Across
- 2. Romeo's servant who brought him news that Juliet has died (in the play)
- 4. A scene that heightens the seriousness of the action by contrasting it
- 7. the point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point
- 10. The servant who couldn't read in Act I
- 11. A literary technique where two characters are engaged in conversation
- 13. To hint at something happening later within the story
- 16. Messenger between Romeo and Juliet
- 18. The attitude that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject
- 20. The character who is supposed to deliver the letter to Romeo
- 21. Dies from sadness after Romeo is banished
- 23. Defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
- 25. Threatens death to anyone who disturbs the streets of Verona again
- 26. Weeps at the thought of not having Count Paris as heir to their family
- 27. Moves an audience from the present moment to a scene in the past
Down
- 1. to draw a conclusion about something based on what you already know
- 2. Romeo’s cousin who tries to break up the fight at the beginning of scene 1.
- 3. Juliet’s cousin who recognizes Romeo at Capulet’s party
- 5. Used to describe a relationship that is doomed from the start
- 6. The person who marries Romeo and Juliet
- 8. A reference to something else
- 9. The author of Romeo and Juliet
- 12. Discrepancy between what is appropriate to happen vs what actually happens
- 14. Wants Romeo punished for killing Tybalt
- 15. Never backs down from a fight
- 17. Young man who is lovesick for Rosaline at the beginning of the play
- 19. One of the tragic heroes in the play who is torn between her family and Romeo
- 22. When the audience knows more than the characters in the story
- 24. Young man who asks Juliet’s father for her hand in marriage