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Prologue

The introduction to Romeo and Juliet, narrated by the Chorus.

Verona

The city in Italy where the majority of the play takes place.

Paris

The character who asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage.

Masked ball

The type of party at the Capulet's where Romeo and his friends can attend without being recognized.

Tybalt

Juliet’s cousin who seeks to confront Romeo at the Capulet party.

The Prince's warning

He states that the street brawlers will be executed if they disturb the peace again.

The sun

What Romeo compares Juliet to during the balcony scene.

Friar Laurence

Romeo’s spiritual advisor who eventually agrees to marry him and Juliet.

Family feud

The conflict Friar Laurence hopes will end by marrying Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare's rhyming pattern

The style used in most of his plays and sonnets, following the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG pattern.

Rosaline

The woman who breaks Romeo’s heart at the beginning of the play.

Mercutio

Romeo's best friend who is killed by Tybalt.

Tybalt

The character who Romeo fights in Act III after Tybalt kills Mercutio.

Banished to Mantua

The city Romeo goes to after he is banished.

Juliet's fears

She fears the potion might not work, Friar Laurence might be poisoning her, and she might go mad in the tomb.

The Nurse

The first person to find Juliet after she drinks the potion.

Marriage to Paris

The plan Lord Capulet uses to cheer Juliet after Tybalt's death.

Disownment threat

What Lord Capulet does when Juliet refuses to marry Paris.

Balthasar

Romeo’s servant who delivers the wrong news about Juliet.

Apothecary

A person who gives Romeo poison.

Friar John

The person who was supposed to deliver the news to Romeo.

Tragedy

The specific type of play that Romeo and Juliet is.

Golden statue

The tribute Lord Montague promises to build in honor of Juliet.

Montague

Romeo's family name.

Capulet

Juliet's family name.

Multiple deaths

Result of the family feud seen throughout the play.

Susan

The Nurse's daughter.

The order of deaths

Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, Juliet, Lady Montague.

Prince Escalus

A character that belongs to 'other' as he does not belong to either family.