Romeo and Juliet Summary
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Verona
The city where the play takes place.
Prince Escalus
The authority figure who warns about the consequences of the feud.
death
The punishment for the next fight between the Capulets and Montagues.
Rosaline
The person Romeo is sad because she does not love him.
Juliet
The character who does not want to marry Paris.
Tybalt
The person who wants to kill Romeo for coming to the party.
families' feud
The obstacle preventing Romeo and Juliet from being together.
13
Juliet's age.
too rash or fast
Juliet's worry about the speed of their love.
Friar Lawrence
The person who agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet.
letter or challenge
What Tybalt sent to the Montague's house.
Nurse and Friar
The two adults who know about Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage.
Soliloquy
The type of speech where Romeo and Juliet make famous speeches only the audience can hear.
14
The number of lines in a sonnet.
simile
A comparison of two unlike objects or ideas using 'like' or 'as'.
Romeo
A Montague who is in love with a Capulet.
Juliet
A Capulet who is in love with a Montague.
Tybalt
A Capulet with a violent temper.
Mercutio
A kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo.
Paris
A kinsman to the prince who wants to marry Juliet.
dramatic irony
When the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know.
verbal irony
The use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean.
situational irony
The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Mantua
The city where Romeo is banished to.
Mercutio
The person who is killed by Tybalt.
Tybalt
The person who is killed by Romeo.
Paris
The person who is killed by Romeo.
Banishment
The prince's judgement against Romeo.
Paris
The character who is supposed to marry Juliet on Thursday.
Character versus character
The type of conflict in the fight between Romeo and Tybalt.
42 hours
The duration of sleep caused by Friar Lawrence's poison.
3 hours
The time Friar Lawrence has before Juliet wakes up after learning the letter was not delivered.
letter
What Friar Lawrence sends to Romeo in Mantua.
monologue
One speaker sharing thoughts to an intended audience.
imagery
The author's use of descriptive language to deepen the reader's understanding.
foreshadowing
Hints at upcoming events and builds suspense.
juxtaposition
Placing two or more ideas, places, characters, or actions side by side for comparisons and contrasts.
joyful and strange
The words Romeo uses to describe his dream in Act 5 Scene 1.
Balthasar
The person who tells Romeo that Juliet has died.
Friar John
The person who was supposed to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter.
Poisons himself
How Romeo dies.
Romeo's dagger
How Juliet dies.
A golden statue of Juliet
What Lord Montague will build.
A golden statue of Romeo
What Lord Capulet will build.
theme
A main idea in a literary work.
Love, hate, and fate
The themes in Romeo and Juliet.
Juliet's birthday and age
What Lady Capulet cannot remember about Juliet.
The nurse
The character who knows Juliet's birthday.
The prince
The character who says, 'For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.'