Literary Terms Review 2

•Epithet

Literary Terms Review 2 -Epithet

A descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something

star-crossed lovers = Romeo & Juliet weaker vessels = women

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•Metaphor

Literary Terms Review 2 - Metaphor

• Comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them; using the words is or was

But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. (II.ii.2-3)

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•Protagonist

Literary Terms Review 2 - Protagonist

• The main character in a play or story

Romeo is one protagonist.

Literary Terms Review 2 - Situational Irony

•Situational Irony

Literary Terms Review 2 – Sit Irony

• A contrast between what is expected and what really happens

Romeo and Juliet do spend eternity together. It's just not the way the audience hoped.

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•Soliloquy

Literary Terms Review 2 -Soliloquy

• A speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud

Romeo starts his famous soliloquy about Juliet with the words, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks”  (II.ii.2)

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Symbol

Literary Terms Review 2 - Symbol• Any object, person, place or action

that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself--such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value.

symbols of nature in Romeo and Juliet featuring: flowers, stars, light and darkness, and birds.

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•Theme

Literary Terms Review 2 - Theme

• The central idea of a work of literature

One theme of Romeo and Juliet might be that “haste makes waste.” In other words, hurrying too much often leads to problems.

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•Verbal Irony

Literary Terms Review 2 – Verbal Irony

• A contrast between what is said and what is meant

The prologue: “Two households, both alike in dignity.”