| iambic pentameter | Sonnet form |
| quatrain, quatrain, quatrain, couplet | sonnet rhyme scheme |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| Romeo’s premonition about his “untimely death” | foreshadowing example |
| coincidence | the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events |
| Romeo helps the servant and finds out Rosaline is going to the party | coincidence example |
| comic relief | Amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. |
| end of scene 4 (depressing and scary) to scene 5 (bumbling servants) | comic relief example |
| foil | a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another |
| Nurse and Lady Capulet, Benvolio and Tybalt | foil examples |
| conceit | an elaborate, fanciful, extended metaphor |
| Lady Capulet’s speech comparing Paris’ face to a book | conceit example |
| oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms |
| cold fire | oxymoron example |
| light/dark imagery | description that appeals to the sight with opposites (day, night) |
| a snowy dove trooping with crows | light/dark imagery example |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| love is a smoke | metaphor example |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| (Juliet) doth teach the torches to burn bright | hyperbole example |
| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| carry coals, burn bright | alliteration example |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| “we follow thee. Juliet the county stays. Go girl seek happy nights, to happy days.” | couplet example |
| sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| prologue and romeo and juliet’s first conversation | sonnet example |
| prose | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse |
| servant’s speech | prose example |
| blank verse | poetry that does not rhyme |
| “Alas that love, so gentle in his view, should be so tyrannous and rough in proof.” | blank verse example |
| pun | a humorous play on words |
| collier, choler, collar | pun example |
| Queen Mab | dream fairy |
| April 23, 1616 | Shakespeare’s death |
| April 23, 1564 | Shakespeare’s birth |
| drama | story told in action to be presented on stage before an audience by actors who impersonate the characters of the story |
| comedy | light and amusing story – ends happily |
| tragedy | serious themed story – ends with death |
| catharsis | experience of vicarious emotional relief when the play is finished |
| powerful people involved in the corrections of wrongs | tragedy |
| hero with a tragic flaw | tragedy |
| hero learns of his error | tragedy |
| hero stands fast in his principles | tragedy |
| dies and restores harmony, order, or justice | tragedy |
| characterization | shown by action and dialogue |
| protagonist | hero/heroine |
| antagonist | opponent |
| conflict | struggle of opposing forces |
| acts | play is split into… |
| scenes | acts are split into… |
| plot | series of interrelated events |
| denouement | working out of a solution |
| exposition | creates tone, setting, characters, conflict, and background information |
| complication | introduces major problem |
| climax | turning point in action where struggle reaches peak and protagonist overcomes opposition |
| falling action | consequences of climax |
| catastrophe | destruction of protagonist; conclusion |
| dramatic conventions | substitutions for reality in drama |
| soliloquy | actors can reveal his/her thoughts aloud on stage |
| aside | actors can “step out” of action and speak to audience |
| sets | scenery, furniture… |
| proscenium stage | stage with no outer stage, only inner and a large separating curtain’ |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1
August 30, 2019