Literary Terms (Definitions)
a combination of opposite terms
oxymoron
A Capulet servant asking Romeo to read the list of names invited to the party and then inviting him (a Montague) is.....
irony
Town where Elie Wiesel grew up
Sighet
What is F.L. doing when we first meet him?
Collecting plants/herbs/etc. that can be used for good and evil
a bit of comedy in the middle of a tense scene
comic relief
“A damned saint, an honorable villain,”
oxymoron
Was a former gardener in Sighet who helped Elie when someone was trying to choke Elie
Meir Katz
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
a character which shows many different traits
round
"Juliet is the sun"
metaphor
Played the violin as the prisoners were evacuating
Juliek
Who kills Tybalt?
Romeo
a long speech by a character alone on a stage
soliloquy
Romeo “dreamt my lady came and found me dead"
foreshadowing (Juliet finding him dead)
What happens to Elie's father?
He dies in the camp.
Whom does Romeo love at the beginning of the play?
Rosaline
contradiction between what a character thinks or says and what the audience knows to be true
dramatic irony
"Death, that hath ta’en her hence to make me wail"
personification
hostility toward or hatred of Jews as a religious or ethnic group
Anti-Semitism
Who is Romeo's foil?
Mercutio