Romeo & Juliet Background

Scenery, furniture, props

• Set
• Couplet
• Iambic Pentameter
• Character Foil

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This 17th century theatre was rebuilt in 1997. It hosted Shakespeare's plays and was destroyed twice.

• Aronoff Theater

• Dietz Auditorium

• The Globe Theatre

• Music Hall

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A long speech revealing a character's secret thoughts to the audience.

• Soliloquy

• Dramatic Irony

• Aside

• Lecture

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Romeo is a...

• Capulet

• Montague

Romeo and Juliet is a...

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• History

• Romance

The conversation occurring between characters in the play is the...

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Dialogue

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The larger sections of a play (like chapters) are called...

• Acts

• Scenes

Scenes in a play indicate...

• Change in subject

• Change in time or place

• Introduction of new characters

• Violence

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In an actual play in a theater, Stage Directions are read aloud for the benefit of the audience.

• True

• False

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Romeo is around your age.

• True

• False

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