Characters
The Peacemaker
Benvolio
When the audience knows something the characters do not
Dramatic Irony
"I do protest, I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise"
Romeo says this to Tybalt when trying to avoid a fight shortly after his marriage to Juliet.
This person is angry that Romeo crashed the Capulet's party
Tybalt
A style of poetry written in iambic pentameter used by William Shakespeare
Sonnet
Only child of the Montagues
Romeo
"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing..."
Oxymoron
"Deny thy father and refuse thy name"
Juliet is on her balcony speaking her thoughts aloud while Romeo secretly creeps below
The Prince declares this punishment for continued fighting between the Capulet and Montagues
Death
Act 2 Scene 2 when Romeo says "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks" is known as
The balcony scene
Juliet's mother figure
The Nurse
"My naked weapon is out"
Pun
"I'll look to like, if looking liking move; but no more will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly:
Juliet says this to her mother when Lady Capulet is urging her to check out Paris
Fear of the plague/illness keeps this from happening
The friar delivering the letter to Romeo
Mercutio and the Nurse offer this to the play
Comic relief
Marries Romeo and Juliet
Friar Lawrence
When a character speaks their thoughts to the audience while others are on stage
Aside
"Younger than she are happy mothers made"
Paris is speaking with Lord Capulet about marrying Juliet. He is trying to assure the older man that the marriage is fine.
Romeo hangs out here while he is banished
Mantua
"If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed" includes these two literary devices
simile and foreshadowing
King of Cats
Tybalt
The lack or excess of a character trait that leads to the protagonist's downfall
Tragic flaw
"What, drawn and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee"
Tybalt says this to Benvolio at the beginning of Act 1
This many people die in the play, total
6
The name of Shakespeare's theatre
The Globe Theatre