Drama Terms Romeo & Juliet 2014-2015

Dramatic Terms: Let’s Review! Tragedy: A narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of the main characters. The play is broken up into acts and the acts are broken up into scenes. Monologue: A long uninterrupted speech given by one character onstage to everyone. Soliloquy: A long uninterrupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters. Aside: A short speech given by one character, traditionally the other characters cannot hear.

Drama Terms: Let’s add to what we know! Pun: A humorous play on words After that poisonous snake struck at me in the Arizona Desert I was really rattled. A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor. A carpenter must have been here. I saw dust. Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery. Corduroy pillows are making headlines. The executioner decided to drop out of Executioner School. It was just too cut throat for him. He who farts in church sits in his own pew.

Drama Terms: Let’s add to what we know! Dramatic Foil: A pair of characters who are opposite in many ways and highlight or exaggerate each other’s differences.

Shakespeare’s 5 Part Storytelling Pattern Act III: Crisis & Turning point A series of complications Act IV: Falling Action Results of the turning point; characters are locked into a deeper disaster Act II: Rising Action A series of complications; conflict emerges Act V: Climax/Resolution/Denoument Death of the main characters & loose parts of the plot of tied up Act I: Exposition Establishes setting, characters, background

RJ: The Montagues Lord Montague (Romeo’s Dad) Lady Montague (Romeo’s Mom) Romeo Montague Mercutio B.F.F./Bro Balthasar & Abraham Servants Benvolio Nephew/Cousin Friar Laurence, Priest of Family

RJ: The Capulets Lord Capulet (Juliet’s Dad) Lady Capulet (Juliet’s Mom) Juliet Capulet Nurse Juliet’s other mom Tybalt Nephew/Cousin Peter, Sampson, & Gregrory Servants of the House of Capulet

Discussion Questions Please include textual evidence to support your ideas. What are the characters, Sampson & Gregory like? How would you describe Benvolio? What does he try to do during the fight? How is Tybalt described? What is he like as a character? What are the main points of the Prince’s speech? What is wrong with Romeo? What are his symptoms? How are his father and Benvolio trying to understand him? What are the contradictory terms (opposite) Romeo uses to describe love in lines 175-179? What advice does Benvolio give Romeo in order to rid himself of these obsessive feelings?

RJ Act I Scene I: Homework On a sheet of paper that you WILL hand in tomorrow at the beginning of the hour: Tell me what Romeo’s definition of love is in lines 187-191? Translate them into modern English to make sense.