Literary Terms in Romeo and Juliet

2. The nurse talks on and on, even when Juliet and Lady Capulet beg her to be quiet. A funny part like this in a serious play is called ___ ____.
4. The chorus tells us that Romeo and Juliet are tragic _______________ because they have flaws that lead to their downfalls.
6. Tybalt, because he is a Capulet who hates the Montagues, is an __ in the story.
8. The chorus tells us that the play is a ________________, because it will end in death.
10. She’ll not be hit /With Cupid’s arrow,” a reference to Greek mythology, is an example of __.
12. Juliet, as a main character in the story, can also be called a __ of the story.
13. Gregory says “Here comes one of my master’s kinsmen,” out loud, but not all of the characters onstage hear him.

1. Mercutio, because his silliness is a contrast to Romeo’s seriousness.
3. Romeo’s dream that something bad will happen to him as a result of crashing the party
5. verse “Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe,” is written in __ __.
7. Juliet makes a speech alone onstage about her desire for night to come; this is a __.
9. Mercutio jokes, “Ask for me tomorrow, and you’ll find me a grave man.” Grave means serious, but it also can mean a place in the earth where a dead person is buried; this play on words is a ¬¬__.
11. Verona, a city-state in Italy in the 1300s