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 characters don’t know |
Example of dramatic irony | When Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time they don’t know they are enemies but the audience does. |
Situational Irony | When the outcome turns out to be different then what was expected |
Example of situational irony | When a messenger is sent with a message so get to Romeo but he doesn’t get it so he commits suicide |
Verbal Irony | When something is said that is the opposite of what is meant |
Example of Verbal Irony | When Mercutio is calling Rosaline’s name to try to find Romeo in the garden |
Foreshadowing | The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come |
Example of foreshadowing | Romeo talking about his dream that he was dying. It really was fate because he commits suicide |
Monologue | A speech presented by a single character to the audience |
Example of monologue | The chorus speaking to the audience in the prologue |
Soliloquy | A single character speaking to himself or herself |
Example of soliloquy | Juliet talking to herself on balconyRomeo talking to himself in the garden Juliet waiting for the nurse |
What act and scene is the balcony scene? | Act 2 Scene 2 |
Setting? | Fair Verona |
Time period | 14th century |
What does consent mean? | To give permission to |
What does where for art thou Romeo mean? | Why must you be Romeo? |
What does consent mean? | Give permission to |
Montague Servants | Abraham and Balthasar |
Capulets Servants | Gregory, Sampson, and Peter |
Cousin do Juliet | Tybalt |
Cousins on Romeo | Mercutio and Benvolio |
Romeo and Juliet Acts 1 & 2
September 5, 2019