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R+J Flashcards

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Pro

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before

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logue

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speaking

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prologue

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an introduction to a book or a play

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sonnet

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a poem of fourteen lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

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civil

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cultured and polite as relating to being civilized

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star-crossed

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thwarted by bad luck

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mis

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wrong or incorrectly

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oxymoron

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an oxymoron is a figure of speech where two contradictory terms are put together for effect.

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unrequited love

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if something is
unrequited, it is not returned; therefore, unrequited love is when the person you love does not
“return” the love to you. In other words, he/she is not in love with you!

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dis

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away or apart

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Disposition

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Frame of mind or attitude

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valiant

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Brave, full of courage

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extend metaphor

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extended metaphor: a figure of speech where a metaphor (comparison
between two unlike things) goes on for several lines.

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consent

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consent: to agree to do or allow something

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fate

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the development of events outside of a person’s control;
destiny

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free will

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The ability to make your own choices; to act voluntarily

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post

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“behind,” “after,”
“later,”

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cunning

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skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving

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peril

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danger

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vow

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to make a promise

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imagery

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Imagery is a type of figurative language that appeals to the senses. The descriptions can be about living things or inanimate objects.

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dramatic irony

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When the audience (or reader) knows something that the actors on stage (or characters) don’t

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dishonorable

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lacking honor, shameful

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valor

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Strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger bravely

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woe

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Great sorrow or distress

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slander

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The utterance of false charges which damage another person’s reputation

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prevail

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to succeed

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abhorred

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loathed utterly

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why did Romeo go to the capulet’s party.

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to see roseline

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Does the nurse think Juliet should marry Paris.

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so her dad does not get mad at her

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imagery

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Imagery is a type of figurative language that Appeals to the senses. The descriptions can be about living things or inanimate objects.

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inversion

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shake spears often rearrange the word order to create new rhythm or to emphasize a particular word.

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archaic language

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Many words that look familiar to us, for example “heavy,” had very different meanings.

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Omission

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Shakespeare might omit a whole word or part of a word to create rhymes. “good e’en” But “good evening”

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Petrarchan love

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unrequited (one side)
rosaline -> romeo
person in love is sad because other person doesn’t like them

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prose

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everyday language

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poetry

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Concentrated language with distinctive rhythm and style

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My only love sprung from my only hate!

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Juliet only love was her Family’s hate

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is she a capulet. O dear account! my life is my foe’s debt

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Romeo asks the nurse if Juliet is a capulet and she says yes

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you’ll make a mutiny among my guest

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Tybalt is telling capulet that there is a Montague at the party

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O, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!

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this is went he goes to get married

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O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name.

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her father would deny him in the family

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O, be some other name Belonging to a man. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet.

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why Romeo if anyone else would they be better

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But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

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Romeo says this at Juliet house

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my ears have not yet drunk hundred words of thy tongue’s uttering

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Juliet says this because she’s has not hear a hundred words

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if they do see thee, they will murder thee.

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if they see Romeo they would kill him

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My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love

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my life would be better dead than hated

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tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such greeting. villain an I none.

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Romeo does not want to fight

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o calm, dishonorable, vile submission

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if Romeo doesn’t fight he dishonors him family

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a plague o’ both houses! I am sped

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cursed both family’s

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Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.

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everyone is guilty for his death

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O sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath Made me effeminate and in my temper softened valors steel

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he was brave

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O, I am fortune’s fool!

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chose to make a series of bad decision

54
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O serpent heart hid with a flowe’ring face!

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could Romeo be a bad people but act nice

55
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O deadly sin, O rude unthankful

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dead and unthankful

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