ELA B9 - R&J Narrative Elements Review

The moral lesson that rushed decisions always lead to pain

• Theme

• Dramatic Irony

• Suspense

• Setting

The audience knowing Juliet is not dead, but the characters in the play not knowing

• Internal conflict

• Protagonist

• Dramatic Irony

• Tragic Flaw

The feeling of anxiety felt by the reader when waiting for the Friar’s letter to reach Romeo

• Suspense

• Person vs. Society Conflict

• Person vs. Person Conflict

• Tragic Flaw

Romeo being banished from Verona

• Tragic Ending

• Theme

• Person vs. Society Conflict

• Internal Conflict

The city of Verona

• Setting

• Person vs. Person Conflict

• Dramatic Irony

• Tragic Flaw

Tybalt starting a physical altercation with the Montagues

• Person vs. Person Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Dramatic Irony

• Theme

Romeo and Juliet’s deal being caused by their impulsiveness

• Tragic Flaw

• Tragic Ending

• Dramatic Irony

• Setting

The character Romeo Montague

• Protagonist

• Dramatic Irony

• Tragic Ending

• Internal Conflict

Several characters being dead at the end of the play, but a sense of hope prevails

• Tragic Ending

• Tragic Flaw

• Person vs. Person Conflict

• Internal Conflict

Romeo struggling with feelings of sadness at his banishment

• Internal Conflict

• Person vs. Person Conflict

• Dramatic Irony

• Suspense