Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms Foreshadowing A technique

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Romeo and Juliet … Literary Terms

Romeo and Juliet … Literary Terms

Foreshadowing A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen

Foreshadowing A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story. Juliet – “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun. ” (Act III Sc.

Metaphor A comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”… For example: “It is the

Metaphor A comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”… For example: “It is the East and Juliet is the Simile sun. ” A comparison using “like” or “as”. For example: “ Her eyes are as blue as the ocean”.

Aside Character’s quiet remark to the audience or another character that no one else

Aside Character’s quiet remark to the audience or another character that no one else on stage is supposed to hear. During the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, there is an aside. (Act I) Juliet: Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet. Romeo [Aside. ]: Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? Juliet: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

Paradox A seeming contradiction. For example: Juliet – “O serpent heart, hid with a

Paradox A seeming contradiction. For example: Juliet – “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!” (Act III Sc. 2) “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. ”

Pun Play on words with double meanings When is a doctor most annoyed? When

Pun Play on words with double meanings When is a doctor most annoyed? When he runs out of patients. Mercutio – “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. ” Romeo – “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…” (Act I Sc. 4)

Soliloquy Long speech where a character speaks aloud Others CAN hear them!! Juliet’s balcony

Soliloquy Long speech where a character speaks aloud Others CAN hear them!! Juliet’s balcony scene

Monologue A long speech by a character in a play or a story. Dialogue

Monologue A long speech by a character in a play or a story. Dialogue The conversation between two characters in a novel, drama etc.

Meter The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem.

Meter The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem. Each pattern is called a “foot”. 1 pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called monometer. “Fleas” Adam Had’em

Iambic Pentameter Line of poetry made up of 5 unstressed beats and 5 stressed

Iambic Pentameter Line of poetry made up of 5 unstressed beats and 5 stressed beats or 5 feet. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. ”

Blank Verse UNRHYMED iambic pentameter. Used in all of Shakespeare’s plays. “Hence! Home, you

Blank Verse UNRHYMED iambic pentameter. Used in all of Shakespeare’s plays. “Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home! (5 feet of iambs) Is this a holiday? What, know you not, (5) Being mechanical, you ought not walk (5) Upon a laboring day without the sign (5) Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou? ” (5)

Couplet Two lines that rhyme “Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say

Couplet Two lines that rhyme “Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow. ” Heroic Couplet A stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. (All of Shakespeare’s Sonnets end in these)

Allusions An allusion is a reference to a well known work of art, music,

Allusions An allusion is a reference to a well known work of art, music, literature, or history. “At lovers’ perjuries, they say Jove laughs. ” (Act II, Sc. 2) Jove is another name for Jupiter, the Roman King of the Gods.

Oxymoron An oxymoron consists of two contradictory words occurring one after the other. For

Oxymoron An oxymoron consists of two contradictory words occurring one after the other. For Example: “Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow. ”(Act II sc ii) Beautiful tyrant (Act III scii) Honourable villain (Act III scii)

Tragic Hero Qualities of a Tragic Hero: • Possesses high importance or rank •

Tragic Hero Qualities of a Tragic Hero: • Possesses high importance or rank • Exhibits extraordinary talents • Displays a tragic flaw—an error in judgment or defect in character—that leads to downfall • Faces downfall with courage and dignity