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Shakespearean sonnet a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g Also called Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet iambic pentameter a…

” heavy lightness” oxymoron “The gray-ey’d morn smiles on the frowning night.” personification “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.” personification “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lover’s eyes,…

who starts the fight between the capulets and the montagues Sampson capulets (gregory and sampson) What gesture is made to start the first fight of the story in act 1 between the capulets and the montagues biting of the thumb…

Baleful Synoym Menacing; sinister, destructive Baleful Antonym Benevolent; harmless; good Wanton Synonym Filthy; vulgar; crude Wanton Antonym Moral; pure; chaste Virtuous Synonym Righteous; good; pure Virtuous Antonym Dishonorable; bad; immoral Forsake Synonym Abandon, desert, leave Forsake Antonym Reclaim Air Synonym…

Part 1 But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,Who is already sick and pale with grief Part 2 That thou her maid art far…

Romeo, come forth. Come forth, thou fearful man.Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,And thou art wedded to calamity. FRIAR LAWRENCE Father, what news? What is the Prince’s doom?What sorrow craves acquaintance at my handThat I yet know not? ROMEO A…

Abraham Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Prince If you ever disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace Capulet My child is yet a stranger in the world;She hath not seen the…

prologue (n) introduction; preface; an introductory chapter at the beginning of a book or play Prologue synonoum Introduction prologue antonym Epilogue premonition (n) intuitive anticipation of a coming event premonition synonym Foreboding Premonition antonyms Truth knowledge fray (n) A fight…

“What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the wordAs I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.” Tybalt “You men, you beasts,That quench the fire of your pernicious rageWith purple fountains issuing from your vein” Prince Escalus ]”If ever you…

Chorus an on-stage commentator on the events of the play (usually a single person) Prince Escalus the Prince and leader of Verona, who is concerned primarily with keeping order in the city Paris a kinsman of Prince Escalus who wants…