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vocab Flashcards

1
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prologue

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an introduction to a book or play

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sonnet

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a poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes.

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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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a figure of speech where 2 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 return the love to you, in other words, she or he doesn’t love you.

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dis

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away or apart

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9
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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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extended metaphor

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a figure of speech where a metaphor goes on for several lines

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consent

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to agree to do or allow something

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13
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fate

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

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14
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free will

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the ability to make your own choices; to act voluntarily

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15
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prefix: post

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behind, after, later

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16
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cunning

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

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17
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peril

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danger

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18
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vow

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to make a promise

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19
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imagery

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to make a promise

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20
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dramatic irony

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when the audience knows something that the actors on stage don’t

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21
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dishonorable

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lacking honor, shameful

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valor

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strength of mid or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger bravely

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23
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woe

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great sorrow or distress

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24
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slander

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

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25
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prevail

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to succeed

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26
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abhorred

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loathed utterly

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27
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inversion

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when Shakespeare is rearranging a word
“him I hit” “I hit him”

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28
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archaic language

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many words that look familiar to us.

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29
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omission

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Shakespeare might omit a whole word or a part of a word to create rhymes.

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30
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petrarchan love

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lover emphasizes the paralyzing intensity of love; but she is a mortal; it’s not all about sex; lover wants to be alone. love is NOT returned. just like Romeo, he loved the other girl but she didn’t like him back.

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31
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classical allusion

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an indirect reference to something from greek/roman mythology;
“she sang like a siren”

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32
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biblical allusion

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an indirect reference to something in the bible.

33
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sonnet

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14-line poem; complex rhyme scheme; usually written in iambic pentameter.

34
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paradox

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when something seem fake but it actually true.

35
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Romeo: O dear account! My life is my foe’s (enemy) debt

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Romeo said that because he finds out Juliet is a Capulet.

36
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Juliet: My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late.

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Juliet said that because she found out her lover is the enemy of her family, but it Is too late cause she already loves him.

37
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Prince: If ever you disturb our street again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace

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prince said that because the families had destroyed the peace a lot of times and the town is tired of it.

38
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Romeo: …brawling love… loving hate…

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Romeo said that because he has 2 opinions about love. it’s confusing, so he has conflicted feelings.

39
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romeo: but soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and juliet is the sun.

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he thinks that juliet is the light of his life.

40
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romeo: o, that i were a glove upon that hand, that i might touch that cheeck!

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he desires that he was her glove

41
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juliet: o romeo, romeo, wherefore art thou romeo? deny thy father and refuse thy name

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she is saying that becaused is asking why her lover is her enemy and wishes his name was different.

42
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juliet: o, be some other name belonging to a man. whats in a name? that which we call a rose by any other word would smell so sweet.

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she is saying she wishes his name was different and not the one of her families enemy.

43
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juliet: my eras have yet not drunk a hundred words of thy tingue’s uttering

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she is saying they barely know eachother.

44
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juliet: if they do see thee, they will murder thee

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she is worried that if romeo is seen he will get killed

45
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romeo: my life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love

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he rather die than not being with her

46
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juliet: therefore pardon me, and not impute this yielding to light love

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she is saying she is not easy to get

47
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juliet: i have no joy of this contract tonight. it is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say “it lightens.” sweet, good night.

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she is worried things are giong to fast.

48
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romeo: o blessed, blessed night! i am afread,being in night, all this is but a dream,

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he is wondering if it all a dream

49
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juliet: if that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, by one that i’ll procure to come to thee

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she is asking him to marry him and to come visit her tomorow.

50
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juliet: what o’clock tomorrow shall i send to thee?

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she is asking at what time should they meet

51
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romeo: by the hour of nine

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he says they should meet at 9 oclock

52
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juliet: parting is such sweet sorrow that i shall say “goodnight” till it be morrow

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she is saying that parting is sweet and saying good night

53
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friar lawrence: within the infant rind of this weak flower poison hath residence and medicine power: for this being smelt, with that part cheers each part; being tasted stays all senses with the heart

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he is talking about how the poisin smells good but when you drink it it kills you

54
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friar lawrence: holy saint francis, what a change is here! is rosaline, that thou dist love so dear, so soon forsaken? young men’s love then lies not truly int heir hearts, but in their eyes.

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friar lawrence is worried of how romeo stop loving rosaline so quickly.

55
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friar lawrence: for doting, not for loving, pupil mine.

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what Romeo felt for Rosaline was a silly crush, not true love.

56
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friar lawrence: in one respect i’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households rancor to pure love

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Friar Laurence doesn’t believe that Romeo’s love for Juliet is authentic, but he agrees to marry them anyway.

57
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friar lawrence: wisely and slow. they stumble that run fast.

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advising Romeo to think carefully and wisely about his decision to marry Juliet

58
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friar lawrence: these violent delights have violent ends

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he is saying that extreme emotions might end up bad

59
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friar lawrence: love moderately

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60
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  1. What would Juliet rather do than marry Paris? (name three things)
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she would rather die, be killed by bears, and locked in a cascket.

61
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  1. What is Friar Lawrence’s plan?
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he says for her to drink the position he gave 1 day before the marriage. he gives her a position so she sleeps but it will look like she is dead.

62
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4 scen 2

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juliet goes to friar l and act like she wants to learn obedience, so the capulate was deleted and moved the weeding to the next day

63
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4 scene 3

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juliet sended the nurse away and drink the potion

64
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4 scene 4

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the nurses stay up all night to prepare the weeding then Paris orders the nurses to wake juliet

65
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act 4 scene 5

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the nurses find her dead like, and friar announces her dead and starts preparing her funeral.

66
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romeo: tybalt, the reason that i have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting villain am I none.

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romeo and tybait are now family but tybait doesn’t know about the marriage, so tybait thinks romeo Is being direspectful for not fighting.

67
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mercutio: o calm, dishonorable, vile submission

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he is upset romeo didnt want to fight.

68
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mercutio: a plague o’ both your houses! why the devil came you between us? i was hurt under you arm.

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romeo got betwen the fight and in result mercutio was stabed. so now mercutio is wishing a plague in both the families houses

69
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romeo: o sweet juliet, thy beaty hath made me effeminate and in my temper softened valor’s steel.

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he is blaming juliet for making him soft

70
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romeo: o, i am fortune’s fool!

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he is blaming the gods and not himself.

71
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juliet: o serpent heart hid with a flow’ ring face! did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical! dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb! despised substance of divinest show!

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she thought romeo was a innocent man but she misunderstood him.

72
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juliet: blistered be thy tongue

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she changed her mind and is telling the nurse to stop talking bad about romeo

73
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juliet: do thou but call my resolution wise, and with this knife I’ll help it presently

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she is saying she will kill herself with the knife is the priest doesn’t help her

74
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juliet: i long to die if what thou speak’st speak not of remedy.

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she will kill herself if not helped

75
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or bid me go into a new-made grave and hide me with a dead man in his shroud

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she said she rather be burried with a dead man

76
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and i will do it without fear or doubt, to live an unstained wife to my sweet love

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self explanitory

77
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friar lawrence: hold, then. go home; be merry; give consent to marry paris

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he is helping her

78
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prince: a glooming peace this morgning with it brings the sun for sorrowwill not show his head. go hence to have more talk of these sad things. some shall be pardoned, and some punished.

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he is saying that some should be punished for what they did and some should be pardoned.

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