Romeo and Juliet Characters
Vocabulary
Literary examples
Character types
Plot lines/Themes
100

This character is known to fall in love easily and moves quickly from Rosaline to Juliet 

Romeo

100

When the audience knows something that the characters on stage does not know is what type of Irony?

Dramatic 

100

When the audience knows Romeo and Juliet are married, but no one else on stage knows is known as 

dramatic irony

100

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel or other fictional text. 

Protagonist 

100

Where does the play take place?

Verona 

200

One of the protagonist of our play that is 13 years old and "enemy" to Romeo

Juliet 

200
This speech is a long speech done by one actor in the presences of other characters. 

Monologue

200

The most famous scene in Romeo and Juliet (The Balcony scene) is what type of speech?

Soliloquy

200

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something 

Antagonist

200

a narrative structure that includes two or more distinct stories that are linked by a common theme, character, or event

Parallel plot

300

The motherly figure of Juliet 

Nurse

300

This speech is when there is one person on stage talking and the audience learns their inner thoughts and feelings

Soliloquy

300

The Prince's speech in Act 1, scene 1 is an example of a 

Monologue

300

A humorous scene or speech meant to relieve tension. 

Comic Relief

400

Character foil of Benvolio. Known as a "hot-head"

Tybalt

400

This figurative language is a play on multiple meanings of a word or two that sound alike, but have different means

Pun

400

When Mercutio states, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man" is what type of figurative language 

Pun

400

A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with another character 

Foil (character foil)

500

Which character says "These violent delights have violent ends...love in moderation"

Friar Laurence 

500

This is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms apeal in conjunction

Oxymoron

500

Brawling love, loving hate is an example of what type of figurative langauge 

Oxymoron 

500

A central character of a play, film that is usually a noble figure who experiences a tragic downfall. 

Tragic Hero