Romeo & Juliet Review

words spoken by a character but not heard by other characters on stage

• aside

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

conversation between characters

• aside

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

a lengthy speech by a character in the presence of others

• aside

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

a speech expressing the thoughts of a character ALONE on stage

• aside

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

a type of drama (play) in which the narratives ends with disaster for the protagonist

• comedy

• tragedy

• theater

• history

the protagonist's weakness in a tragedy

• couplet

• malapropism

• tragic flaw

• theme

the message of a work of literature

• couplet

• malapropism

• tragic flaw

• theme

a pair of rhyming lines

• couplet

• malapropism

• tragic flaw

• theme

who Romeo is in love with at the beginning of Act I

• Juliet

• Rosaline

• Lady Capulet

• the Princess of Verona

the year Shakespeare was born

• 1516

• 1564

• 1594

• 1616