Figurative Language
"My man's as true as steel" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is simile?
Fate is out to get Romeo and Juliet throughout the play is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs Supernatural?
Romeo and Juliet meet their untimely deaths in this scene.
What is Act 5 Scene 3?
This character kills Mercutio.
Who is Tybalt?
This setting serves as the backdrop to Romeo and Juliet's first meeting.
What is the Capulet party/ball?
"The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs Man?
Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love in this scene.
What is Act 1 Scene 5?
This character is Romeo's cousin.
Who is Benvolio?
This iconic scene represents the barrier between the two families.
What is the balcony scene? (Act 2 Scene 2)
"Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is allusion?
Mercutio is slain in battle with a sword is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs Technology?
Paris is killed by Romeo outside of Juliet's tomb in this scene.
What is Act 5 Scene 3?
This character is the most distraught after Juliet's "death."
Who is the Nurse?
This technique is used when the audience knows Juliet is not really dead, but the other characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
"Thy grief / it strains my past the compass of my wits" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is metaphor?
Romeo is banished from Verona is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs Society?
Mercutio fights with Tybalt and is slain, followed by Tybalt dying at the hands of Romeo in this scene.
What is Act 3 Scene 1?
This character becomes a nun and never actually appears in the play.
Who is Rosaline?
Act 3 is considered the turning point in the play because of this event.
What is a major fight? (Mercutio and Tybalt slain)
"Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! / Dove-feather'd raven! Wolfish ravening lamb!" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is oxymoron?
Juliet wonders whether the sleeping potion is worth taking without knowing the consequences is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs Nature?
Juliet has a verbal fight with her father regarding her proposed marriage to Paris in this scene.
What is Act 3 Scene 5?
This character falls asleep on the job at Juliet's tomb.
Who is Balthazar?
The Prince's final speech in Act 5 blames the tragedy on this.
What is the families and their feud?