Year 8 · English · Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet · Lesson 2
Love at first sight
Romeo and Juliet's first meeting at the Capulet party: oxymorons, light imagery, impulsive love, Tybalt's anger, and Juliet's discovery.
22-minute video lesson
Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.
Watch free for a monthWhat your child will learn
- Explain Romeo's feelings for Rosaline
- Analyse light imagery
- Explain why Romeo is impulsive
- Understand Tybalt's role at the party
- Analyse Juliet's reaction
The method
- Translate the line into modern English.
- Identify the technique (oxymoron, light imagery, rhyme, repetition).
- Explain what it shows about the character.
- Link it to the play's ideas of love, hate and fate.
Key words: oxymoron, imagery, impulsive, rhyming couplet, sonnet, dramatic irony.
Worked examples
The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.
Question 1
What is an oxymoron? Give an example from the play.
- Step 1: Two opposite words together
- Step 2: ‘loving hate’ or ‘brawling love’
Answer: Opposite words together, e.g. ‘loving hate’
Question 2
Who is Romeo in love with at the start of the play?
- Step 1: Rosaline
- Step 2: She doesn't love him back
Answer: Rosaline
Question 3
Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?
- Step 1: At the Capulets' party (a masked ball)
Answer: At the Capulets' party