Characters
The character who tells Romeo that Juliet has "died."
Who is Balthasar?
A type of figurative language based on the multiple meanings of words.
What is a pun?
This character first discovers Juliet unresponsive and believes she is dead.
Who is Nurse?
Romeo purchases this substance before going to the Capulet tomb.
What is poison?
The first person to die in Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Mercutio?
The character who has the last line in the play.
Who is the Prince?
When the story predicts or hints at something that is going to happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
Friar Lawrence's plan to get Juliet out of marrying Paris.
What is to have her take a poison that makes her seem to be dead, and notify Romeo by letter?
The punishment that could be given for selling deadly poison.
What is death?
This character dies by using Romeo's dagger.
Who is Juliet?
This character advises Juliet to marry Paris after Romeo's banishment.
Who is Nurse?
A type of poem that starts the play.
What is a sonnet?
The day Paris and Juliet's wedding is moved to.
What is Wednesday?
This character is at Juliet's tomb before Romeo arrives.
Who is Paris?
The first person to die in Act 5?
Who is Paris?
This character sells Romeo poison.
Who is the apothecary?
When the audience knows more than the characters of a story.
What is dramatic irony?
What will Juliet do if the poison doesn't work and she has to marry Paris?
Kill herself
The person who comes to the church yard just as Romeo drinks the poison.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
The two people killed by Romeo (other than himself).
Who are Tybalt and Paris?
The character tasked with bringing Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo.
Who is Friar John?
A type of play which focuses on the downfall of a main character.
What is a tragedy?
A concern Juliet has before taking the sleeping potion.
What is... that the potion might kill her, she'll wake too soon, the potion won't work at all and she'll have to marry Paris, no one will rescue her from the tomb?
This was shown to the prince as evidence that the Friar's story was truthful.
Dies from grief in Act 5
Who is Lady Montague?