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Personification
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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea
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Plot
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The sequence of events in a story. Tells what happens, when and to whom.
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What are the 6 types of Figurative Language?
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Metaphor
Alliteration Personification Simile Hyperbole Oxymoron MAPS HO |
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Conflict
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A struggle within a character, or between a character an an outside force.
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figurative language
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Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary meanings of words.
Examples: simile and metaphor |
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simile
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the words
LIKE or AS |
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irony
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A contrast between appearance and reality, usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things. Metaphors DO NOT use like or as.
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alliteration
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The repition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words:
Ex. "not half so happy in heaven." |
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suspense
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The tension that the readers feel as they become involved in a story and eager to know the outcome.
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Characterization
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The methods a writer uses to develop characters, such as describing appearance, thoughts or actions.
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2 types of characterization
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Static (characters don't change)
Dynamic (They do change) |
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The tension that readers feel as they become involved in a story and eager to know the outcome
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Suspense
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The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants in a group of words
(Ex: safe and sound, a dime a dozen, better and better, brown as a berry) |
alliteration
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary word, or work
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allusion
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A dramatic device in which a character speaks thoughts aloud, in words meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters
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aside
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A humorous scene, incident or speech in a serious drama that provides a change of emotional intensity; allows the audienc to prepare emotionally for events to come
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comic relief
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a rhymed pair of lines in a verse
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couplet
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a story written to be performed by actors
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drama
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A character who provides a striking contrast to another character, thus calling attention to certain traits possessed by a main character
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foil
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Each line of verse has 5 pairs of syllables, with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable:
(Ex: "But soft! What light through yon - der win - dow breaks?" |
Iambic Pentameter
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A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality, usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.
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Irony
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What are the 3 types of irony?
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Situational
Dramatic Verbal |
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Contrast between what a character or the reader expects and what actually exists or occurs
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Situational Irony
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The reader knows something that a character does not know
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Dramatic Irony
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Someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing but means another
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Verbal Irony
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A comparison between 2 unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them.
(Ex. "Life is a bowl of cherries." and "Morning is a new sheet of paper for us to write on." |
Metaphor
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The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader
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Mood
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Two contradictory terms used together.
(Ex. Jumbo shrimp Pretty ugly Sweet sorrow) |
Oxymoron
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A statement that seems contradictory but that actually may be true
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Paradox
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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object.
(Ex. "The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night.") |
Personification
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A joke that comes from a play on words, making use of multiple meanings of a word or of a word's rhyme
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Pun
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the word
LIKE or AS |
simile
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A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud.
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soliloquy
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A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. May be Petrarchan or Shakesperean (Elizabethan)
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sonnet
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The main idea in a word of literature, a perception about life or human nature that the writer share with the reader (not the same thing as a moral).
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Theme
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A dramatic wrok that presents the downfall of a dignified character involved in historically significant events. The events are often set in motion by a decision that's an error in judgement.
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Tragedy
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A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot
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Foreshadowing
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The main idea in a work of literature
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Theme
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Descriptive words that appeal to one or more of the five senses
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Imagery
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The excitement readers feel as they become involved in a story
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Suspense
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Written conversation between two or more characters in either fiction or nonfiction
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Dialogue
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The methods a writer uses to develop characters
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Characterization
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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject
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Tone
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The sequence of events in a story
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Plot
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The central character or hero
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Protagonist
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The character who opposes the protagonist
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Antagonist
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When a character on stage thinks aloud
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Soliloquy
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Prose writing that deals with real people, places and events
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Nonfiction
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The main idea in a work of literature.
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Theme
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What are the 5 parts of a plot?
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Exposition
Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution |
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What are the # categories of conflict?
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Two
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A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.
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Fiction
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A category or type of literature based on its content and style.
(Ex: mystery, sci fi, fantasy, horror) |
Genre
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An obvious and unrealistic exaggeration used as a figure of speech
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Hyperbole
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A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in a language
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Synonym
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A word of opposite meaning
(Ex. "hot" and "cold") |
Antonym
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The introductory scene, speech, or part of a play.
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Prologue
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter
(unstressed followed by stressed.) Ex. "My king.." |
Blank verse
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"If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed."
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Juliet
Meaning: I'd rather die than find out he's dead. Type of figurative language: simile |
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"My only love sprung from my only hate."
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Juliet
Meaning: The one she loves is the son of the family she hates. Type of fig. language: Personification (hate springing forth a love) |
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"Good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow."
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Juliet
Meaning: Sweet, but sad Type of fig. language: Oxymoron (opposites) such sweet sorrow |
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"Tis thy name that is my enemy."
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Juliet
Meaning: Said to Romeo about his family's name Type of fig. language: Personification (name as an enemy) |
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"For I ne'er saw true beauty til this night."
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Romeo
Meaning: He's describing Juliet's beauty. Type of figurative language: _________________ |
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"If you ever disturb out streets again/Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
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Prince
Meaning: Speaking to Montague and Capulet, trying to stop them from fighting. Type of figurative language: ___________________ |
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"Compare her face with some that I shall show/And I will make thee think thy swan a crow."
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Speaker: Benvolio
Meaning: Compare Rosalin's face w/some I'll show you. The one you love so much will look ugly in comparison. Type of language: |
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"What's in a name? That which is called a rose/By any other name would smell so sweet."
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Speaker: Juliet (to Romeo)
Meaning: What matters is what something is, not what it's called. His last name doesn't matter. Type of language: |
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"Young men's love then lies,/Not only in their hearts but in their eyes."
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Speaker: Friar Laurence (to Romeo)
Meaning: You must love with your eyes, not your heart, since you've given up so soon on Rosaline, whom you loved so much. Type of language: Alliteration |
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"This precious book of love, this unbound lover,/To beautify him, only lacks a cover."
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Speaker: Lady Capulet
Meaning: This man is single and only lacks a bride to make him complete. Type of language: metaphor |
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"Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty/She'll, swear, hath corns."
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Speaker: Capulet
Meaning: Whichever of you doesn't want to dance, I'll swear, hath corns. Type of language: Alliteration |
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"A plague on both your houses."
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Speaker: Mercutio
Meaning:A curse on both sides of the argument. Was talking about the Capulet's and Montague families. He says this 3 times before dying. Type of language: Hyperbole |
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"These violent delights have violent ends, and/in their triumph die, like fire and powder/which as they kiss consume."
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Speaker: Friar Laurence
Meaning: These sudden joys have sudden endings. They burn like fire and gunpowder and when they meet, like a kiss, they explode. Type of language: simile |
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"Here's to my love! O true apothecary! They drugs are quick./Thus with a kiss I die."
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Speaker: Romeo
Meaning: Oh, that pharmacist, he was honest; the poison works quickly. So I die with a kiss. Type of language: |
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"There never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
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Speaker: Prince
Meaning: Their story of their love so unfortunate Type of language: Hyperbole |
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"Happily met, my lady and my wife."
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Speaker: Paris (to Juliet)
Meaning: I'm happy to meet you, my lady and my wife. Type of language: |
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"So long as Verona is called Verona,/There'll be no other figure valued/Like that of the true and faithful Juliet."
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Speaker: Montague
Meaning: Juliet is precious and will be remembered. Type of language: simile |
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"And for that offense we do exile him hence."
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Speaker: Prince
Meaning: Romeo is exiled for killing Tybalt. Type of language: Alliteration |
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"I dreamed that my lady came and found me dead."
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Speaker: Romeo
Meaning: I dreamed Juliet found me dead. (but happy because she kissed him back to life.) Foreshadowing Type of language: none |
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Son of the Montagues;
The male protagonist |
Romeo
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Daughter of the Capulets;
The female protagonist |
Juliet
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Patriarch of the house of Capulet
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Lord Capulet
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Patriarch of the house of Montague
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Lord Montague
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Matriarch of the house of Capulet; Wife of Capulet; wishes Juliet to marry Paris.
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Lady Capulet
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Matriarch of the house of Montague; Wife of Montague
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Lady Montague
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Juliet's personal attendant and confidante.
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The Nurse
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Cousin and friend of Romeo.
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Benvolio
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Cousin of Juliet, nephew of Lord Capulet; Ready to fight the Montagues
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Tybalt
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Montague servant
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Abraham
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Capulet servant
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Sampson
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Servants of Capulet
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Gregory and Sampson
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Romeo briefly falls in love with her before meeting Juliet. She is unseen in the play.
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Rosaline
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Queen Mab
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A Franciscan friar and Romeo's confidant; The priest who marries Romeo and Juliet
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Friar Laurence
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Friend of Romeo. Knows the stupidity of the families' feud. Knows love can lead to tragedy.
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Mercutio
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Wants to marry Juliet.
Romeo slays him in the end. |
Paris
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What are the 2 categories of conflict?
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Internal and external
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