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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet flash cards
Term | Definition |
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Paris | Part of main conflict, wants to marry Juliet and Capulets want him to marry Juliet. |
Mercutio | Gets Romeo to go to the ball and meet Juliet. Fights Tybalt, gets killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to kill Tybalt. |
Benvolio | Tries to break up brawls between families. Drags Mercutio. |
Nurse | Gives advice to Juliet, does tasks for Juliet, gets Romeo for Juliet. |
Friar Lawrence | Marries Romeo and Juliet, gives death emulating potion to Juliet. |
Tybalt | Kills Mercutio, fights with Montague family members, tries to prevent Romeo and Juliet from getting married. |
Balthasar | Tells Romeo about Juliet's death, tries to stop Romeo from entering Juliet's tomb. |
Apothecary | Sells poison to Romeo. |
Aside | Words spoken by a character to the audience that other characters pretend not to hear. |
Monologue | Speech spoken by one character. |
Personification | Giving human characteristics to in-animate objects. |
Dramatic Irony | Character expects one thing to happen, but something else happens. |
Situational Irony | Accidental events that seem oddly appropriate. |
Soliloquy | Monologue spoken by a character that believes to be alone. |
Tragic flaw | Mis-perception resulting in a character's flaw or an event. |
Simile | Compare two things with like or as. |
Metaphor | Compare two things. |
Tragic Hero | Protagonist of a tragedy. |
Protagonist | Main character in a piece of literature. |
Antagonist | Main character that opposes the protagonist. |
Character foil | Two characters that contrast each other. |
Prologue | Introduction of a literary piece. |
Tragedy | Play ending in an unhappy ending. |
Dialogue | Any spoken word in a piece of literature. |