| author of a play | playwright |
| main characters in tragedies | tragic heros |
| a mistake or character defect | tragic flaw |
| allows viewers to believe in the events of the story, even though we know they aren’t real | dramatic effect |
| What makes drama different from all other genres? | Drama has characters that drive the plot and has a structure |
| problem that propels the story | conflict |
| the greatest tension between characters take place | climax |
| conflict unwinds | resolution |
| the basic organization in a drama | act |
| the units within an act | scene |
| the text of drama | script |
| the majority of a drama’s script where charactersspeak | dialogue |
| instructions on how the play should beperformed | stage direction |
| constructions that defines the setting | sets |
| movable objects (swords, pens, books, etc) | props |
| deeper meaning of life insight viewers can feel | theme |
| the nurse | capulet |
| tybalt | capulet |
| paris | capulet |
| the prince | nuetral |
| benvolio | montague |
| mercutio | montague |
| romeo | montague |
| Juliet | Capulet |
| a stage direction that tells the actors to stand next to someonesig: helps the audience understand who they are talking to | stage direction “aside to” |
| when a person loves another person but that person doesn’t love them backsig: Romeo loves Rosaline, but Roseline doesn’r love him back | unrequited love |
| two words that contradict each othersig: Romeo uses ___________ it to express how conflicted he feels. | oxymoron |
| a person who is in love with love sig: Romeo is one | petrarchan lover |
| a comparsion of 2 unlike things.sig: 1. Benvolio tells Romeo that Rosaline will no longer look like a swan, she will look like a crow compared to other girls he will see 2. Romeo compares Juliet to earrings and alien | metaphor |
| an extended metaphorsig: Juliet’s mother tells Juliet that Paris is an unbound book and she is the cover | conceit |
| an extreme exaggeration sig: Romeo says he is so depressed he can’t move | hyperbole |
| a play on wordssig: Romeo uses the “soles” of his shoes and his “soul” to represent how depressed he is | pun |
| when 1 person speaks for a long period of time; multiple people on the stagesig: Reveals a lot about Mercutio; teasing Romeo | monolouge |
| a hint of what is to comesig: throughout the play Shakespeare is talking to the audience | Foreshadowing |
| 1 person talking for a while, but character is alone sig: we won’t know that the character was thinking without it | soliloquy |
| someone is calling off the stagesig: Someone is calling for Juliet’s attention | stage direction “one calls within” |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 test study guide
November 3, 2019