Characters
The central character of the play.
Who is the protagonist?
A speech given by a character alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
A clever use of the multiple word meanings or matching sound of words.
What is a Pun or Word Play?
Romeo is this type of character.
What is tragic hero.
Romeo is in love with a woman who does not love him back.
Man vs. Self
This character is the force working against the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
When the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
Unhymed verse in which each line has five stressed syllables, each one proceeded by an unstressed syllable.
What is Blank Verse?
Romeo kills himself because he thinks that Juliet is dead, when she is really not.
What is dramatic irony?
Tybalt and Mercuito fight in the court yard.
Man vs. Man
This type of character usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate.
Who is a tragic hero?
A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood.
What is comic relief?
To restate line one's own words what someone else said or wrote.
What is paraphrasing?
Romeo falls in love and asked Juliet to marry him after they have only know each other for one day.
What is a tragic flaw?
The plague stops Romeo from receiving Friar Laurence letter.
Man vs. Nature.
A character whose personality contrast with the personality of another character.
What is a Character Foil?
A character's remark, either to the audience or to another character that others on stage do not hear
What is an aside?
Shakespeare wrote his plays primarily in this form.
What is black verse?
The part of the play the briefly tells the reader about the plot.
What is the synopsis?
Capulet insist that Juliet marries Paris or she will be disowned.
Man vs. Man
Tybalt is this type of character in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
Who is the antagonist/
A story in which a noble main character fails or dies because of a personal flaw.
What is a tragedy.
The reference to something that the audience is expected to know.
What is an allusion?
He shows strength and cunning while facing his obstacles and his destiny.
Who is Romeo?
If Friar Laurence does not help Juliet figure a way out to marrying Paris she has to decide whether she will kill herself.
Man vs. Self