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Vocab R and J Flashcards

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Pro

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Pro: Before

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Pro

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Pro: Before

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Logue

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Logue: Speaking

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Prologue

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An introduction to a book or a play

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Prologue

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An introduction to a book or a play

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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 14 lines that uses formal line 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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an oxymoron is a figure of speech where two contradictory terms are put together for effect
Jumbo shrimp

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unrequited love

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not being in love with another person

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dis

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apart or away

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Disposition

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A frame of mind or attitude

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Vaillant

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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 or to allow something to happen

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Fate

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The development of things outside your 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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Prefix:Post

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behind and 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 (figurative language)

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When the audience knows something the acter does not

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dishonorable

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Lacking honor shameful

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valor

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strength of kind 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 persons reputation

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Prevail

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To succeed

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Abhorred

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Loathed utterley

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

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Romeo speaks of Juliet as the light and this is an example of the desire that he has for her

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nor arm nor face. O be some other name belonging to a man. what’s in the name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.

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This is another quote representing the desire Julit has for Romero

She doesn’t care about the name because the same name or not he is still the same romero

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By a name, I know not how to tell thee who I am.

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fear is represented in this because it talks about its name not being something that he is not proud of

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O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, being in night, all this is but a dream

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Hes worried that he’s never gonna be with her knowing that their families don’t like each other

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O, that I was a glove upon that hand that I might touch that cheek!

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He wishes he was a glove and shows a desire for Juliet

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

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Reject her father and to be something else

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my ears have yet not drunk a hundred words of thy tongues uttering, yet I know the sound

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This represents that J doesn’t really know R

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If they do see thee, they will murder thee

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She says this because it is the truth of the situation

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My life was better ended by their hate Than death prorogued wanting thy love

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R would rather take the hate rather then trying without getting her love

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prose

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opposite of poetry regular language

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Percharchan love

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love poem where the love is not returned

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Allusion

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an indirect reference to another work/ comparing to Greek mythology

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