Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 1 Line by Line Explanation
Chorus: “Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie,” “And young affection gapes to be his heir.” “That fair for
Juliet
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 Line by Line Explanation
First Servingman Line 1-2:“Where’s Potpan that he helps not to take away? He shift a trencher? He scrape a trencher?”Explanation:The
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Enter Lady Capulet and Nurse. LADY CAPULET “Nurse, where’s my daughter? Call her forth to me.” Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother,
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CAPULETBut Montague is bound as well as I, In penalty alike, and ’tis not hard, I think, For men so
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THE PROLOGUE⌜Enter⌝ 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’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love10 And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which, if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.⌜Chorus exits. 1. “Two households, both alike in dignity” Explanation: This refers to two families in Verona— the Montagues and
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ROMEOIf I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,Explanation: Romeo begins by saying that he trusts the pleasant dreams he’s
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CAPULET “Things have fallen out, sir, so unluckilyThat we have had no time to move our daughter.” “Look you, she
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FRIAR LAWRENCE: Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man.Explanation: Friar Lawrence calls for Romeo to come forward. He addresses
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CAPULET:“Things have fallen out, sir, so unluckilyThat we have had no time to move our daughter.” CAPULET:“Look you, she loved
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