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Romeo: It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops:…

Why is Friar Lawrence reluctant to marry Paris to Juliet? She is married to Romeo already How does Paris explain the sudden haste of the marriage plans? His father-in-law tells him what to do, and that the haste is to…

How does Paris think Juliet feels about him? He thinks she loves him What does Juliet ask of Friar Laurence? She asked Friar Laurence for a way out of marrying Paris What does Juliet say she will do if she…

William Shakespeare was born in what year William Shakespeare was born in 1564 What date do we recognize as his birthday April 23 What was important about Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century An important agriculture center and market town. Find…

Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: O brother Montague! give me thy hand:This is my daughter’s jointure, for no moreCan I demand.Montague: But I can give thee more; For I will raise her statue…

League a unit distance equal to 3.0 statue miles Victuals food supplies, provisions Betwixt in the middle, between Squarer swashbuckler, one who delights in fighting Pestilence a deadly or virulent epidemic disease Turncoat person who changes to an opposing idea…

I pray you, is Signor Mountanto returned from the wars or no? Beatrice God help the noble Claudio! If he have caught the Benedick, it will cost him a thousand pound ere ‘a be cured. Beatrice Good Signor Leonato, are…

Beatrice Leonato’s niece and Hero’s cousin. Beatrice is “a pleasant-spirited lady” with a very sharp tongue. She is generous and loving, but, like Benedick, continually mocks other people with elaborately tooled jokes and puns. She wages a war of wits…

What does Leonato do to welcome the soldiers home? He throws a masquerade party Who does Don Pedro woo on Claudio’s behalf? Hero What is the first example of deception in the play? When Don John says that Don Pedro…

Don Pedro decides to cause trouble because its his nature to do so At the Masquerade Ball, Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro intends to woo Hero for himself. Benedick thinks Beatrice is in love with him because he…