Shakespeare
Characters
Things to Know
Setting
100

Shakespeare’s Wife


Anne Hathaway


100

Advisor to both Romeo and Juliet


Friar Laurence


100

A long speech given by a character when talking to himself on stage


Soliloquy


100

The play takes place here


Verona

200

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Shakespeare’s hometown


200

The go-between for Romeo and Juliet


Nurse

200

A funny scene or incident meant to reduce tension in the play 


Comic Relief

200

The marriage of Romeo and Juliet takes place where?


Friar Laurence’s cell

300

Shakespeare considered himself a great one of these.

A poet.

300

Betrothed to Juliet


Paris

300

The theater owned by Shakespeare


The Globe

300

Romeo is banished to here


Mantua

400

The name of Shakespeare’s two daughters


Susanna & Judith

400

Sells poison to Romeo


Apothecary

400

A Play on words – where one word has two meanings


Pun

400

The most famous scene in all of Shakespeare

Balcony Scene

500

Shakespeare’s birthday


April 23 1564


500

One of the Capulet’s servants that rekindles the feud.


Gregory or Sampson


500

A character talking to the audience without the knowledge of the other characters


Aside

500

The place of Paris’s death


Capulet Tomb

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