Across
- 6. the point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point
- 8. A part of an act defined with the changing of characters, brief situations, actions, and dialogue
- 9. the attitude that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject
- 10. Person dies at the end of the play due to sadness about Romeo's banishment
- 14. Hint at something happening later within the story
- 16. a reference to something else
- 18. Takes blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet
- 20. Loves Rosaline at the beginning of the play;Drinks the poison
- 23. Servant who falls asleep outside the tomb and has a letter from Romeo
- 25. An amusing scene, character, incident, or speech that relieves serious or tragic situations
- 26. A long speech in which a character-alone on the stage-expresses his or her true thoughts and feelings
- 27. Related to the prince and friends with Romeo who wishes a plague on both households
- 28. The servant who could not read the names on the invitation; Provides comic relief in the play
- 30. A group of actors (as one character) similar to a narrator
Down
- 1. When the audience knows something that the characters do not know
- 2. discrepancy between what is appropriate to happen vs what actually happens
- 3. Attempting to arrange a marriage for Juliet to Count Paris
- 4. A great or virtuous character (the main character) in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall
- 5. The messenger between Romeo and Juliet in the story
- 7. to draw a conclusion about something based on what you already know
- 11. Did not deliver the letter to Romeo because he was quarantined.
- 12. Moves an audience from the present moment to a scene in the past
- 13. Two people whose love is doomed from the start
- 15. A literary form of writing for theatre
- 17. Romeo's friend who tries to stop the fighting between the servants at the beginning of the play
- 19. Juliet's fiery cousin who fights
- 21. The conversations between characters
- 22. Promises to put up a statue in honor of Juliet at the end of the play
- 24. Dies outside of the tomb and asks to be buried with Juliet
- 28. Opening lines (at the beginning of the story) introducing the characters, setting, and conflict
- 29. defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
