Shakespeare Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. character remark that others on stage do not hear
  2. 5. explanation at beginning of every scene
  3. 7. type of meter that has 5 unstressed followed by stressed syllable
  4. 12. a speech by a character alone on stage
  5. 14. central character
  6. 15. considered greatest writer in the English language
  7. 16. form of poetry most resembling natural speech
  8. 18. character that contrasts sharply with others
  9. 19. one actor who serves as a narrator
Down
  1. 1. a drama that ends in catastrophe for the main characters
  2. 2. daughter of Capulet
  3. 3. words spoken by characters in a scene
  4. 4. the force working against the protagonist
  5. 6. use your own words to retell what happened
  6. 8. jokes from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds
  7. 9. fails or dies due to a character flaw
  8. 10. when the audience knows more than characters
  9. 11. son of Montague
  10. 13. humorous scene or speech to lighten mood
  11. 17. a reference to something the audience should know