Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary
Across
- 1. This word means "mask." Mercutio says, "A ________ for a ________. What care I?"
- 3. Monstrous and unnatural. Juliet's love for Romeo is a ___________birth.
- 5. Behavior that is silly and inappropriate. How dare Romeo show up to the party with an "_______face, / To fleer and scorn at [their] solemnity."
- 7. This bird represents the morning. It separates Romeo and Juliet.
- 9. Sexually abstinent. Rosaline "hath sworn to live ____________."
- 12. Sampson threatens to take this from the Montague women.
- 13. This bird represents the nighttime. It allows Romeo and Juliet to be their true selves.
- 16. This word means "cleansed." When Romeo kisses Juliet, his sin is ________.
Down
- 2. A long sword.
- 4. Talk that is condescending toward another person. Lord Capulet has no problem with Romeo being at his party, and will do him no _____________.
- 5. This word means "soon," or "shortly." Juliet responds with this word whenever the nurse calls for her.
- 6. Tybalt is filled with this emotion when he is forced to endure Romeo.
- 8. This means "why?" Juliet wonders, "__________ art thou Romeo?"
- 10. This word means "face." Mercutio says, "A case to put my ________in!"
- 11. A sound of displeasure or annoyance. Romeo says, "______, I have lost myself. I am not here."
- 14. Use this word to describe someone or something that is not doing anything. It is still. Mercutio says that dreams come from an "________ brain."
- 15. This word means "before." Romeo must leave ____ daybreak, or he will die.