Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Characters
Characters
100
A play that begins with trouble and ends in peace. By the last act solutions are provided to all the problems that the character’s face.
What is comedy?
100
A play that begins in calm and ends in tempest or violence. It usually ends with the death of one or more of the main characters.
What is tragedy?
100
two lines of rhymed poetry
What is couplet?
100
Tybalt's cousin.
Who is Juliet?
100
Juliet's father.
Who is Lord Capulet?
200
play depicting the passion of Christ.
What is passion play?
200
conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
200
a form of poetry in lines that do not rhyme, but sounds similar to everyday speech.
What is blank verse?
200
Cousin of Juliet's, he challenged Romeo to a duel.
Who is Tybalt?
200
She has raised Juliet since she was a baby.
Who is Nurse?
300
are speeches, often short, made to the audience or to himself, or even to another character, but out of earshot of the other characters on stage.
What is aside?
300
nstructions for performing a play and the descriptions of the setting, characters, and actions.
What is stage directions?
300
A character whose personality or actions are in striking contrast to those of another character.
What is foil?
300
Ruler of Verona who banished Romeo
Who is Prince Escalus?
300
Lord Capulet wants him to marry Juliet, kinsman to Prince Escalus
Who is Paris?
400
is a long speech that reveals a character’s true thoughts or feelings, unheard by other characters, usually while alone on stage.
What is soliloquy
400
a group of performers who comment on the main action, typically speaking and moving together.
What is chorus?
400
when one of the characters implies or makes an indirect reference to something else.
What is allusion?
400
He knows a lot about herbs and is a priest. Counsels Romeo.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
400
servant who is friends with Sampson
Who is Gregory?
500
humorous scenes that relieve the overall emotional intensity of a play. It is meant to relieve the audience's tension after a grief-filled scene.
What is comic relief?
500
each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. Important characters talked spoke using this, especially when giving long speeches.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
The resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
What is catastrophe?
500
servant who bit his thumb to try to insult others
Who is Sampson?
500
Servant who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead
Who is Balthasar?
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