﹕english final - literary

romeo and juliet, night, literary terms (not including vocab)

verbal irony

a device used when the character speaking says one thing, but means the opposite of what came across or what was understood by another character(s)

situational irony

a device where the expected outcome of a situation ends up to be the opposite or take a turn that the audience and/or characters wouldn’t expect

dramatic irony

a device where the audience is aware or told about important in a story that some characters are not

personification

giving life-like traits to a nonliving entity or idea to give it a new meaning or significance

allusion

an indirect reference to another event, person, place, or thing that can hold significance

double-entendre

a saying or figure of speech that can be interpreted two different ways - one often being more surface level the other

oxymoron

a combining of two unlikely words, often to show contradiction or to create a dramatic effect.

monologue

a device in which a character delivers a long speech to another/other character(s), sometimes directly to the audience

soliloquy

a device in which characters read their thoughts aloud by themselves, indirectly talking about their feelings to the audience

prologue, and it’s purpose

an introductory speech about the play, spoiling some of it to foreshadow and build up audience tension.

the setting of romeo and juliet

verona, italy

number of acts in romeo and juliet

5

the number of days in which romeo and juliet takes place

4

the insult that sparks fight in act I scene I

the biting of the thumb

the peacemaker who attempts to break up the fight in act I scene I

benvolio

conclusion of the opening fight

any fights following declared punishable by death by the king of verona

juliet’s cousin

tybalt

capulet’s response to paris asking to marry juliet

with caution, encouraging him to try to win over her heart first in hopes of protecting his daughter

a literary device many characters rely on for comedy, especially mercutio

innuendo

the deliverer of the queen mab speech

mercutio

romeo’s initial crush

rosaline

the reason for the feud between these houses is lost in time

capulets and montagues

what leads romeo to know of rosaline’s appearance at a party

an unassuming peasant, unable to read, asking him to read aloud the guest list for him

the promise romeo and juliet made at the balcony

to marry one another, as soon as possible

the reason for friar lawerence’s agreement to marry romeo and juliet

a hope of a resolution between the montague and capulet feud

who began the duel in act 3 scene I

tybalt, threatening romeo

the reason for romeo’s lightheartedness towards tybalt’s anger

his new marriage to juliet

the punishment romeo is given in act 3

banishment from verona

where romeo resides following his banishment

mantua

the advice juliet is given by the nurse after the death of tybalt and mercutio

to marry paris

friar lawerence’s solution to juliet’s opposition of marrying paris

a potion that will maker her appear and feel dead for 42 hours, evading her wedding

the decision that the capulet family make that messes up the timeline intended for juliet after taking the potion

to move the wedding up one more day due to her appeared excitement about her marriage to paris

where romeo goes after hearing of juliet’s alleged death

to the same tomb as her to kill himself

the fated ending that comes to fruition at the end of romeo and juliet

both lovers end their lives after a misunderstanding of another’s death

how old elie wiesel was during the events of night

15

shlomo wiesel

eliezer’s father and respected leader in his community

sighet

where the wiesel family lives before being relocated and sent away by occupying Nazi forces

moishe the beadle

a mystic who begins to teach elie the same before his father’s disapproval and is doubted by the town of his survival of nazi crimes against him

madame shachter

a woman who annoys the cattle train with her frantic screaming and prophecies about a fire

idek

the kapo man who would routinely beat schlomo and elie

juliek

a boy who was able to bring his violin to the camps and played it before his death.

auschwitz-birkenau

the 1st camp that elie and schlomo went to, where his mother and sister were killed

buna

the 2nd camp that elie and schlomo were sent to

bunchenwald

the last camp that elie and schlomo went to after the death march, were schlomo would die and elie would be liberated

significant themes in night

• elie’s losing of his own faith

• the contradictory state of elie and schlomo’s relationship, where they care for each other but must prioritize their own survival 1st