Elements of Tragedy
What Shakespeare's tragedies usually end with
Death of protagonist
Why does Juliet go to Friar Laurence's cell in Act 4?
To try to get out of her marriage with Paris/how to see Romeo again
"Then I defy you, stars!"
Romeo
Who is Romeo's best friend?
Mercutio
What are characters who contrast and parallel each other to highlight character traits in a play or story.
character foils
After the tragic events, Shakespearean tragedies end with a restoration of ______.
order
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost /Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.”
Capulet
What does Benvolio believe about Juliet in Act 5?
That she is dead.
Which character serves as a messenger between Romeo and Juliet throughout the play?
Nurse
What is a humorous interlude in a tragedy to relieve the dramatic tension or heighten the emotional impact by means of contrast
comic relief
Tragic flaw or decision that leads to a reversal of fortune for the protagonist of a tragedy
Hamartia
"O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!/
Most lamentable day. Most woeful day/
That ever, ever I did yet behold!/
O day, O day, O day! O hateful day!"
Nurse
What do the two families agree to do to show their vow of peace?
build statues of Romeo and Juliet
Who is Juliet's cousin who challenges Romeo to a duel in Act 3?
Tybalt
What is a literary device in that an actor speaks to the audience; he/she is not heard by the other characters who are on stage with him or her?
an aside
Moment when the protagonist recognizes the bind they are in
Anagnorisis
Who said, "Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir,
My daughter he hath wedded. I will die,
And leave him all-life, living, all is Death's"?
Capulet
Why does Paris visit Juliet's tomb?
to scatter flowers and mourn her death
Who also dies in the tomb with Romeo and Juliet?
Paris
Shakespeare foreshadows one thing repeatedly in the play; what is it?
The death of Romeo and Juliet
Point of no return, when events spiral out of protagonist's control
crisis or climax
“O bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of any tower.”
Juliet
Romeo kills how many people in the play?
3
What's the name of the Capulet servant?
Peter
What is an indirect reference to another literary work, historical event, or or person?
allusion