| Grudge | introduction to the story, a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation |
| Piteous | deserving or inciting pity |
| Overthrows | the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) |
| strife | lack of agreement or harmony |
| Toil | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| Valiant | having or showing valor |
| Pernicious | exceedingly harmful |
| Covert | secret or hidden |
| Augment | enlarge or increase |
| Portentous | puffed up with vanity |
| transgression | the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
| Propagate | transmit from one generation to the next |
| Posterity | all of the offspring of a given progenitor |
Romeo and Juliet Proloque and Act 1
October 26, 2019