Romeo & Juliet 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 of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllable 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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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 to do or allow something

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Fate

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The ability to make your own choices; to act voluntarily

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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 shy manner, as in deceiving

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Peril

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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 actor 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
Great sorrow or distress
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Slander
The utterance of false charges which damage another person's reputation
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Prevail
To succeed
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Abhorred
Loathed utterly
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Why did Shaspeare pick Italy as a place he should film.
1. beautiful setting 2. love city
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Imagery
Is a type of figurative language that appeals to the senses.
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Inversion
Shakespeare often rearranges the word order to create new rhythms or to emphasize a
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Archaic Language
Many words that look familiar to us, for example " heavy" had very diffrent meanings.
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Omission
Shakespeare might omit a whole word or part of a word to create rhymes.
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What is Petrarchan love
1. Unrequited ( one-side) 2. Rosaline & Romeo 3. Person in love is sad blc other person doesn't like them
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Prose
Everyday language
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" Is she a Capulet O dear account! My life is my foe's debt"
- Romeo - he is realizing he kissed a capulet
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But soft, what light through younder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
- Romeo - When Juliet enters the balcony
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"My only love sprung from my only hate! too early seen unknown, and known too late!"
- Juliet - she realized she kissed a Montague
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O Romeo,Romeo,wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
- Juliet - when she is on the balcony
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I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lighting which doth cease to be.
- Juliet - talking on the balcony
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O, I am fortune's fool
- Romeo - he said this when he killed Tybalt this means that he is a unlucky person
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O serpent heart hid with a flow'ring face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave.
- Juliet - she is saying that she thought Romeo was a nice kind man but she is thinking is he a mean guy inside.
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Blistered by thy tongue for such a wish! He was not born to shame.
- Juliet - she is telling the nurse not to talk about Romeo the way she did.
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O deadly sin, O rude unthankfulness!
-Friar Lawrence - he said this when Romeo killed Tybalt
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Tybalt, the reason that i have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am i none.
- Romeo - he says this to him because he just married Juliet
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O calm, dishonorable, vile submission
- Mercutio - he is saying are u kidding me ur not going to fight.
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A plague o' both houses! I am sped
- Mercutio - he is saying that he is hurt and that he is dieing