Stabile English Final

Romeo and Juliet

Sonnet

14 line poem with a strict pattern, made of 3 quatrians, 1 couplet and rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Meter

rhythm of poetry

Feet

unit of rhythm

Quatrains

4 lines

Couplet

last two lines

exposition

feud is introduced, street fight

exciting force

mercutio, benvolio and romeo show up to party uninvited

rising action

Romeo sneaks into the Capulet courtyard, where he sees Juliet, and they confess their love for each other. They decide to marry the day after. Friar Lawrence delivers a soliloquy in which he discusses the circle of life and how we all exist because of nature and have a purpose. He agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, but doesn’t agree with how quickly they are doing it. Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel, because he snuck into the party

climax

fight between tybalt and romeo

falling action

friar talks to balthasar and finds out his plan didn’t work out. juliet wakes up and sees romeo dead, she stabs herself

catastrophe

both romeo and juliet die

homophones/homonyms/puns

adds humor and foreshadows death

what does the name paris mean

pretty boy

what condition does lord capulet set for julie