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Aside When a characters dialogue is spoken but not heard by other characters onstage, speaking directly to the audience Dramatic Irony The audience is aware of what’s going on or what might happen or what is being said but the…

How is the play introduced? Chorus gives Prologue What purpose does The Prologue serve? introduces the setting and background information for the play In what format is The Prologue written? sonnet What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?How…

Chorus, Act 1 Prologue, lines 1-14(1.1-14) Two households, both alike in dignity, 2 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, 3 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, 4 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 5 From forth…

Where does this play take place? Verona, Italy Did the two lover’s death unite the two families? Yes What is the relationship between the two families? They have a long history of fighting, strong grudge How long is this play?…

Where does this scene take place? Verona / Italy Which families are fighting? Montaque and Capulet What warning does the Prince make after the street brawl? You fight you die, he murders both families to execution (death, torture) When is…

“Nay, an there were, for two such, we should have none shortly, for one would kill the other” Mercucio is mocking Benvolio and saying that if there were two Benvolios they would kill each other. He is saying this because…

Scene 1 – Setting: Friar Lawrence’s cell/Church.- When Juliet arrives Paris is with Friar Lawrence talking about his wedding to Juliet on Thursday.- Paris tries to be charming and firt with her – Juliet brushes him off.- P: “How happy…

light & dark imagery Flipped in Romeo & Juliet because of the time they can see each other personification inanimate object given human & animal qualities personification examples For how wilt like upon the wings of night.Whiter than new snow…

Brazen in a sentence. Such brazen acts of disrespect will not be tolerated while I’m in charge. Harbinger in a sentence. The groundhog is the harbinger of a change in seasons. Usurp in a sentence. Claudius usurped the throne. Apparition…

To whom does the Ghost of Hamlet’s father appear? Horatio, Bernardo, Marcellus What is the setting of most of the play? Elsinore Castle, Denmark Who is Fortinbras and what is his relationship to Hamlet? Prince of Norway; his father was…