Drama and Poetic Form
This is the term for a protagonist whose story ends terribly.
What is a Tragic Hero?
Romeo belongs to this family and Juliet belongs to this family.
Who are the Montagues and Capulets?
Who is Count Paris?
This character said "That dreamers often lie."
Who is Mercutio?
Shakespeare is from this country.
What is England?
This figurative language is when there is a reference to another media that the audience should already know about.
What is an Allusion?
This is where Romeo and Juliet takes palace.
What is Verona?
(Will also take: Italy)
The servant could not do this.
What is read?
This character is known as "The Queen of Fairies" or a "Fairie's Midwife"
Queen Mab
Shakespeare wrote these.
A drama that ends in catastrophe is called this.
This person tries to stop the fight before it happens.
Who is Benvolio?
This is the name of the person that Romeo is in love with.
Who is Rosaline?
Queen Mab goes into peoples' dreams and lets them dream of what?
What is their desires?
(Answers may vary slightly)
Shakespeare lived during this era.
What is the Elizabethan Era?
This is a speech given by a character alone on a stage.
What is a soliloquy?
This is the modern day equivalent of "biting your thumb" at someone.
What is "flipping them off"?
(Answers may vary slightly)
This is how old Juliet is.
What is 13?
Romeo sees this person at the party and falls in love almost instantly.
Who is Juliet?
Shakespeare died.
What is 1616?
What is it called in literature when something random happens to move the plot forward that seems like an act of God?
What is Deus Ex Machina?
The servant belongs to the house of.
Lady Capulet wants Juliet to do this.
What is to marry Count Paris?
Tybalt recognizes this person immediately during the party.
Who is Romeo?
This is another play by Shakespeare about the tragic story of the prince of Denmark.
What is Hamlet?