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Servant of the Cupulets; he and Gregory inadvertently renew the feud. Sampson In Roman mythology she is the goddess of dawn “But all so soon as the all-cheering sun / Should in the farthest East begin to draw / the…

“Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,/Which mannerly devotion shows in this;/For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch/and palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.” Juliet “Younger than she are happy mothers made.” Paris “I hate…

Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel– … Will they not hear?– What ho! You men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage … With purple fountains issuing from your veins:On pain of torture, from…

Intercession Someone’s act of pleading on another’s behalfn.Thanks to the intercession of the girl, her boyfriend was not found guilty of not doing his homework. Predominant Having an influence of domination over othersadj.Sara’s love had predominant power over any other…

simile O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art/ As glorious to this night, being o’er my head,/ As is a winged messenger of heaven (Lit. Element?) metaphor He jests at scars that never felt a wound (Lit. Element?) Why…

Romeo “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the Sun!” Juliet “‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. Friar Lawrence “Wisely and slow. They…

What are Benvolio and Mercutio doing doing as the scene opens They are looking for Romeo To what do they attribute Romeo’s strange behavior Rosaline fell in love What new occurrence in the Montague-Capulet due to Megrcution and Benvolio know…

“From ancient grudge break to new mutiny” Prologue “Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized;Henceforth I never will be Romeo” Romeo: Act 2 Scene 2 “Tybalt […] O, what more favour can I do thee, than with that…

Two Two households, both alike in dignity, In In fair Verona (where we lay our scene), From From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From From forth the fatal loins of these…

Why is Shakespeare called “enigmatic”? He does not tell us which plays he wrote alone, on which plays he collaborated with other playwrights, or which versions of his plays to read and perform. He forces us to look to historical…