Tybalt | “what drawn, andtalk to peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” |
Tragedy | a play in which the main character suffers a downfall |
Paris | a young count and relative of the Prince, man juliet is supposed to marry, man of wax |
Torch Bearer | at the Caulet’s party, Romeo would rather be one of these because he doesn’t feel like dancing |
Samson | servant of the Capulets; he and Gregory inadvertently renew the feud |
Foil | a character who provides a contrast of another character. Tybalt is one to Romeo |
Escalus | prince of Verona |
Maiden head | means “verginity” |
Capulet | Juliet’s family name |
Oxymoron | “Dove-feather’d raven!” an example of what |
Lady Montague | “saw you Romeo today? Right glad I am he was not at this fray” |
Tragic Flaw | a character’s personality trait that leads to his or her downfall |
Comic Relief | a scene intended to ease the tension of a serious play |
Kats | Mercutio call Tybalt the Prince of ______. |
Romeo | “o, She doth teach the torches to burn bright” |
Friar Laurence | “in one repect i’ll thy assistance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” |
Soliloquy | a speech made by a character who is alone on stage |
Quarantine | Friar Laurence’s messanger who couldn’y deliver the message to Romeo because the messenger was in this |
Balthasar | Romeo’s servant who brings to him the news of Juliets “death” |
Benvolio | Nephew of Lord Montague, good friend to Romeo, name means good will |
Star Crossed | adjective used in the Prologue to describe the ill-fated Romeo and Juliet |
Wednesday | Lord Capulet moves the wedding (Paris & Juliet) to this day thereby affecting Juliet’s plan |
Grave | Mercutio makes a pun of this word as he dies |
Rosaline | young girl Romeo believes he loves before meeting Juliet |
Nurse | Juliet’s advisor, odd woman who has cared for Juliet since her birth |
Juliet | “Good pilgrim you do wrong your hands too much” |
Rose | “that which we call a _____ / by any othr name would smell as sweet.” |
13 | Juliets age |
Grief | the cause of Lady Montague’s death |
Lord Capulet | “Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets!” |
Mantua | town to which Romeo flees to avoid the death penalty |
Poison | Romeo used this to kill himself |
Mag | Queen of the fairies described at length by Mercutio |
Bird | type of pet Juliet wishes she could make of Romeo and thus keep him near her |
Apothicary | a person who makes and sells medicine and drugs, Romeo got the poison from this person |
Ring | object Juliet askes the Nurse to give Romeo after he killed Tybalt |
Chorus | “two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” |
Dramatic Irony | a disconnect between what a character believes to be true and what the audience knows to be true |
Verbal Irony | occurs when the speaker means something different than what he or she says |
Banishment | prince substituted this punishment for that of Romeo’s death |
Death | when Lord Capulet sees Juliet in her Death-like sleep, he says that Paris will not be her groom because because Juliet has married _______. |
Prince Escalus | “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. and I, for winking at your discords too, have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished.” |
Lark | songbird |
Mercutio | “a scratch, a scratch, Marry, ’tis enough” |
Verona | Primary setting of the play |
Friar John | Name of the Frair who was unable to deliver Friar Lawrence’s message to Romeo |
Consort | Word refers to either mean “a group of musicians” or a word that means “to hang out with” |
Aside | A speech made by a character that can’t be heard by other characters on stage |
Montague | Romeo’s family name |
Woe | “For never was a story of more _____/ then this of Juliet nd her Romeo” |
Dagger | Juliet used this to kill herself |
Pun | A humorous play on a word that has one meaning or two words that sound similar but have different meanings. |
Romeo and Juliet Review Puzzle
July 25, 2019