Puzzled with Shakespeare

Name:___________________
Date: ___________________
Class: ___________________

Direction: Read and identify the character and vocabulary terms to

complete the crossword puzzle.

Across
2. a priest, secretly marries Romeo and Juliet, gives
Juliet the potion.
5. a sequence of events in fictional literature.
9. part of the plot where the major conflict is resolved.
10. a character who works against the main character
and contributes to the conflict.
13. head of the Capulet family, father to Juliet.
14. Juliet's mother
17. Romeo's close friend, and gets killed by Tybalt.
18. part in the plot where the conflicts take place
leading up to the turning point.
19. kinsman of the Prince, suitor of Juliet.
20. Juliet's caretaker since birth.

Down
1. at the beginning of the play; identifies the time, place, and main characters.
3. is a person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
4. the son and heir of Montague, the protagonist of the tragedy.
5. the main character who develops throughout the story due to the conflict.
6. the most intense moment "the turning point" of the play.
7. a struggle a character has from within.
8. concerned about maintaining the public peace.
11. Juliet's cousin dies by Romeo.
12. a struggle a character has with another character, an animal, nature, or society.
15. part in the plot where the conflicts take place leading up to the turning point.
16. the daughter of Capulet.
17. Romeo's father.
21. time and place where the events occur in the story.