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Final Study Guide
Part I Define the terms listed below
Foreshadowing
Tragic hero
Suspense
Tragic flaw
Dramatic irony
Oxymoron
Aside
Drama
Simile
Metaphor
Couplet
Pun
Chorus
Tragedy
Protagonist
Antagonist
Conflict
Theme
Comic relief
Soliloquy
Part II Label the diagram below
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Part III Review and answer the following questions
What does the audience learn in the prologue?
What characters are related to the Prince?
Explain the Prince’s view on the feud and his actions against it.
Describe Benvolio’s personality and how he tries to help Romeo at the beginning of the play.
What are Friar Laurence’s skills?
Why does the friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
Explain why Tybalt wants to kill Romeo.
How was Mercutio killed and how were the characters affected? What did this lead to?
What is Lord Capulet’s reaction when Juliet refuses to marry Paris?
What characters make Juliet feel alone and abandoned?
How did the friar try to solve Juliet’s conflict toward the end of the play?
How did Lord Capulet complicate the friar’s plan? (Act IV)
What characters provide comic relief in the play?
What is Balthasar’s role in the play?
Why did Romeo not learn about the friar’s plan?
Who else dies at the end of the play besides Romeo and Juliet? How?
Explain the dramatic irony at the end of the play.
How does Romeo die? How does Juliet die?
What is Romeo and Juliet’s tragic flaw?
What effect does the death of their children have on the Montague and Capulet families?
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?