R&J Review

Even though Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Shakespeare still uses

• figurative language

• comic relief

• different stage settings and scenes

• irony

A monologue is different from dialogue in that a monologue is spoken by

• One character to other characters on stage

• One character to the audience

When a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she

• Directs their thoughts to other characters on stage

• Speaks from behind a curtain or somewhere off stage

• Describes an event that is related to but not a part of the dialogue

• Expresses private thoughts to the audience

An excellent example of a soliloquy would be

• When Romeo and Juliet speak for the first time

• When the Prince concludes the play with “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo”

• When Friar Lawrence is speaking to himself at the beginning of Act 2 about plants and herbs/vices and virtues

• the prologue of the play

A ________ is a famous speech a character in a play makes to give readers and viewers an idea of their inner thoughts.

• aside

• monologue

• soliloquy

• dialogue

In the balcony scene, Romeo says to the audience, “Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this.” This form of speech is

• a soliloquy

• An aside

• A monologue

• Dialogue

The line “Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books” includes an example of

• Simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• personification

a situation in which the audience knows something that a character

on stage does not know

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• pun

Romeo and Juliet are at times childish and impulsive. Their childishness and impulsivity that bring about their downfalls/deaths can be considered these.

• comic relief

• dramatic irony

• foils

• tragic flaws

Romeo believes Juliet is dead, but the audience knows that she is alive.

• imagery

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• personification