| allusion | a reference to well-known people, places, muths, or literature. |
| anti-Stratfordian | people who don’t beleive Shakespear wrote his plays. |
| apathy | emotional emptiness |
| astrologer | someone who use astrology to predict events. |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| changeling | a baby switched with another by fairies |
| choleric | decisive, hot headed |
| comedy | dramatic play with a happy ending |
| confidant | trusted person whom secrets are shared |
| continuum | a link between two or more things |
| contrived | unconvincing |
| cynical | sarcastic |
| despondency | state of being unhappy |
| determination | a fixed purpose |
| disenfranchise | deprive a person of legal rights |
| disparate | very different |
| dramatic irony | difference in what the audience knows and the character knows. |
| epitome | typical example of a type, mode, class, characteristic. |
| exonerate | to declare someone of guilt. |
| extant | still existing |
| fatalist | someone who believes that humans cant change their destinies |
| fickle | inconsistent |
| foreshadowing | clues of upcoming events |
| gentry | english upper class |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration used to make a point |
| melancholy | sadness, or depression |
| melodrama | displaying exaggerated emotions and language |
| metaphysical | related to the abstract study of the nature of being |
| motif | a recurring theme used in literacy |
| mundane | common |
| normative | related to a standard of behavior |
| objectify | to reduce a complex person to a simple subject |
| ominous | threatening of something bad about to happen |
| oxymoron | combination of words that contridict each other for effect |
| paradox | statement that appears to contradict itself |
| patron | person who supports the arts |
| Petrarchan lover | character type in the Renaissance |
| phlegmatic | calm |
| posthumorous | happening after the death |
| reconciliation | end of conflict |
| sanguine | confident |
| status quo | state of affairs |
| Stratfordian | person who beleives Shakespear wrote his plays |
| temperance | moderation |
| theology | religious theory |
| tragedy | dramatic play that ends in death |
| troupe | a traveling group of actors, singers, dancers |
| unattainable | impossible to reach |
Romeo and Juliet Study Guide
November 20, 2019