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Romeo and Juliet. This is an alphabetical listing of all the glossary items that appear in this play. We have left in repeated instances, so that is it possible to see how often a particular item appears in a play. Alphabetical headword definitions for Romeo and Juliet.
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Romeo meets Juliet, and they instantly fall in love. After...
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MERCUTIO, kinsman to the Prince and friend of Romeo: male:...
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The phrase "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny" in Romeo and Juliet refers to the resurgence of a longstanding feud between the Montagues and Capulets, which escalates...
grudge, ill will, hatred: mutiny, discord, the active manifestation of the ill-will cherished by the two families; for this sense of the word, cp. below, i.5.82, "You'll make a mutiny among my guests"; Cor. ii.3.264, "This mutiny were better put in hazard, Than stay, past doubt, for greater."
CHORUS. Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents ...
Jun 19, 2024 · We do know that Romeo is the boy born into the Montague family, and Juliet is the girl born into the Capulet family. What Does "Take Their Life" Mean? "Take their life" can be read in two ways: to take life from (or be born), or to take life away from (or kill).
In the ‘Act I Prologue’ by William Shakespeare the chorus provides the reader with information about the setting, the “Two households” that the play hinges around and the “new mutiny” that stimulates the action. The prologue alludes to the end of the play in which both Romeo and Juliet lost their lives.
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows. Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,