Romeo and Juliet Test

Juliet

daughter of capulet and lady capulet. she has courage and belief. she falls in love with romeo, the son of her family's great enemy.

romeo

son and heir of montague and lady montague. romeo is sensitive, handsome, and intelligent. romeo is mostly interested in love. he is in love with juliet.

tybalt

juliet's cousin. he is vain, fashionable, and lacks courtesy. he is quick to draw his sword when his pride is injured. He hates montagues.

paris

suitor of juliet. he behaves very presumptuously towards juliet.

benvolio

montague's nephew. romeo's cousin and thoughtful friend.

prince

the prince of verona. a kinsman of mercutio and paris. he is concerned about maintaining public peace at all costs.

mercutio

a kinsman to the prince, and romeo's close friend. he has imagination, wit, and a strange humor. he can be very hotheaded.

nurse

juliet's nurse. the woman who cared for juliet her entire life. a sentimental character. she provides the comic relief with her inappropriate remarks and speeches.

Friar Lawrence

a franciscan friar, friend to both romeo and juliet. he is kind, civic-minded, and always ready with a plan.

pun

a joke exploiting the different possible meaning of the word.

"maidenheads" meaning virginity

metaphor

A comparison without using like or as. romeo's declaration, it is in the east, and juliet is the sun."

simile

A comparison using "like" or "as". "it seem she hang upon the cheek of night. as a rich jewel in an ethiope's ear."

aside

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. when romeo discovers juliet is a capulet, exclaims, "is she a capulet? O dear account! my life is my foe's debt."

Soliloquy

act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers. an example is juliet's scene on the balcony.

dramatic irony

when the audience knows information the character does not. an example is when romeo comes to the tomb to kill himself because he believes juliet is dead

tragic hero

the central character of play, depicted as a noble figure who experiences a tragic downfall. romeo is an example of a tragic hero; his love leads to the tragedy of his death.

tragic flaw

a flaw in a character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy. an example is romeo's sudden love towards juliet.

name 3 themes of romeo and juliet

love can be destructive, hate can be powerful, and fate vs. free will