romeo and juliet plot

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Across
  1. 7. Romeo and Juliet’s ultimate goal for their relationship
  2. 8. Literary device: When Tybalt says that Romeo’s presence at the party “shall, / Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall”
  3. 9. Opening speech that reveals the plot
  4. 11. Substance Romeo uses to end his life
  5. 13. Type of fight that leads to Mercutio’s death
  6. 14. Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt
  7. 15. Often used to describe Juliet (ex: the sun)
  8. 16. Force believed to control Romeo and Juliet’s lives
  9. 18. Central emotion driving the plot
Down
  1. 1. Literary device: light and dark, throughout the play
  2. 2. The chorus describes Romeo and Juliet as “a pair of __________ lovers,” foreshadowing their fate
  3. 3. Weapon Juliet uses to end her life
  4. 4. What Tybalt seeks after the Capulet ball
  5. 5. IRONY Literary device: The audience knows that Juliet isn’t really dead, but Romeo does not
  6. 6. Genre of the play
  7. 10. Positive trait shown by friends and family on both sides
  8. 11. Outcome Prince Escalus hopes for after the tragedy of so many deaths
  9. 12. When Romeo and Juliet often meet
  10. 16. Long-standing conflict between the Capulets and Montagues
  11. 17. Final setting of the play