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abhor regard with disgust or hatred; verb alacrity cheerful readiness;eagerness-noun amend … apprehend … balmy … beguile … bereft … chide … citadel … commencement … consecrate … delude … descry … dire … discern … discord … divine ……

A.C Bradley – “His fall produces a sense of contrast…” “of the powerlessness of man, of the omnipotence… of Fortune or Fate, which no… private life can possibly rival” A.C. Bradley- “It is, in fact, essentially…” “A tale of suffering…

Lynda E. Boose on masculinity in Othello “male heroism, male power, male conquest” Lynda E. Boose on Desdemona “[Desdemona] falls in love with romance itself” Lynda E. Boose on the audience and Othello “the audience has been led into the…

What is Iago’s complaint in Scene I? In other words, why does Iago hate Othello? Iago is complaining that he did not get the promotion he wanted, and instead he gave it to Cassio. Who is Brabantio, and why do…

Bobb’d (Definition) stole Bobb’d (Sentence) The criminals just ______________ the crowned jewels. Fordoes (Definition) dooms Fordoes (Sentence) How did you plunge to your _________________? Hies (Definition) hurries away Hies (Sentence) While having the crowned jewels the criminal ________________. Quat (Definition)…

Words to Know •effect•mood•pun•solilquy The Play So Far •There is a fight in the street between the Capulets and the Montagues.•Paris asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage, but her father says she too young.•With Mercutio’s help, Romeo and Benvolio attend…

… … misadventure unlucky accident; mishap penury extreme poverty haughty proud; arrogant; self-important: conceited inauspicious unfavorable; unlucky discern recognize; identify devise workout or create; plan; invent When and where does scene 1 take place? Thursday afternoon in a street in…

setting Verona, Italy two families Capulet and Montagueboth noble Prologue/Introduction explains that the two family’s only children will fall in love and die, and that only their deaths will be able to end the feud What family is Romeo from…

“Then she is well, and nothing can be ill. Her body sleeps in Capels’ monument, And her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault And presently took post to tell it you. O,…

Does Act II start with a prologue? why? A prologue helps the audience to know what is going on. There was a ball and people falling in love! The prologue reminds us of the danger that the young couple is…