Romeo and Juliet Terms

Soliloquy	a speech in which a character, alone on stage, speaks directly to the audience.
Monologue	a lengthy speech addressed to other characters, rather than the audience.
Aside	brief remake to the audience, uttered while other characters are nearby but unable to hear.
Tragedy	a drama in which the central character meets with disaster or great misfortune. The central character’s downfall is usually the result of fate, a serious character flaw, or a combination of the two. Through flawed, the tragic hero or heroine is usually of noble stature and basically good. The downfall therefore, always seems worse than what the character deserves. YET a great tragedy is not depressing. It uplifts the audience by showing the greatness of spirit of which people are capable.
Irony	exists when there is a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs.
Situational Irony	occurs when a character or the reader expects one thing to happen but something else happens.
Dramatic Irony	occurs when the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know.
Juxtaposition	two contrasting things side by side/placed close together
Pun	words sound alike but means very different things
Exeunt	many people exiting stage
Bawdy	dirty jokes
Diatomy	divsion into parts that make a whole

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