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ROMEO AND JULIET –

 Identify

·         Benvolio- Montague's nephew, Romeo's cousin and Romeo’s friend. 

·         Tybalt -A Capulet, Juliet's cousin on her mother's side. He hates Montague’s. Is violent and really quick to pull out his sword. Was killed by Romeo after having stabbed Mercutio.

·         Capulet- Juliet’s rather , husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy of Montague.  Sets up his Juliet with Paris and is disgusted when she refuses. Is short tempered.

·         Paris- A kinsman of the Prince, and is promised Juliet by Capulet.

·         Prince Escalus- The Prince of Verona. Related to Mercutio and Paris. Very peaceful.

·         Mercutio- A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo's close friend. It is argues whether or not he is in love with Romeo but he without a doubt cares a lot about him. He had many emotions and can seem quite Bi-polar. Was killed by Tybalt when Romeo distracted him during a sword fight.

·         Juliet- The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. She is a 13 –year old girl.  Is promised to Paris by her father but has fallen in love with the son of her family’s enemy, Romeo. Faked her death in order to be with Romeo, in which case she actually did end up dead. She stabbed herself in the chest with Romeos dagger.

·         Nurse- Juliet's nurse, she was the one her took care of Juliet as a child. She is very loud, and nosy. She doesn’t know when to stop talking and takes interest in Juliet’s personal life.

·         Friar Lawrence- A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet.  Illegally Marries Romeo and Juliet. He also gives Juliet the potion that she used to fake her death. Probably the most important person the play.

·         Rosaline- Rich beautiful girl who Romeo is in obsessed with before Juliet comes along.

·         Romeo- The son of Montague and Lady Montague. Is in love with Juliet. He killed Benvolio after being the distraction that leads to Mercutios death. He is banished from the city but soon comes back for Juliet. After finding Juliet “dead” he drinks a potion which kills him.

Vocabulary-

·         Curfew-  stay somewhere or be somewhere by a certain time

·         Dirge-  A funeral song

·         Inundation-  a massive amount of things brought on one person, an overwhelming feeling

·         Prostrate- lie facing down

·         Shroud-  clothes in which a dead body is wrapped in before burial

·         Subtle-  not obvious

·         Abhor-  to disapprove, or reject.

·         Adversity-  hardship or suffering

·         Agile-  able to move quickly with skill and control

·         Childe-  a young person of noble birth

·         Herald- someone who brings the important news

·         Valor- courage in war or battle

·         Aloof-  distant, uninvolved or not willing to become involved

·         Inauspicious-  promising failure or bad luck

·         Infirm-  not physically or emotionally strong

·         Rigor- harshness

·         Sunder- to separate into two pieces

·         Unsavory-  not pleasant or agreeable

Oedipus-

·         Sophocles- the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians. Was said to have written more than 120 works but only 7 have survived.

·         Aristotle- was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many different subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.

·         Thebes- city of ancient Greece, where Oedipus encountered Sphinx

·         Corinth- city of ancient Greece were Oedipus was taken by the Shepherd and adopted by the king

·         Delphi- City where Oedipus visits the oracle to find out who his real parents are

·         Chorus- the people of Thebes

·         Oracle- man of wisdom who told Oedipus he would kill his father

·         Unities- the unity of action, time and place,

·         Hubris-  pride which destroyed Oedipus and his family

·         Catharsis- Greek word for “purification”

·         Skene- background which connected the backdrop to the stage

·         Parados-  entrance song

·         Thymele- platform next to the orchestra

·         Theatron-where the audience sat to watch the play

·         Orchestra- ensemble of musical instruments

Writing-

·         Thesis- the subject of the essay

·         Introduction-  the first paragraph in an essay which introduces the subject

·         Body paragraph- the paragraph where all the details are put. Most of the information supporting the thesis is put in the body paragraph.

·         Conclusion- the closing, all your end details are put in. the formal ending paragraph.

·         Concrete detail- a fact,  something that can be proven( not an opinion)

·         Commentary- an opinion supporting the concrete detail

·         Chunk- 2 concrete details and 2 commentary for each

·         Topic sentence-  a sentence that introduces the main idea of the paragraph

·         Concluding sentence- summarizes the information that had been presented. Closing.

Grammer-

·         Noun- person place or thing

·         Pronoun-  a word that substitutes a noun

·         Verb- action. Something that is able to be done

·         Adjective- word describing a noun

·         Adverb- modifies a verb or adjective