Julie’s family name. | Capulet |
Town to which Romeo flees to avoid the death penalty. | Mantua |
The prince substituted this punishment for that of Romeo’s death, provided romeo was not caught in Verona; term for being exiled from one’s home country; a noun. | Banishment |
Prince of Verona | Prince Escalus |
Gold coin used by Romeo to buy the poison. | Ducat |
The evergreen shrub with clusters of small light-blue flowers; native to the Mediterranean area; traditional symbol of remembrance and constancy. The nurse tells Romeo that Juliet has a verse about him and this plant. | Rosemary |
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet ______, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow.” | sorrownnJuliet |
City in northeastern Italy; primary setting of the play. | Verona |
Main character who grows into manhood during the play; begins as the shallow stereotype of the lover but emerges capable of the deepest passion and prepared to die for his love. | Romeo |
Juliet’s confidante; old woman who has cared for Juliet since her birth. | Nurse |
Name for a drink, usually poison or medicine; Juliet takes such a drink provided by the friar, the night before her marriage arranged by her father is to take place. | Potion |
A young count and relative of the Prince; Capulet orders Juliet to marry him or to leave the household; Romeo is forced to kill him in the Capulet tomb. | Count Paris |
Romeo’s servant who brings him the news of Juliet’s (apparent) death. | Balthasar |
Name of friar who was unable to deliver Friar Laurence’s message to Romeo. | Friar John |
Juliet’s age | Two weeks shy of 14 |
“That which we call a _____ / by any other name would smell as sweet.” | RosennJuliet |
Queen of the fairies described at length by Mercutio | Queen Mab |
An insulting gesture: biting the _____; Sampson does this and begins the quarrel with the Capulet servants. | Thumb |
A mild oath used to express anger or surprise, an altered form of the oath “God’s wounds;” used by Mercutio. | zounds |
Songbird; bird that sings at the break of day; when Romeo is preparing to leave for exile, he and Juliet debate whether the bird they hear is this type or a nightingale. | Lark |
A close-fitting male’s jacket. | Doublet |
A formal fight between two persons armed with deadly weapons to defend one’s honor or to settle a dispute. | Duel |
Form of poetry used for the first meeting of romeo and Juliet, which begins, “If i profane with my unworthiest hand…;” conventional form of love poetry. | Sonnet |
“Nights candles are burnt out and _____ day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.” | jocundnnRomeo |
In Roman mythology the goddess of dawn; “But all too soon as the all cheering sun / should in the farthest East begin to dawn / The shady curtains from ______’s bed.” | Aurora |
Poetic word for “gladly; ready”: Juliet uses this word several times in her speech to Romeo upon discovering he has overheard her declaration of affection for him. | fain |
Trees symbolizing sorrow; a cone-bearing evergreen tree (of Europe and Asia) with dark green leaves and red berries, | yew |
A young girl Romeo believes he loves before he meets juliet | Rosaline |
Legendary Queen of Carthage who fell tragically in love with Aeneas, “____ a dowdy”; the great ladies of history are said to be inadequate by comparison to Romeo’s love. | Dido |
Word meaning prayers; used by Juliet when asking her nurse to leave her alone the night before she is to marry Paris. | Orisons |
Confidant of Romeo; friar who marries Romeo to Juliet | Friar Laurence |
Adjective used by the Chorus in the prologue to describe the ill-fated Romeo and Juliet. | star-crossed |
Central theme of Romeo an Juliet | Love |
Romeo’s Family name | Montague |
Nephew of Lord Montague; Romeo’s friend; attempts to stop a renewal of the feud. | Benvolio |
Derogatory name Mercutio uses for Tybalt; “King of ____.” | Cats |
A bitter prolonged quarrel between families | feud |
Servants of the Capulets | Sampson and Gregory |
Type of pet that Juliet wishes she could make of romeo and thus keep him near her | a bird |
Romeo’s best friend and relative of the Prince; engages in a duel when romeo fails to respond to insults; killed in this duel and avenged by romeo. | Mercutio |
Plant roots popular for a sleeping potion; thought to resemble a human’s shape and were said to shriek when pulled up. | Mandrake |
Tragic heroine of the play; the events of the play change her from a child into a mature woman. | Juliet |
A form of address used for a man indication familiarity and contempt; frequently used by Elizabethans. | sirran |
A person who makes and sells drug preparations; Romeo obtained his vial of poison from such a person. | Apothecary |
Latin phrase meaning “they exit” | exeunt |
“…never was a story of more ____ / than Juliet and her Romeo.” | woe |
When Lord Capulet discovers Juliet in her death-like sleep he states Paris will not be her groom because Juliet has married _____ | death |
Word meaning “dawn-song.” Term for traditional form used in the parting dialogue between Romeo and Juliet. | aubade |
Number of days that elapse during the play | Four |
In mythology, the child of Hyperion; the sun god; term for any one of the race of giant dieties over-thrown by the Olympian gods; “_____’s diet wheels” (II, 3) refers to passage of time | Titan |
Romeo and Juliet Crossword
August 3, 2019