Across
- 2. This is the accusation that the Friar makes, essentially, against Romeo for being so changeable in his love from Rosaline to Juliet
- 3. A rather large segment of the Elizabethan population that was not allowed on Stage
- 5. “Civil War”, “Pretty Ugly” are examples of this; What the Play Romeo and Juliet seems to also be because is it a “hybrid” of both comedy and tragedy
- 7. The subject of Mercutio’s crazy dream; the equivalent of the “Sand Man” in your dreams
- 8. This was the reason why Romeo and his Montague buddies could sneak into the Capulet Party
- 9. Name of the famous theatre that ‘Ol Bill performed his plays in
- 10. probably the best “cover” (or reason why) Romeo and his best buddies get into the Capulet party
- 11. I am quite a bold fellow: I ask Mr. Montague if it’s OK if I court his daughter – and she’s only 13!
- 13. The troublingly young age that Juliet is when her Father entertains the idea of marrying her off to some 20-something guy (Paris)
- 17. An analogy or non-literal comparison of two similar things; ‘Ol Will uses this when he compares a beauty to a “Summer’s Day” in Sonnet 18
- 19. Every single play ‘Ol Bill ever wrote has this many acts
- 22. When Juliet frets about how Romeo’s last name shouldn’t matter, she compares it to this flower that would smell sweet no matter what it was called.
- 23. This is how the whole silly feud got started according to the Prince
- 24. I am the first girl that Romeo falls in love with – but I’m not all that interested in Old Romeo and he seems more interested in Juliet at the party anyhow….
- 26. What an actor does on stage alone – thinking aloud for the sake of the audience
- 27. When one character acts as an opposite or contrast to another character to highlight differences we might call them a ________
Down
- 1. the amount of Plays written by ‘Ol Will; Dave Stieb’s Baseball Jersey number for the Toronto Blue Jays
- 3. What Paris is according to some who observe his good-looking and eligible status: “A man of ________”
- 4. ‘Ol Will was also called the “Master of ______”; What your parents tell you not to say to your siblings
- 6. I, like Mercutio, am rather scrappy. It would be probably be bad for me to meet Mercutio.
- 8. You might notice that my name looks a lot like the stuff they put in thermometers (which suggest that I am rather hot-blooded.
- 12. ‘Ol Bill’s preferred method of Poetry
- 14. ‘Ol Bill’s #1 patron (audience member); Yes, she wielded a scepter
- 15. A rather Ironic day for Shakespeare to die on; I get a free ice cream at the local Friendly Restaurant on this day
- 16. This guys is something of a Priest, but also Romeo’s good friend
- 18. That long-winded speech the “bad guy” does when he catches the hero; What an actor does that’s similar to a soliloquy but usually has other actors on stage
- 20. This guy serves as a kind of city mayor who declares a punishment of death for anyone caught fighting in the streets. His name seems to echo the terms “Escalates” which is how this feud grows
- 21. These pair of rhyming lines tend to signal the end of a Scene or Act (or even a Sonnet)
- 25. I suggest to Juliet that if I were “Newly Baptized” perhaps I might have a less problematic name.