Romeo and Juliet--Terms and Devices

3. Occurs when words have double meanings
5. Occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.
7. we imagine a character is thinking as he or she speaks.
8. A character who provides a strong contrast to another character.
9. While on stage with other players, a character briefly speaks thoughts only the audience can hear.
11. an extended speech by one character; other characters are present

1. “Juliet is the sun!”
2. A lack or excess of a character trait that leads to the hero’s downfall.
4. An extended speech made when only one character is on stage; character speaks his or her thoughts.
6. Character who experiences a downfall because of a fundamental character fault.
10. “Thou art as glorious to this night…as a winged messenger of heaven.”