Romeo and Juliet Play Words

story that is written to be acted for an audience

• Drama

• Tragedy

• Blank Verse

play that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end

• Tragedy

• Dramatic Irony

• Hamartia (tragic flaw)

A well-respected/ noble character with a fatal flaw which will lead to that character's downfall and suffering.

• Tragic Hero

• Blank Verse

• Couplet

A trait that leads to the downfall of a character

• Hamartia (tragic flaw)

• iambic pentameter

• Dramatic Irony

A humorous scene or speech that relieves the overall dramatic tension

• Comic Relief

• Stage Directions

• iambic pentameter

When the reader or viewer knows something the character does not know

• Dramatic Irony

• Pun

• Prologue

The use of hints or clues to predict that something will happen

• Foreshadowing

• Hamartia (tragic flaw)

• Soliloquy

A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work; this character emphasizes the traits of the other character

• Dramatic foil

• Monologue

• Oxymoron

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

• Stage Directions

• Tragic Hero

• Foreshadowing

a speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud to the audience

• Soliloquy

• Hyperbole

• Paradox