Characters from Romeo and Juliet Crossword Puzzle

Crossword Grid


ACROSS

1. "He came with flowers to strew his lady's grave; / and bid me stand aloof..."
7. "I am hurt. / A plague a both houses! I am sped."
9. "O me, O me! My child, my only life! / Revive, look up, or I will die with thee!"
13. "O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch."
14. "A glooming peace this morning with it brings. / The sun for sorrow will not show his head."
19. "I saw no man use you at his pleasure. If I had, my weapon should quickly have been out..."
20. "Sleep dwell upon thy eyes, peace in thy breast! / Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!"
22. "I could not send it--here it is again-- / Nor messenger to bring it thee, / So fearful were they of infection."
23. "My master knows not but I am gone hence, / And fearfully did menace me with death / If I did stay to look on his intents."
24. "Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, / And young affection gapes to be his heir..."

 

 

DOWN

2. "Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!"
3. "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"
4. "Hold thy desperate hand. / Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art; / Thy tears are womanish..."
5. "I strike quickly, being moved."
6. "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say goodnight till it be morrow."
8. "Romeo, the love I bare thee can afford / No better term than this: thou art a villain."
10. "My poverty but not my will consents."
11. "Most detestable Death, by thee beguiled, / By cruel, cruel thee quite overthrown."
12. "There's no trust, / No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, / All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers."
15. "Up, sir, go with me. / I charge thee in the prince's name obey."
16. "Marry, sir, because silver hath a sweet sound." and "I say 'silver sound' because musicians sound for silver."
17. "The quarrel is between our masters and us their men."
18. "Alas that love, so gentle in his view, / Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!"
21. "...I will raise her statue in pure gold..."

Activities:

1. Complete the crossword above using the names of the speakers for each of the quotations or by finding the appropriate word to fill the blank in the clue.
2. For five quotations, identify the context of the quotations and explain what they reveal about the characters who are speaking.
3. Find two quotations by noble characters and two quotations by commoners and contrast the language used by the speakers.


The following versions of Romeo and Juliet are available from Amazon.com:

Romeo and Juliet: Original text and facing-pages translation into contemporary English by William Shakespeare and Jonnie Patricia Mobley Textbook - 265 pages Revised edition (May 28, 1999)

Understanding Romeo and Juliet: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (Greenwood Press 'Literature in Context' Series) by Alan Hager (Editor) Hard Cover (November 1999)

Readings on Romeo and Juliet (The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to British Literature) by Don Nardo (Editor) Library Binding -190 pages (September 1997)

Romeo and Juliet (1968) NTSC format video (US and Canada only) Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC.Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, et al. Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Romeo & Juliet (1994) NTSC format video (US and Canada only) Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC. Director: Alan Horrox

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) NTSC format video (US and Canada only) Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC.Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, et al. Director: Baz Luhrmann

West Side Story (1961) NTSC format video (US and Canada only) Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC.Starring: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, et al. Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins

Romeo and Juliet West Side Storyby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Norris Houghton (Editor) (September 1, 1965).

Romeo & Juliet/Cassettes (BBC Radio Presents) Audio Cassette (February 1994)

The Chortling Bard: Caught'ya Grammar with a Giggle for High Schools by Jane Bell Kiester Paperback - 225 pages - an enjoyable approach to teaching grammar based, in part, on the play.


ANSWER KEY

ACROSS

1 BOY
7 MERCUTIO
9 LADYCAPULET
13 PAGE
14 ESCALUS
19 PETER
20 ROMEO
22 JOHN
23 BALTHASAR
24 CHORUS

DOWN

2 OFFICER
3 ABRAM
4 FRIARLAWRENCE
5 SAMPSON
6 JULIET
8 TYBALT
10 APOTHECARY
11 PARIS
12 NURSE
15 CITIZEN
16 MUSICIANS
17 GREGORY
18 BENVOLIO
21 MONTAGUE
17 VIOLA


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