Across
- 2. Mercutio’s final joke shows his wit even in death — he says he will be a “_____ man,” a pun meaning both “solemn” and “dead.”
- 4. Name of a joke using two different meanings that Mercutio uses often
- 5. Romeo says, “O, I am fortune’s ____!”
- 6. The man who kills Mercutio
- 9. Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt
- 11. Tybalt is Juliet’s ______
- 12. Romeo says that love has made him “_____”
- 14. Mercutio blames Romeo for coming between him and Tybalt, saying he was hurt under his “_____”
- 15. The man who tries to stop the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio
- 16. Mercutio calls Tybalt the "King of _____"
Down
- 1. Mercutio mocks Romeo’s refusal to fight, describing it as “____ submission,” showing his disgust at what he sees as cowardice.
- 3. Tybalt calls Romeo this insulting name before the fight
- 4. Benvolio is known for trying to keep the _____
- 7. The Prince’s relative who dies in this scene
- 8. The Prince declares that anyone who sheds blood again will pay with their own ____
- 10. The Prince’s final decision is to send Romeo away to this city
- 13. Mercutio curses both the Montagues and the Capulets: “A plague o’ both your _____!”
