Across
- 4. : Force believed to control future events
- 5. : Romeo’s punishment after killing Tybalt
- 11. : When the audience knows something the characters don’t
- 14. : What Romeo uses to take his own life
- 15. : Priest who secretly marries the lovers
- 17. : Central idea explored in the play
- 19. : Leader of Verona who enforces peace
- 21. : Hot-headed Capulet; challenges Romeo
- 22. : Montague who falls deeply in love with Juliet
- 28. : Juliet’s strict father
- 30. : Fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter
- 32. : Mother who urges Juliet to marry Paris
- 34. : Trait that leads to a character’s downfall
- 35. : Party where Romeo and Juliet first meet
- 36. : Romeo’s father; head of the rival house
- 38. : Symbol often linked to purity, hope, and love
Down
- 1. : Two contradictory words joined together (“loving hate”)
- 2. : Romeo’s cousin; peacemaker among the men
- 3. : Comparison using *like* or *as*
- 6. : Words spoken for the audience that other characters can’t hear
- 7. : Comic and caring messenger for Juliet
- 8. : Capulet who defies her family for love
- 9. : Character who contrasts another to highlight traits
- 10. : Witty friend of Romeo; slain by Tybalt
- 12. : Reference to mythology or history (“Cupid’s wings”)
- 13. : Symbol often linked to secrecy, love, and safety
- 14. : Giving human qualities to non-human things
- 16. : What Juliet uses to end her life
- 18. : Describes the doomed destiny of Romeo and Juliet
- 20. : Struggle between opposing forces in the story
- 23. : Fairy from Mercutio’s dream speech
- 24. : Comparison saying one thing *is* another (“Juliet is the sun”)
- 25. : Opening sonnet introducing the story
- 26. : A humorous play on words used by Mercutio
- 27. : City where the story takes place
- 29. : Nobleman who wishes to marry Juliet
- 31. : Speech by one character to others on stage
- 33. : Setting of Romeo and Juliet’s most famous scene
- 37. : Long speech revealing a character’s private thoughts