R&J Characters
This character marries Romeo and Juliet in secret and provides Juliet with the potion that will cause her to sleep and appear dead.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Romeo uses this literary device when her say, "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
What is metaphor?
This "pair of star-crossed lovers take their life."
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
The story of Montana 1948 is told through first-person point of view narration by this character.
Who is David Hayden?
This character is David's uncle who commits the crimes that drive the conflict of the novel.
Who is Uncle Frank Hayden?
This character, unaware of the secret marriage of Romeo and Juliet, seeks Juliet's hand in marriage.
Who is Paris?
This is the 14 line poem with 2 rhyme shemes per each 4-line stanza with a rhyming couplet at the end.
What is a sonnet?
This is the location where Romeo fatally wounds Paris.
What/where is the Capulet family tomb?
This character is David's father and the county sherrif.
Who is Wesley Hayden?
This is the name of Marie Little Soldier's boyfriend.
Who is Ronnie Young Bear?
This hot-tempered cousin of Juliet is called "a saucy boy" by Lord Capulet.
Who is Tybalt?
This is the literary device in which the audience knows details that the characters in the play/story do not.
What is dramatic irony?
This is the character who acts as the secret liason between Romeo and Juliet in coordnating their marriage and their night togehter at the Capulet house. This person is also a foil in the play.
Who is the Nurse?
These are what Uncle Frank smashes in the Hayden family basement.
What are glass pickling jars?
This is the neighbor and deputy sherrif who shows up when Grandpa Hayden's men attempt to free Uncle Frank.
Who is Len McAuley?
After beind stabbed in the streets of Verona, this friend of Romeo's says, "A plague o' both your houses!"
Who is Mercutio?
This is a monologue in which a character expresses their feelings or emotions alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
This is the city that Romeo goes to after he is banished by Prince Escalus.
Where/what is Mantua?
This town is the setting of Montana 1948.
What is Bentrock, Montana?
This is what Grandpa Hayden does at Frank's bachelor party.
What is pulls a gun?
This character from the house of Montague asks Sampson, "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"
Who is Abram?
When a character addresses a deceased person, a person from the play who is not present in the scene, or an abstract concept, it is this literary device.
What is an apostrophe?
What is a masquerade?
The story about Frank's bachelor in Minneapolis is told through this literary device.
What is a flashback?
David's father seeks the help of this influential member of the Sioux community when trying to gather more details for the case against his brother.
Who is Ollie Young Bear?