Shakespeare Vocabulary
Across
- 4. character remark that others on stage do not hear
- 5. explanation at beginning of every scene
- 7. type of meter that has 5 unstressed followed by stressed syllable
- 12. a speech by a character alone on stage
- 14. central character
- 15. considered greatest writer in the English language
- 16. form of poetry most resembling natural speech
- 18. character that contrasts sharply with others
- 19. one actor who serves as a narrator
Down
- 1. a drama that ends in catastrophe for the main characters
- 2. daughter of Capulet
- 3. words spoken by characters in a scene
- 4. the force working against the protagonist
- 6. use your own words to retell what happened
- 8. jokes from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds
- 9. fails or dies due to a character flaw
- 10. when the audience knows more than characters
- 11. son of Montague
- 13. humorous scene or speech to lighten mood
- 17. a reference to something the audience should know