| Servant of the Cupulets; he and Gregory inadvertently renew the feud. | Sampson |
| In Roman mythology she is the goddess of dawn “But all so soon as the all-cheering sun / Should in the farthest East begin to draw / the shady curtains from ________’s bed” | Aurora |
| A person who makes and sells medicine and drugs; Romeo obtained a vial of poison from such a person | ApothecaryPharmacist |
| Name of the friar who was unable to deliver Friar Laurence’s message to Romeo. | [Friar] John |
| Adjective used in the Prologue to described the ill-fated Romeo and Juliet. | Star-Crossed |
| When Lord Capulet sees Juliet in her death-like sleep, he says that Paris will not be her groom because Juliet has married _________ | Death |
| Juliet’s age | Thirteen |
| Mercutio calls Tybalt the Prince of ______- | Cats |
| Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest ______ stories | Love |
| The tragic heroine of the play | Juliet |
| In mythology, the child of Hyperion; the sun god; term for any one of the race of giant deities overthrown by the lympian gods. “And flecked darkness likea drunkard reels / from forth day’s path and ______’s burning wheels. | Titan |
| Number of days of action in the play | Four |
| Romeo’s friend and relative of Prince Escalus; he engages in a duel when Romeo refuses to respond to insults; he is killed in this duel. | Mercutio |
| A form of address used for a man indicating familiarity and contempt; frequently used by Elizabethans. “Ah __________, by my fay, it waxes late” | Sirrah |
| Town to which Romeo flees to avoid the death penalty | Mantua |
| Nephew of Lord Montague and good friend of Romeo. He attempts to stop the renewal of the feud. His name means good will. | Benvolio |
| Form of poetry popular in Elizabethan literature. Shakespeare uses it often, and he uses at Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting. | Sonnett |
| A formal fight between two persons armed with deadly weapons to defend one’s honor or to settle a dispute. | Duel |
| Juliet’s confidant; old woman who has cared for Juliet since her birth. | Nurse |
| Type of pet that Juliet wishes she could make of Romeo and thus keep him near her. | Bird |
| Prince of Verona | Escalus |
| Juliet’s family name | Capulet |
| The prince substituted this punishment for that of Romeo’s death, provided Romeo was not caught in Verona, term for being exiled from one’s home country; a noun. | Banishment |
| A bitter, prolonged quarrel between families; there was a _____ between the Capulets and Montagues. | Feud |
| “That which we call a ________ / By any other name would smell as sweet” | Rose |
| Romeo’s servant who brings to him the news of Juliet’s (apparent) death. | Balthasar |
| Protagonist of the play | Romeo |
| Gold coin used by Romeo to buy the poison | Ducats |
| A young count and relative of the Prince; Capulet orders Juliet to mary him or to leave the household; Romeo is forced to kill him at the Capulet tomb. | Paris |
| An oath used to express anger or surprise; an altered form of the oath “God’s wounds.” Mercutio says it after he has been stabbed. | Zounds |
| City in northeastern Italy; primary setting of the play. | Verona |
| Confidant of Romeo; friar who marries Romeo and Juliet. | Friar Laurence |
| Nephew of Capulet’s wife; rash and impetuous; kills Mercutio in a duel; Romeo kills him in a duel to avenge Mercutio. | Tybalt |
| Young girl Romeo believes he loves before he meets Juliet. | Rosaline |
| Romeo’s family name | Montague |
| Word that means prayers. Juliet uses it when she asks her nurse to leave her alone the night before she is to marry Paris. | Orisons |
| An insulting gesture is to bite one’s __________. Sampson does this and begins the quarrel with many of the Montague servants. | Thumb |
| “For never was a story of more __________ / than this of Juliet and her Romeo. | Woe |
| Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet ______, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow.” | sorrow |
| Songbird; bird that sings at break of day; when Romeo is preparing to leave for exile, he and Juliet debate whether the bird they hear is this type or a nightingale. | Lark |
| Queen of the fairies described at length by Mercutio in Act I, Scene IV | Mab |
English I Semester 2: Romeo and Juliet Crossword answers
September 5, 2019