Across
- 2. A character who reveals only one or two personality traits in a story or novel. The traits do not change
- 3. An Italian city-state where Romeo is banished after killing Tybalt
- 7. An indirect reference to a person, place, or event intended to call something to mind without explicitly stating it
- 8. Juliet’s overprotective older cousin
- 9. A 14-line poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter with a strict rhyme scheme
- 10. Montague The wife of the head of the Montague family
- 14. Capulet The wife of the head of the Montague family
- 16. The paramount importance or relevance of a concept theme, or work across all cultures, time, and contexts
- 17. A real Italian city meaning “truth”
- 21. Romeo’s cousin who often makes peace between feuds
- 22. Juliet Capulet's lover
- 25. A vital, often comedic, mother figure to Juliet
- 27. A character who changes during the course of the novel and the change is permanent
- 28. The audience knows more about events than the characters, so the events hold a different meaning for the audience compared to the characters
Down
- 1. The aesthetic, historic, scientific, social, or spiritual importance that assign to places, objects, or practices
- 3. A long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a single person to express their thoughts, emotions, or to address other characters or the audience
- 4. What Romeo wants to compare Juliet as but she doesn’t allow him to due to its constant changes
- 5. Paris A wealthy nobleman and kinsman to Prince Escalus
- 6. Neutral, law-abiding ruler who tries to stop violent feuds between the Capulets and Montagues
- 10. The head of the Montague family
- 11. A charismatic kinsman to Prince Escalus and one of Romeo’s closest friend
- 12. To be forced, usually by authority, to leave a country or place as a punishment and often forbidden from returning
- 13. A character that remains primarily the same throughout a story or novel. The events do not alter the character’s outlook, personality, or motivation
- 15. Capulet The head of the Capulet family
- 18. A dramatic, fate-driven introduction of an act
- 19. Who Romeo ends up marrying in secret
- 20. A well-developed character who demonstrates varied and sometimes contradictory traits. It’s very realistic
- 23. A dramatic literary device where a character speaks their innermost thoughts, motivations, or feelings aloud while alone, or believing themselves to be alone, on stage
- 24. Lawrence A well-intentioned figure who weds Romeo and Juliet in secret
- 26. A character whose purpose is to highlight one or more attributes of the main character by providing a contrast