Literary Terms #1
Unrhymed poetry; written in iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
A form of justice when a person who has injured another person is penalized in a similar way.
Eye-for-an-eye
This person is killed by Tybalt.
Mercutio.
This is the REAL reason the Friar doesn't like the haste in moving up the wedding.
The Friar has already married Romeo and Juliet, and he can't marry Paris and Juliet.
What types of references/ images are repeated throughout Romeo and Juliet that show fate as a motif?
Any and all celestial (stars, sun, moon) references and images.
A long speech by one person
Monologue
When human characteristics are given to inhumane things.
Personification
Hint: The sun smiled down on the beach goers.
This is who Juliet assumes is dead when the Nurse delivers the news about the fight.
Romeo
This is the reasoning behind Lord Capulet's desire to bump up the wedding.
Lord Capulet hates seeing his daughter cry (supposedly over Tybalt's death), and wants to make her happy - he thinks a marriage to Paris will make her happy.
This is why Lady Montague died.
Because her son was exiled from Verona.
When words or concepts are repeated in reverse order.
Chiasmus
Ex- “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”
When an event or character hints at something to come later on in the play.
Foreshadowing
Hint: The entire Prologue was foreshadowing.
This is how Lord Capulet's opinion of Juliet marrying Paris changed over the course of the play.
At first, he wanted Paris to take his time. But following Tybalt's death, he wants Juliet to marry Paris, regardless of how Juliet feels about him.
What is Juliet worried about before she takes the elixir that will make her seem dead?
1. That the elixir will not work and she will have to kill herself in order to avoid marrying Paris.
2. That Friar Lawrence wants to kill her.
3. That she will wake in the Capulet tomb and suffocate.
4. That she will wake in the Capulet tomb and go crazy by bashing her own brains out with her relative's body.
Why did Romeo buy poison from the poor apothecary in Manuta?
Friar's messenger wasn't able to deliver the message to Romeo because he was quarantined. However, Romeo's servant, Balthasar, mistakenly told Romeo that Juliet was dead. Romeo wants to "lie with Juliet."
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Soliloquy
Hint: Solo-loquy
Humorous scenes, incidents, or speeches that are included in a serious drama to provide a reduction in emotional intensity
Comic Relief
After making their marriage official, who was being more rational regarding getting caught?
Romeo
What effect do the musicians and Peter have at the end of Act IV?
Comic Relief
This is what Romeo really wants to do when he sees Paris at the entrance of the tomb.
Even though Paris wants to fight Romeo, Romeo is actually there to kill himself and not to fight with Paris. Romeo tells Paris to leave.
A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
Aside
Hint: The characters in "The Office" sitcom do this a lot!
When the correct order of a sentence is changed.
Anastrophe
Hint: Yoda always speaks using anastrophes.
This is what caused Juliet and the Nurse's relationship to sour.
The Nurse had been supporting Juliet and her marriage to Romeo, but the Nurse changed her opinion when Juliet's father attempts to force Juliet to marry Paris - the Nurse suggests that Juliet should marry Paris instead.
This is Romeo's tragic flaw (a characteristic that leads to his demise).
Romeo is an impulsive young man and doesn't think through his actions and consequences before acting.
This is who the Prince pardons at the end of the play.
The Prince pardons Friar Lawrence, and concludes that communication is so important and could have caused a different outcome in this play.