Year 9 Romeo and Juliet
Across
- 3. The party where Romeo first sees Juliet.
- 8. Romeo's family name.
- 10. The Italian city where the play is set.
- 12. Shown at the end when the families make peace.
- 13. A fight with swords; common in the play.
- 16. Juliet’s weapon to end her life.
- 18. The tragic ending for the two lovers.
- 20. What the families agree to after the deaths.
- 22. A key theme involving internal and external struggles.
- 23. Drives much of the action and character choices.
- 24. Cause confusion and tragedy.
- 25. The male protagonist who falls in love with Juliet.
- 26. Juliet’s fiery cousin who hates the Montagues.
- 28. The genre of Romeo and Juliet.
- 29. Tybalt wants this after seeing Romeo at the party.
- 31. Romeo and Juliet keep many of these.
- 33. Something Friar Laurence urges Romeo to have.
- 36. Juliet shows this when she defies her father.
- 38. What Juliet takes to fake her death.
- 40. A central theme; Romeo and Juliet feel it deeply.
- 41. Another word for fate.
- 45. Too late, it comes after the deaths.
- 46. The man Juliet's parents want her to marry.
- 47. Romeo and Juliet both lose this.
- 48. Run high throughout the whole play.
- 49. Leads to the lovers' final decisions.
Down
- 1. The era when Shakespeare wrote the play.
- 2. The playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet.
- 4. A theme that suggests everything is already planned.
- 5. Juliet's loyal but chatty servant.
- 6. A value tested by love and family ties.
- 7. The opening sonnet that tells the play’s outcome.
- 9. Juliet's family name.
- 11. Expected of Juliet by her parents.
- 14. The priest who helps Romeo and Juliet.
- 15. Used to hide Romeo and Juliet’s marriage.
- 17. Where Juliet speaks to Romeo after the party.
- 19. Often defended through violence in the play.
- 21. What Romeo uses to take his own life.
- 24. Describes Romeo and Juliet’s doomed love.
- 27. The strong feeling between the two families.
- 30. Romeo’s peaceful cousin and friend.
- 32. Romeo’s punishment after killing Tybalt.
- 34. Ongoing fight between the Capulets and Montagues.
- 35. Prologue says the lovers’ love is this.
- 37. A word to describe the end of the play.
- 39. The female protagonist from the Capulet family.
- 42. A 14-line poem; used in the Prologue.
- 43. Secretly happens between Romeo and Juliet.
- 44. Romeo’s witty and loyal friend.