is ______of the plan when a friend from Verona tells him of Juliet’s ______. He is overcome with grief and decides to take ______because life without Juliet would be too ______.
He looks on Juliet in her burial ______and takes the poison as she awakes from her deep slumber. Upon finding Romeo dying from the poison she decides to ______her own life, not wanting live without her ______. The tragedy of losing their children resolves the two houses of ______and ______to end the ______that has brought so much ______shed and ______.
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· In your sourcebook, write at least 3 possible themes for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.