Dignity | Definition: High office or rank or stationEx: Two households, both alike in dignity |
Rank | Definition: Position in a social hierarchy Ex: A king or queen would be ranked at the top of a social hierarchy |
Scene | Definition: The place where some action occurs Ex: In fair Verona, where we lay our scene |
Ancient | Definiton: Very oldEx: From ancient grudge break to new mutiny |
Mutiny | Definition: Engage in an open rebellion against an authority Ex: From ancient grudge break to new munity |
Civil | Definiton: Of or occurring between or among citizens of the stateEx: Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean |
Fatal | Definiton: Bringing deathEx: From forth the fatal loins of these two foes |
Loins | Definition: The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen Ex: From forth the fatal loins of these two foes |
Foe | Definition: A personal enemyEx: From forth the fatal loins of these two foes |
Prologue | Definition: An introduction to a playEx: In Romeo and Juliet, the prologue summarizes the story; it even includes details about the ending |
Piteous | Definition: Deserving. or inciting a feeling of sympathy and sorrowEx: Whose misadventured piteous overthrows |
Strife | Definition: Lack of agreement or harmonyEx: Do with their death bury their parents’ strife |
Passage | Definition: The act of moving from one state or place to the next Ex: The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love |
Rage | Definition: A feeling of intense angerEx: And the continuance of their parents’ rage |
Traffic | Definition: Things coming and going in a particular localityEx: Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage |
Attend | Definition: Give heed toEx: The which if you with patient ears attend |
Heed | Definition: Pay close attention toEx: “To attend” to something or “to pay heed” to something are both verbs meaning to pay attention |
Toil | Defintion: In the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, the chorus (person speaking) explains that the playgoers should “toil”, meaning “work hard” at paying attention to the play so as to understand the full story which is only summarized in the prologueEx: What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend |
Strive | Definition: To exert much effort or energyEx: What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mendTo understand the meaning of the example sentence better, replace “shall” with ” we will.” |
Romeo and Juliet vocab
August 19, 2019