Romeo and Juliet Test College Prep

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Examples: Tybalt's aggressiveness, Romeo's love, Juliet's lies, Mercutio's thrill-seeking

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Tragic flaw

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Friar's lengthy chat about plants and flowers

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Soliloquy

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Examples: Nurse, Romeo, Tybalt, Benvolio

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Stock characters

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Sampson to Gregory about starting a fight, unheard by others

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aside

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Romeo and Juliet kiss unknowingly

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Dramatic irony

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The Prince's long speech to citizens

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monologue

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Humorous wordplay by Mercutio: "grave man"

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pun

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Not a foil:

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Romeo and Juliet

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Girls marrying young; arranged marriages

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Customs and Traditions

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Masters can read/write, servants cannot

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Social organization