Vocabulary
This four-letter word means "very big" and starts with "H".
Huge
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
The Italian city where both stories are mainly set
What is Verona?
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
What is a theme?
A synonym for "strange" or "unusual" that begins with "P".
What is "peculiar"?
Who is the name of Romeo's past love.
What is Rosaline?
This term refers to the most exciting or important part of a story's plot.
What is the climax?
The building where most play rehearsals happen in the movie
What is The Rose Theatre?
This common theme deals with growing up and coming of age.
What is "coming of age" or "maturation"?
This word means "to give up" or "to surrender" and rhymes with "concede".
What is "cede"?
A character who opposes the protagonist in a story.
Who is the antagonist?
In this type of plot structure, the story begins in the middle of the action.
What is "in medias res"?
The location where Romeo first sees Juliet
What is the Capulet ball?
Romeo and Juliet explores the conflict between this and family loyalty.
What is Romance?
A 10-letter word meaning "to make something less severe or intense".
What is "ameliorate"?
A character who has both good and bad qualities, neither purely heroic nor purely villainous.
Who is an antihero?
A plot device where past events are inserted into the main sequence of the narrative.
What is a flashback?
The real London theater featured in the movie
What is The Theatre?
The concept exploring the relationship between life and art
What is Inspiration?
This literary term refers to a word that imitates the sound it represents.
What is "onomatopoeia"?
A character who represents ideas or aspects of the human condition, often used in allegories.
Who is an archetypal character?
A plot twist where the protagonist turns out to be the antagonist, or vice versa.
What is a "heel-face turn" or "face-heel turn"?
Where does Beloved take place?
What is Cincinnati, Ohio?
The theme symbolized by Mercutio and the Nurse
What is comic relief?