Literary Elements
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense of different words
Pun
Tries to remain a peacemaker and attempts to stop several fights throughout the play
Who is Benvolio?
The first step in Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet
What is go home, pretend to be happy and tell your father you WILL marry Paris?
The reason Romeo will not fight Tybalt
What is because they are now related as a result of the wedding and Romeo “loves” Tybalt?
Represents joy and happiness at the beginning of the play and death at the end of the play; Represents depression at the beginning of the play and joy at the end of the play
What are light and dark?
a dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to him/herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener
What is a soliloquy?
Asks Romeo to “deny thy father and refuse thy name”
Who is Juliet?
The second and third steps in Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet
What is 2) make sure you are alone on Wednesday night before you go to bed and 3) drink the potion?
Defends Romeo’s honor against Tybalt and suffers a “scratch”
Who is Mercutio?
“These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume.”
What is the warning, in the form of a simile with oxymoron, that Friar Lawrence gives Romeo foreshadowing future events?
A literary element, usually a speech, in which a character reveals his or her thoughts, often in relation to a critical situation or event
What is a monologue?
Ultimate goal is to have the two lovers marry and end the feud between the families
Who is Friar Lawrence?
The fourth step in Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet
What is Friar Lawrence will send word to Romeo in a letter?
Is said as Mercutio is dying and is used to foreshadow future events
What is “a plague a’ both your houses?
Mercutio believes this to be Romeo’s tragic flaw
What is love?
A rhetorical figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory terms are combined
Threatens to disown Juliet if she does not marry Paris in two days
Who is Lord Capulet?
The fifth and sixth steps in Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet
What is 5) Juliet will be buried in the family tomb and 6) she will wake up 42 hours later (Friday)?
Wants to arrest Romeo and have him killed because he sees him at the Capulets’ tomb
Who is Paris?
Friar Lawrence believes these three things to be Romeo’s tragic flaws
What are too emotional and too impulsive and does not think about how his actions affect others?
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities
What is personification?
Is called the “King of Cats” by Mercutio as a prelude to their fight
Who is Tybalt?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
The last step in Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet
What is Romeo and Friar Lawrence will be there when she wakes up and they will run off together to Mantua?
Does not want to fight because he has too many sins on his head and his only goal is to die with Juliet
Who is Romeo?
The name of Alison's bouncy ball