dignity:
social position
All members of the Church are equal in _____________ but are called to different roles and ministries.
mutiny:
riot
civil:
of citizens; also (ironically here) civilized
from.... life:
from the loins of these warring families were born two ill-fated lovers
misadventured:
Romeo and Juliet":
Prologue
unlucky
but:
except for
Kinsman:
a male relative
two...stage:
i.e., the subject of our two hour performance
bucklers:
small shields
carry coals:
suffer humiliation patiently
colliers:
carriers of coal
an.... draw:
if we are angry, we will draw our swords
collar:
i.e., the hangman's noose
take the wall:
walk close to the wall (forcing others into the middle of the street)
People of higher rank had the privilege of walking closer to the wall (avoids garbage)
Brow:
forehead
moved:
provoked
stand:
stand one's ground
The quarrel ... men:
the maids are not involved
One:
the same
Civil:
gentle, humane
What sense:
whatever meaning
Poor-john:
dried, salted fish, of poor quality
Tool:
swords
Take...sides:
have the law on your side
Bite my thumb:
a gesture of defiance
A rude gesture
middle finger
Heartless hinds:
cowardly servants
Women ... vessels:
biblical: 1 Peter 3:7 (here begins a series of sexual puns on "thrust", "heads", "stand", "tool", "weapons.")
Goes to the wall:
proverbial for "is shoved aside
They... sense:
i.e., the women must be the ones who feel what I do to them
Fear:
mistrust
Marry:
i.e., indeed
Fear:
am afraid of
List:
please
Washing:
slashing with great force
Manage:
use
Partisans:
long-handled bladed weapons
Clubs, bills:
a rallying cry to apprentices, who carried heavy staffs or clubs, and watchmen, who carried long handled weapons or bills.
Have at thee:
on guard!
Long sword:
heavy, old-fashioned weapon
Spite:
defiance
Profaners... steel:
i.e., you who put weapons to degrading use by shedding your neighbor's blood
Mistempered:
tempered (hardened) for bad purposes; ill-tempered, angry
Countervail:
outweigh
Counsel:
a secret
Suffer:
allow
An:
if
Should:
can
Deal of brine:
tears
Benedicite:
Bless you
Grace:
virtue
Hap:
good fortune
Too fond:
too much in love
Wherefore:
why
Be but:
only be
The sun:
Juliet
The moon:
equated with Diana, goddess of the moon and chastity
Spheres:
In Ptolemaic astronomy, the heavenly bodies were carried in the orbits around the Earth in crystalline spheres
Juliet
The lover of Romeo, a Capulet, the cousin of Tybalt. Raised by Nurse
Lord Capulet -
Juliet's Father, tells Paris if he can win over Juliet then they can get married
Lady Capulet -
Juliet's mother, Capulet's wife. She is eager to see her daughter marry Paris. She is an ineffectual mother, relying on the Nurse for moral and pragmatic support.
Sampson -
servant of Capulet
In Romeo and Juliet, who says, "bit my thumb"?
Gregory -
As a servant of the Capulets, this character accompanies the character who bit his thumb as a gesture of defiance in order to provoke a fight, and jokes and puns with his friend.
Count Paris -
Wishes to marry Juliet, Cousin to Prince Escalus
Tybalt -
An enemy of the Montagues, wishes to fight Romeo and anyone who stands in his way; killed by Romeo
Nurse -
The mother figure in Juliet's life, helps Juliet marry Romeo.
Romeo -
son of Montague and Juliet's lover, kills Paris and Tybalt
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs
Mercutio -
Cousin of Romeo killed by Tybalt. Romeo gets banished for avenging his death by killing Tybalt.
A kinsman to the prince and friend to the male protagonist, this character is eloquent and tends to dominate his companions with his teasing and quick wit.
Lord Montague -
Romeo's Father
Lady Montague -
Romeo's Mother
Romeo's mother, Montague's wife. She dies of grief after Romeo is exiled from Verona.
Benvolio -
Romeo's friend, tells Romeo to look at other beauties and to get over Rosaline; convinces Romeo to go to the Capulet party
Balthasar -
servant of Romeo
Abram -
servant of Montague
Friar Lawrence -
Priest who marries Romeo and Juliet He gives Juliet the potion to make her seem like she's dead.
Prince Escalus -
Banishes Romeo to Mantua, Tells Montague and Capulet that if anyone in their families fight's each other again that they will both be killed.
Prologue:
(Foreshadows the entire book within 14 lines) Two lovers in Verona end their parents ancient grudge with their deaths.
A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event
Act 1 Scene 1:
Capulet vs. Montague, Prince warns about fighting
Sampson, Gregory, Abram, and Balthazar( servants of the Capulets and the Montagues
A fight breaks out between survents of the Capulets and Montegues, Benvolio, and Tybalt. Nothing bad really happens in the
Act I Scene2:
Paris says he wants to marry Juliet and Capulet invites him to the party. Capulet gives invitations to the servants but they can't read it so they ask Romeo and Benvolio for help. Once Romeo realizes that Rosaline, a girl he adores is invited to the party
Act I Scene 3:
Lady Capulet informs Juliet of Paris's marriage proposal and praises him extravagantly. Juliet says that she has not even dreamed of marrying, but that parents wish her to. Nurse and Lady Capulet are looking for Juliet before the feast starts. Juliet, Nur
Act I Scene 4:
Romeo, Benvolio and some other montagues walk up to the Capulets party. This capulet party is a dress up party where the guests wear masks so the Capulets will not recognize them. Romeo tells us he is nervous because he had a dream last night. Mercutio sa
Act I Scene 5:
Romeo sneaks into the Capulet party, Tybalt sees him and wants to fight him, but Lord Capulet says Romeo is a good man and you will not fight him. Romeo catches eye of Juliet and falls in love. They dance and Juliet is in love too. The capulet's servants
Act II Scene 1
Romeo sneaks away in the dead of night into the orchard of the Capulets to see Juliet while Benvolio and Mercutio are searching for him. When Romeo leaves the party, he decides he can not go home and he must find Juliet. He jumps over into the Capulet orc
Act II Scene 2
Juliet appears in the window and they begin saying lovely words back and forth. Juliet questions why Romeo must be a montague while she is a Capulet. Juliet tells him that if he gives up the Montague name then she will marry him and Romeo replies yes. The
Act II Scene 3
Romeo loves Juliet so much that he went to Friar and asked him if he could marry them and Friar said that he wouldFriar enters and begins picking herbs. He sees Romeo and believes he has slept with Rosaline. He tells him he hasn't and confesses his love f
Act II Scene 4
Romeo told the nurse to go tell Juliet to meet him at Lord Friar's house so that they could get married. Benvolio and Mercutio wondered where Romeo ended up last night, but a Montague servant says he never arrived home. Mercutio says that Rosaline is maki
Act II Scene 5
Nurse returns to Juliet with news from Romeo. Juliet is eager to hear what he said but Nurse is tired and out of breath. Nurse eventually tells Juliet to go and meet her soon to be husband so they can be married. Juliet waits for the nurse to return home
Act II Scene 6
Friar and Romeo begin talking about the marriage between him and Juliet. Romeo says nothing in the world could ever diminish his happiness he is feeling now, but Friar explains that Romeo and Juliet must balance their love or it will become dangerously to
Dramatic:
the reader knows what will happen to the character, but he or she does not
Examples:
Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, but really Juliet is not dead and Romeo does not know that. The entire play is dramatic irony because we know from the prologue that this ends up in Romeo and Juliet's death, but they do not.
Situational:
when an event turns out to be completely unexpected--the opposite of what you thought would happen. That the montague people go to a capulet party when they have a huge feud When Romeo goes to the party because he loves Rosaline so much. However he ends u
Verbal:
Occurs when someone says one thing but actually means the opposite. II. 6. 3-8 "Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy..." This quote which Romeo says to Friar Lawrence is verbal irony because he is implying that n
Regular rhyme scheme
(ABAB), iambic
Sonnet-
A fourteen line lyric poem, most sonnets are written in iambic pentameter which has 2 syllables per foot
Blank verse-
Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Blank means that there is no rhyme at the end of the lines.
Run-on lines -
has no punctuation at its end
End-stopped lines-
Has some punctuation at the end of a line
Iambic pentameter -
each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable, there are only five iambic units in each line
Couplets-
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
William Shakespeare
was born on April 23, 1564 in a market town Stratford 100 miles of London.He only left us poems, no journals or letters. was around the Elizabethan period.
Romeo and Juliet
was likely written between 1594 - 6. was based on a long narrative poem by Arthur Brooke, published 1562 as The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet The term, Star-crossed lovers, was created in beliefe that astronomy determines all, that is why Romeo