Romeo and Juliet Quizlet

Some 20 of them fought in this black strife,/and all those 20 could kill but one life."

"Like white snow on a raven's back "

Juliet“If he be married, My grave is like to be my wedding bed”

“Oh Fortune. All men call thee fickle.If thou art fickle, do not keep him long, give him back."

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea/My love as deep"

A speech given to reveal a character’s thoughts. Other characters do not hear it

Which of the following does not use alliteration?

Who do you think is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Audience knows something that a character does not know

Lady Cap (about Paris) “This precious book of love, this unbound lover, he only lacks a cover”

Giving human like characteristics to something not human

Lord Cap- after finding Juliet dead“Dead art thou, dead! alak, my child is dead.”

Balthasar keeps Friar from entering the tomb in time.

We are surprised by what happens because it is the opposite of what we were expecting.

Romeo thinks Juliet looks alive

Romeo“Well, in that hit you miss.She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow.”

Lord Cap says, "The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she."

Romeo (describing his dream)“But he that hath the steerage of my course/Direct my sail"

Juliet“Methinks I see thee, now thou art below,As one dead in the bottom of a tomb”

Comparison without using like or as

A indication, clue, hint, warning of (a future event).

A sense of ______ is established when R+J both drink to the other before drinking poison/potion

"Compare her face with some that I shall show/And I will make thee think thy swan a crow "

Comparison using like or as

"Me they shall feel while I am able to stand; and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh."

Romeo asks for a fast acting poison

Romeo dies moments before Juliet wakes up

Two opposites placed side by side

Reference to mythology, the bible, famous artworks, places, events in history

Mercutio. “Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry ‘tis enough”

A character says one thing, but means the opposite.

Romeo“O my love! Why art thou yet so fair? Death hath had no power yet upon thy beauty..."