Across
- 2. When Lord Capulet sees Juliet in her death-like sleep, he says that Paris will not be her groom because Juliet has married _____.
- 4. The tragic protagonist of the play
- 6. Mercutio calls Tybalt "Prince of _____"
- 10. Juliet's age
- 12. Nephew of Capulet's wife; rash and impetuous; kills Mercutio in a duel
- 13. Nephew of Lord Montague and good friend of Romeo. He attempts to stop the fighting. His name means "good will"
- 14. A form of address used for a man indicating contempt; "Ah _____, by my fay..."
- 16. Town to which Romeo flees to avoid the death penalty
- 17. A formal fight between two persons armed with deadly weapons to defend one's honor or to settle a dispute
- 19. Romeo says, "O, that I were a _____ upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek."
- 20. Young girl Romeo believes he loves before he meets Juliet
- 21. "That which we call a _____ by any other name would smell as sweet."
- 22. Gold coin used by Romeo to buy poison
- 23. "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet _____ That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
- 27. City in northeastern Italy; primary setting of the play
- 28. The tragic heroine of the play
- 32. A person who makes and sells medicine and drugs; Romeo obtained a vial of poison from such a person.
- 35. Prince of Verona
- 36. A 14-line poem with specific rhythm and rhyme scheme
- 37. An unseen force, like luck or chance, that people sometimes think is in control of their lives
Down
- 1. The prince substitutes this punishment for that of Romeo's death.
- 3. Adjective used in the Prologue to describe the ill-fated lovers
- 5. Word that means "prayers"; Juliet uses it when she asks her nurse to leave her alone the night before she is to marry Paris.
- 7. An insulting gesture is to bite one's _____. Sampson does this and begins the quarrel with the Montague servants
- 8. Romeo's servant who brings to him news of Juliet's (apparent) death
- 9. Romeo's family name
- 10. Romeo and Juliet's final resting place
- 11. Name of the friar who was unable to deliver Friar Laurence's message
- 15. Romeo and Juliet is one of the greates _____ stories ever told
- 16. Romeo's friend and relative of Prince Escalus; he engages in a duel when Romeo refuses to respond to insults
- 18. Servant of the Capulets; he and Gregory inadvertantly renew the feud.
- 24. "For never was a story of more _____ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
- 25. Juliet's confidant; old woman who has cared for Juliet since her birth
- 26. Juliet's family name
- 29. Queen of the fairies described at length by Mercutio in Act I, scene iv
- 30. A bitter, prolonged quarrel between families
- 31. A young Count and relative of the Prince; Capulet orders Juliet to marry him
- 33. Number of days of action in the play
- 34. Confidant of Romeo; counsels him and hears confessions at "shrift"
