Final Romeo & Juliet Acts 1-3

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Dramatic Irony

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Audience knows something characters do not; adds suspense and leads to problems.

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Meaning of 'portentous'

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ominous; threatening

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Significance of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech

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Mocking Romeo's love sadness & reflecting desires/passion

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Meaning of 'obscur'd' in context

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hid; darkened

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Form of The Prologue

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Sonnet

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Shakespearean Tragedy

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Protagonist suffers separation, bad judgment, deaths, supernatural, revenge, comic relief.

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Meter in poetry

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Measured by counting stresses

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"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word..."

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- Speaker: Tybalt

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"O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon"

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Juliet

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"Tybalt would kill thee, But thou slew’st Tybalt—there art thou happy"

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Friar Laurence