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Escalus
prince, no house
Paris
wants to marry juliet, Capulet
Montague
romeo’s father, montague
Capulet
juliet’s father, capulet
Romeo
montague
Mercutio
friend of romeo, montague
Benvolio
cousin of Romeo, really good friend, montague
Tybalt
cousin of juliet, wants to fight, capulet
Friar Laurence
priest, no house
Sampson, Gregory
servants, capulet
Lady Montague
romeo’s mother, montague
Lady Capulet
juliets’s mother, capulet
Juliet
capulet
Nurse to Juliet
raised her her whole life, capulet
Rosaline
won’t be with Romeo, wants to be a nun, no house
True or False: There are 3 parts of drama.
true
True or False: Shakespeare’s tragic heroes are generally good.
true
True or False: The climax in a drama is called crisis in a tragedy.
true
True or False: A tragic flaw in a character is ironic.
true
True or False: The denouement in a drama is called catastrophe in a tragedy.
true
True or False: The scenery is the most important thing in drama.
false
True or False: One example of abnormal conditions of the mind is hallucinations.
true
True or False: In Shakespearean tragedy, the hero is spoken about before he appears.
true
True or False: In Shakespearean tragedy, the hero dies.
true
True or False: All of Shakespeare’s tragedies befall one person.
false
A division of play
act
Hints or clues that tell what is to come.
foreshadowing
Where a story or play takes place
setting
The audience knows more than the characters on stage
dramatic irony
A speech by a character while alone on stage that is used to inform the audience.
soliloquy
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action
plot structure
The words mean the opposite of what they seem to say.
verbal irony
Something that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something else.
symbol
An untruth accepted by the public as real
dramatic convention
A lighter form of drama that aims to amuse
Comedy
Quote: “Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace”
Prince
Quote: “Prodigious birth of love it is to me/ That I must love a loathed enemy.”
Juliet
Quote: “True, I talk of dreams; Which are the children of an idle brain,”
Mercutio
Quote: “My child hath not seen the change of fourteen years.”
Lord Capulet
Quote: “Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.”
Juliet
Quote: “Talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee.”
Tybalt
Quote: “His name is Romeo and a Montague. The only son of your great enemy.”
Nurse
Quote: “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”
Romeo
Quote: “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword.”
Benvolio
Quote: “Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk’st of nothing.”
Romeo
Quote: “Where is Romeo? Saw you him today?” Right glad I am he was not at this fray.”
Lady Montague
Quote: “Well, think of marriage now, younger than you…are already mothers made.”
Lady Capulet
Quote: “This by voice should be a Montague! Fetch me, my rapier boy!”
Tybalt
In the Prologue, what does the Chorus speech do?
foreshadows, gives exposition, sets tone and mood, produces a sense of fate
In Act 1, what does the Prince’s speech do?
gives exposition, emphasizes the seriousness of the feud
What is a quote from Romeo’s speech in Scene 4?
"I fear too early…" - he foreshadows his own death
In Scene 5, what does Tybalt’s presence at the Capulet’s party give?
It reminds us that Romeo and Juliet’s love is impossible and foreshadows the fight between Romeo and him.
Which quote from Juliet is a paradox?
"My only love, sprung from my only hate."
humor inserted into a play to break a tragic or serious mood
comic relief
contradiction that is true
paradox
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