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Odyssey and Romeo+Juliet
How does Odysseus trick Polyphemus?
By telling him that his name is nobody
In exchange for wine, Polyphemus promises to…
spare the rest of Odysseus’ men
“Dissemble”
to conceal one’s true motives
“Maudlin”
foolishly sentimental
Who recognizes Odysseus as a beggar?
Argus the dog, Eurycleia the housekeeper, then Telemachus
Odysseus
The main character of the Odyssey. Has to return home to Ithaca and has many adventures.
Penelope
Odysseus’ loyal wife
Eurynome/Eurycleia
Housekeeper
Laertes
Odysseus’ honorable father
Eumaeus
Swineherd and friend to Odysseus
Nestor
Brave and wise king of Pylos
Nausicaa
Princess of the Phaeacians
Calypso
Minor goddess who is trapped on the lost island of Ogygia
Circe
Enchantress who tricked Odysseus and turned his men into animals
Athena
Goddess of wisdom who guides Odysseus through his journey
Poseidon
The sea god who cursed Odysseus
Zeus
God of thunder who supports Odysseus
Alcinous
King of the Phaeacians, who Odysseus recites his journey to in book 9
Polyphemus
The cyclops
Tiresias
The blind prophet in the underworld
“Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.”
Friar Lawrence warning Romeo of falling in love too quickly
“I fear too early for my mind misgives…”
Romeo worrying about how the Capulet party might change his fate
“O she doth teach the torches to burn bright…”
Romeo comparing Juliet’s beauty to a flame
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?”
Romeo comparing Juliet to sunlight
“With love’s light wings do I o’erperch these walls,”
Romeo on the Capulet property to talk to Juliet
“I defy you, stars!”
Romeo when he hears that Juliet has died
“Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”
Juliet wanting to defy their families so they can be together.
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
Friar Lawrence warning Romeo and Juliet about their feuding families
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Juliet wondering why Romeo had to be born a Montague and she was born a Capulet.
“O teach me how I should forget to think”
Romeo wanting to stop thinking about Rosalind.
“Serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!”
Juliet when she was angry that Romeo killed Tybalt.
“Two households, both alike in dignity".”
In the prologue introducing the premise of the play
“O me, what fray was here?”
Romeo at the scene of the Capulet/Montague fight
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
Juliet saying goodbye to Romeo
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly, then your love would also change.”
Juliet because Romeo swears his love to her by the moon
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Juliet wondering why Romeo is a Montague
“Peace? I hate the word as I hate hell and all Montagues.”
Tybalt when he is starting a fight with the Montagues in the street.
“True, I talk of dreams, which are children of an idle brain.”
Mercutio at the end of the Queen Mab speech
“Out of her favour, where I am in love.”
Romeo talking about his unrequited love for Rosalind
“True apothecary thy drugs are quick”
Romeo when killing himself
“You kiss by the book”
Juliet after kissing Romeo
personification
comparing a non-living thing to a living thing.
simile
comparing two things using “like” or “as”
metaphor
comparing unlike things
onomatopoeia
sounds like the sound it describes
hyperbole
over exaggeration
assonance
the repetition of a vowel sound
consonance
resemblance in sound between two words
alliteration
repetition of same sound or letter
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