Romeo and Juliet
Terms
Alliteration tragedy/comedy approximate rhyme tragic flaw
Assonance allusion end rhyme/internal rhyme dialogue
Blank verse simile imagery monologue
Rhyming couplets personification play soliloquy
Iambic pentameter metaphor tragic hero aside
Pun character foil oxymorons hyperbole
Foreshadowing 3 ironies
Characters and Characterizations
Character Role/Characteristics
Prince Escalus noble, respected
Benvolio cousin to Romeo, does good
Tybalt cousin to Juliet, fiery, tempermental
Romeo
Juliet
Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Capulet and Lady Capulet
Montague and Lady Montague
Quote and Quote ID’s
1) A plague o’ both your houses.
2) Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?
3) Good night. Good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
4) By giving liberty unto thine eyes. Examine other beauties.
5) Is it e’en so? Then I defy you stars!
6) Mercutio, thou consorts with Romeo.
7) If ever you disturb our streets again… your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace
8) But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
9) Read o’er the volume of young Paris’s face.
10) But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?
11) But woo her gentle Paris. Get her heart. My will to her consent is but a part
12) What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, Montagues and thee
13) O she doth teach the torches to burn bright
14) These violent delights have violent ends.
15) I anger her sometimes and tell her that Paris is the proper man
16) Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
17) I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live.
18) Welcome gentleman! I have seen the day that I have worn a visor, and could tell a whispering tale in a fair lady’s ear.
19) I do protest, I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise
20) O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo
21) Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast
22) What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.