Romeo and Juliet

3. Juliet's family name.
5. The tragic heroine of the play.
11. Number of days of action in the play.
13. Form of poetry popular at Shakespeare's time.
14. Name of the Friar who was unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo.
15. Adjective used in the Prologue to describe the ill-fated Romeo and Juliet.
16. Nephew of Capulet's wife, killed by Mercutio.
19. Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters.
22. A person who makes and sells medicine and drugs.
24. Town in which Romeo flees to avoid the death penalty.
25. Nephew of Lord Montague and friend of Romeo with a 'speaking' name.
26. Romeo's friend and relative of Prince Escalus.

1. "For never was a story of more ... / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" (V,3,309)
2. Songbird; bird that sings at break of day.
4. Juliet's age
6. Shakespeare lived during the ... age.
7. The prince substituted this punisment for that of Romeo's death.
8. "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet ... / That I shall say good night till it be morrow" (II,2,184-185)
9. Romeo's family name.
10. A formal fight between two persons armed with deadly weapons to defend one's honor or to settle a dispute.
11. A bitter, prolonged quarrel between families.
12. Young girl Romeoe belives he loves before he meets Juliet.
17. Lord Capulet's "heir".
18. An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
20. A city in northeastern Italy, primary setting of the play.
21. Servant of the Capulets, he and Gregory inadvertently renew the feud.
23. A young count and relative of the prince.