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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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prologue: an introduction to a book or play

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sonnet

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

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civil

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civil: cultured and polite as relating to being “civilized’

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star-crossed

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star-crossed 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 are put together for effect

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unrequited love

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if something is unrequited it is not returned therefor, unrequited love is when the person you love does not “return” the love to 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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Extended metaphor

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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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to agree or allow something

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fate

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the development of events outside of someone’s control

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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, 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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is a type of figurative language that apeals to senses.

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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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dishonorable

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lacking honor, shameful

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valor

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Strength of mind 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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How does Romeo feel about love?

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He has mixed feelings about it and is confused

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What does he say about it?

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He says that love is a battle

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What is their relationships like?

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No relationship between Romeo and Roseline

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What must Paris do according to the dad?

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He must woo here and she should marry him in two years

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What does the mom tell her what she was doing at her age?

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She tells her to get married now
and that the mom already had kids
she calls Paris valiant.

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What is Juliet’s “job”

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her job is to be pretty according to her mom

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how does she speak to her mother

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In a way that her mother can deal with and accept.

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Why did Romeo go to the capulet’s party?

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Because he liked the girl. He is in love with her and that is pretty much the only reason.

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Did the nurse want Juliet to marry.

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She does want her to marry someone but she thinks it should be the man of her choosing and in this case Romeo.

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“religous”

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something that is diverted to Holy

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“images”

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things

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“Is she a capulet?”

Romeo

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speaker’s name

contest

why it is imparted

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“my only love sprung from my only hate! too early seen unknown, and known too late.”

Juliet

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Speaker
context ‘why important

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

Romeo

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light imagery

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“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love.”

Juliet

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wants him as her love

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“my ears have yet not drunk a hundred words of thy tongue is uttering.”
Juliet

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Haste- quick

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“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.”c
Juliet

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fear

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“what o’clock tommorrow shall I send thee?”
Juliet
“by the hour of nine.”

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way to fast

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“within the infant rind of this weak flower poison hath residence and medicine power:”
Fria Lawrence

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Friar Lawrence dangerous plots

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“in one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor pure love.”
Friar Lawrence

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he’ll help because it might end feud

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“Tybalt the reason I lose thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.”

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Suspicious hug

49
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“a plagie o’ both houses! I am sped.:

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dead

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“why the devil came you between us? O was hurt under your arm.”

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Blames Romeo

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