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Presage n. something that foreshadows a future event, foreknowledge of the future; v. to predict to foreshadowAct I, scene i (v.) “If I may trust the flattering truth of sleepMy dreams presage some joyful news at hand.” Penury n. extreme…

Romeo The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. Though impulsive and immature, his idealism and passion make him an extremely likable character. He lives in the…

Sonnet Both prologues of Romeo and Juliet and the first dialogue of the lovers. Foreshadowing I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall,/ Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall. Synecdoche Now these days is the mad blood stirring.All hands on…

act 3 Mercutio p. 633 lines 37-38And but one word with one of us! Couple it with something; make it a word and a blow.Mercutio taunts Tybalt. He tries to engage him in a fight. act 3Mercutio p. 633 line…

the play Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy the feuding familes Montagues and Capulets How Juliet feels about getting married She would like the man to first win her heart Juliet’s age 13 not yet 14 Romeo and…

That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet. Juliet to herselfTalking about Romeo being a montagueA rose would be just as sweet if it had any other name O, swear not by the moon/…

“pronounce but ‘love’ and ‘dove’” Act 2 scene 1: Mercutio mocks Romeo’s lovesick language. “O brawling love, O loving hate””feather of lead” act 1 scene 1two termsDisplay Romeo’s conflicting love and misery as a petrarchan lover. “How stands your disposition…

The fight between the families specifically, Tybalt and Mercutio fighting and then Tybalt and Romeo fighting. In the opening of Act III, Benvolio says, “these days are hot, and the mad blood stirring.” What could this forshadow? Tybalt stabs him…

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Romeo (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 44-45) O Romeo, Romeo,wherefore art thou Romeo? Juliet (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 74-75) O, then I see…

banishment exile, throw out suitor a man who courts a woman avenging seeking revenge sworn something officially promised as the truth feud a bitter quarrel between two parties nightingale European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song friar a male…