The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet Flashcards
(17 cards)
In what way does an aside differ from regular dialogue?
It creates a direct connection with the audience while other characters
remain unaware
Where is a prologue typically located in a dramatic work?
At the beginning of an act
Which statement best describes how dialogue reveals character
relationships?
Through the way characters interact and speak to each other
What is the primary purpose of a foil character in literature?
To highlight specific traits of another character through contrast
What is the main contradiction explored in this excerpt?
Romeo
That love’s supposed to be blind,
But it can still make you do whatever it wants!—
Where shall we dine?—O me!—What battle was here?
Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all before.
Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love:—
Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O love that comes from nothing!
The contrast between love and hate
How does a prologue contribute to the audience’s experience?
It establishes the tone and mood
In a heroic couplet, how many syllables are typically in each line?
Ten syllables
When would a character most likely use an aside?
To share their true feelings about another character’s actions
Aurora’s room is a reference to___?
Many a morning he has been there,
With tears adding to the fresh morning’s dew,
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs:
But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
Should in the farthest east begin to rise
The shady curtains from Aurora’s room,
Steals the light from my sad and lonely son,
In the private of his chamber he locks himself;
Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out
And makes himself an artificial night:
The dawn or sunrise
What is the rhyme scheme of a heroic couplet?
AA
What is the primary characteristic of chiasmus?
Two pairs arranged in a parallel inverse structure
What is the primary effect of dramatic irony on the audience?
It creates tension and anticipation
The metaphor “purple fountains issuing from your veins” represents:
Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—
Will they not hear?—What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins,—
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper’d weapons to the ground
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.—
Bloodshed from fighting
What is the primary function of a prologue?
To provide important background information
Which literary device is most prominently used in “O brawling love! O loving
hate!”?
Oxymoron
How many quatrains are found in a Shakespearean sonnet?
3 quatrains
What is a paradox in literature?
A statement that appears contradictory but reveals a truth
