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- 1. Gold coin used by Romeo to buy the poison.
- 4. Name of the friar who was unable to deliver Friar Laurence's message to Romeo.
- 8. Queen of the fairies described at length by Mercutio in Act I, scene iv.
- 11. Nephew of Lord Montague and good friend of Romeo; his name means good will.
- 16. Adjective used in the Prologue to describe the ill-fated Romeo and Juliet.
- 18. Prince of Verona.
- 20. A formal fight between two persons armed with deadly weapons to settle a dispute.
- 22. In Roman mythology, she is the goddess of dawn.
- 24. A young count and relative of the Prince; Capulet orders Juliet to marry him or to leave the household.
- 25. the primary setting of the play.
- 26. "For never was a story of more ___________ / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" (V.iii.).
- 27. Juliet's age.
- 29. Juliet's confidant; old woman who has cared for Juliet since her birth.
- 31. Nephew of Capulet's wife; rash and impetuous; kills Mercutio in a duel; Romeo kills him in a duel to avenge Mercutio.
- 32. Romeo's friend and relative of Prince Escalus; he is killed in a duel.
- 34. The tragic heroine of the play.
- 35. Word that means prayers. Juliet uses it when she asks her nurse to leave her alone the night before she is to marry Paris (IV.iii.).
- 37. When Lord Capulet sees Juliet in her death-like sleep, he says that Paris will not be her groom because Juliet has married _____. (IV.iv).
- 39. Young girl Romeo believes he loves before he meets Juliet.
- 41. A bitter, prolonged quarrel between families; there was a ________ between the Capulets and Montagues.
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- 2. An insulting gesture is to bite one's ______
- 3. Romeo's family name.
- 5. Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest _____ stories.
- 6. Romeo's servant who brings to him the news of Juliet's (apparent) death.
- 7. an oath used to express anger or surprise; an altered form of the oath "God's wounds." Mercutio says it after he has been stabbed (III.i.).
- 9. A person who makes and sells medicine/drugs; Romeo obtained a vial of poison from person.
- 10. Mercutio calls Tybalt the Prince of _____
- 12. Number of days of action in the play.
- 13. A form of address used for a man indicating familiarity and contempt; frequently used by Elizabethans. Lord Capulet, "Ah, ____, by my fay, it waxes late" (I.v.).
- 14. "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet ________________, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow" (II.ii.).
- 15. prince substituted this punishment for that of Romeo's death; a noun
- 17. Servant of the Capulets; he and Gregory inadvertently renew the feud.
- 19. Form of poetry popular in Elizabethan literature. Shakespeare uses it often.
- 21. Confidant of Romeo; friar who marries Romeo and Juliet.
- 23. Town to which Romeo is banished
- 28. Term for any one of the race of giant deities overthrown by the Olympian gods.
- 30. Type of pet that Juliet wishes she could make of Romeo and thus keep him near her.
- 33. Juliet's family name.
- 36. Protagonist of the play.
- 38. "That which we call a ___________ / By any other name would smell as sweet" (II.ii.).
- 40. Songbird; bird that sings at break of day; when Romeo is preparing to leave for exile
