Romeo + Juliet, Cue for Treason, and English Exam Review

Comprehensive flashcards covering character analysis of Romeo + Juliet and Cue for Treason, short story details, and essential English literary terms.

Friar John

A messenger tasked by Friar Lawrence to deliver a crucial letter to Romeo; he never ended up giving the letter to Romeo, which leads Romeo to kill himself.

Prince Escalus

The Prince and Town ruler in Romeo + Julet who banishes Romeo, causing the lovers to separate and leading to the flawed secret plan.

Balthasar

The man servant of Romeo who delivered the news of Juliet's death to Romeo and provides the official testimony of Romeo's suicide letter to his father.

Mercutio

Romeo's best friend and blood relative of Prince Escalus who tells Romeo to go to the ball and is killed by Tybalt while defending Romeo's honor.

Tybalt

The primary antagonist and Juliet's cousin known as the "Prince of Cals"; his murder of Mercutio leads to Romeo's banishment.

Nurse

Juliet's caretaker and second mom who serves as the comic relief and the go-between for the young lovers.

County Paris

The primary socially acceptable suitor for Juliet who is unaware that she is already married to Romeo.

Apothecary

The merchant who illegally sells Romeo a lethal poison after Romeo hears of Juliet's apparent death.

Queen Elizabeth I

The reigning Monarch of England and target of an assassination plot in Cue for Treason.

Mr. Armthwaite

The local magistrate in Keswick who is secretly in league with the conspirators and tries to detain Peter and Kit.

The Yellow Gentleman

Sir Philip's right-hand man involved in the assassination conspiracy who tricks Peter into buying a rare unpublished script of Henry V.

Sir Anthony Duncan

A hired thug for Sir Philip Morton who traps Peter on an island, representing how a decent person can still do terrible things.

Richard Burbage

The lead actor and mentor, employer, and ally to Peter and Kit in Cue for Treason.

William Shakespeare (Cue for Treason)

The famous playwright who takes Peter and Kit under his wing and teaches them the art of the stage.

Mr. Desmond

The actor running a traveling theater troupe who hires Peter and Kit and uses theater skills to trick Sir Philip Morton with sound effects and costumes.

Sir Robert Cecil

The head of Queen Elizabeth's secret service who identifies the hidden message "SENDNEWSBYPE EL" and enlists help to protect the Queen.

Patrick Maloney

The murder victim and policeman husband of Mary Maloney in Lamb to the Slaughter whose decision to leave his wife triggers the plot.

Miss Trethway

The grade school teacher in Long, Long After School who is the only person to treat Wes with kindness and saves his life.

Amy

The intelligent and imaginative character in Gore who uses her acting skills to outsmart her brother Lucas and recover her book.

Wolves

Representations of nature's power in The Interlopers that create situational and verbal irony.

Angus

A character in In the Silence who breaks Jimmy's loneliness and isolation, helping him survive.

Soliloquy

A dramatic technique where a character speaks their innermost thoughts aloud, typically when alone.

Sonnet

A 14-line lyric poem written predominantly in iambic pentameter with a formal rhyming scheme.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which two things are compared directly.

Theme

The central idea about life that is presented in a book.

Simile

A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the words "like," "than," or "as."

Personification

A figure of speech where human qualities are given to non-human things.

Conflict

The force that moves the plot along and creates struggles, such as Character vs. Self, Character, Society, or Nature.

Foreshadowing

A technique for providing clues about what is to come in the story.

Climax

The most suspenseful moment or the height of the action in a plot.

Exposition

Background information provided by the author at the beginning of a story.

Denouement

The "unknotting" of the plot or resolution of the complex conflict following the climax.

Dramatic Irony

A situation where the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not.

Mood/Atmosphere

The overall emotional impression or prevailing feeling created in a literary work.

Comic Relief

An incident intended to provoke laughter from the audience after a tense or serious scene.