1. Romeo and Juliet – Act II

2. Soliloquy A dramatic device in which a character, alone on a stage, (or while under the impression of being alone) reveals his/her own private thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud. A soliloquy gives information that the character would not reveal to other characters in the play

3. Soliloquy Find your own example from Act II

4. Soliloquy ACT II Scene 2: When Romeo jumps over the orchard wall and see Juliet on the balcony, but she does not see him. ROMEO: He jests at scars that never felt a wound. JULIET appears in a window above But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.

5. Aside A character’s comment that is directed to the audience or another character, but is not heard by any of the other characters. An aside is like the actor is whispering a secret in the audience’s ear.

6. Aside Find your own example from Act II

7. Aside JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. 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?

8. Allusion A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, or art, or from history

9. Allusion Find your own example from ACT II

10. Allusion MERCUTIO Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in. Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench— marry, she had a better love to berhyme her—Dido a dowdy, Cleopatra a gypsy, Helen and Hero hildings and harlots, Thisbe a grey eye or so, but not to the purpose.— Signior Romeo, bonjour! There’s a French salutation to your French slop. You gave us the counterfeit fairly last night.

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