Lit. Terms: Romeo and Juliet

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Juliet's tears for Tybalt's death

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Dramatic irony

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Romeo's "more light and light; more dark and dark our woes!"

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Paradox

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Rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet

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Purpose of the prologue

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Overall preview of the play

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Soliloquy

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Character speaks to the audience, others can't hear.

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Dramatic Irony

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Reader knows something character doesn't

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Quotes from Friar Laurence: "These violent delights have violent ends" and "So smile the heavens upon this holy act"

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Literary device: Foreshadowing

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Figurative language in Mercutio's "grave man" line

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Pun

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Foil character

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Opposite characteristics to protagonist

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Reason Shakespeare ends Act IV with musicians and a servant?

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Comic relief and eases tension.