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Julie's family name.
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Capulet
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Town to which Romeo flees to avoid the death penalty.
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Mantua
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The prince substituted this punishment for that of Romeo's death, provided romeo was not caught in Verona; term for being exiled from one's home country; a noun.
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Banishment
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Prince of Verona
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Prince Escalus
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Gold coin used by Romeo to buy the poison.
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Ducat
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The evergreen shrub with clusters of small light-blue flowers; native to the Mediterranean area; traditional symbol of remembrance and constancy. The nurse tells Romeo that Juliet has a verse about him and this plant.
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Rosemary
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"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet ______, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
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sorrow
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City in northeastern Italy; primary setting of the play.
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Verona
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Main character who grows into manhood during the play; begins as the shallow stereotype of the lover but emerges capable of the deepest passion and prepared to die for his love.
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Romeo
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Juliet's confidante; old woman who has cared for Juliet since her birth.
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Nurse
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Name for a drink, usually poison or medicine; Juliet takes such a drink provided by the friar, the night before her marriage arranged by her father is to take place.
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Potion
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A young count and relative of the Prince; Capulet orders Juliet to marry him or to leave the household; Romeo is forced to kill him in the Capulet tomb.
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Count Paris
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Romeo's servant who brings him the news of Juliet's (apparent) death.
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Balthasar
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Name of friar who was unable to deliver Friar Laurence's message to Romeo.
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Friar John
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Juliet's age
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Two weeks shy of 14
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"That which we call a _____ / by any other name would smell as sweet."
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Rose
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Queen of the fairies described at length by Mercutio
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Queen Mab
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An insulting gesture: biting the _____; Sampson does this and begins the quarrel with the Capulet servants.
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Thumb
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A mild oath used to express anger or surprise, an altered form of the oath "God's wounds;" used by Mercutio.
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zounds
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Songbird; bird that sings at the break of day; when Romeo is preparing to leave for exile, he and Juliet debate whether the bird they hear is this type or a nightingale.
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Lark
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A close-fitting male's jacket.
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Doublet
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A formal fight between two persons armed with deadly weapons to defend one's honor or to settle a dispute.
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Duel
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Form of poetry used for the first meeting of romeo and Juliet, which begins, "If i profane with my unworthiest hand...;" conventional form of love poetry.
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Sonnet
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"Nights candles are burnt out and _____ day / stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops."
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jocund
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In Roman mythology the goddess of dawn; "But all too soon as the all cheering sun / should in the farthest East begin to dawn / The shady curtains from ______'s bed."
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Aurora
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Poetic word for "gladly; ready": Juliet uses this word several times in her speech to Romeo upon discovering he has overheard her declaration of affection for him.
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fain
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Trees symbolizing sorrow; a cone-bearing evergreen tree (of Europe and Asia) with dark green leaves and red berries,
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yew
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A young girl Romeo believes he loves before he meets juliet
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Rosaline
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Legendary Queen of Carthage who fell tragically in love with Aeneas, "____ a dowdy"; the great ladies of history are said to be inadequate by comparison to Romeo's love.
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Dido
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Word meaning prayers; used by Juliet when asking her nurse to leave her alone the night before she is to marry Paris.
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Orisons
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Confidant of Romeo; friar who marries Romeo to Juliet
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Friar Laurence
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Adjective used by the Chorus in the prologue to describe the ill-fated Romeo and Juliet.
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star-crossed
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Central theme of Romeo an Juliet
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Love
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Romeo's Family name
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Montague
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Nephew of Lord Montague; Romeo's friend; attempts to stop a renewal of the feud.
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Benvolio
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Derogatory name Mercutio uses for Tybalt; "King of ____."
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Cats
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A bitter prolonged quarrel between families
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feud
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Servants of the Capulets
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Sampson and Gregory
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Type of pet that Juliet wishes she could make of romeo and thus keep him near her
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a bird
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Romeo's best friend and relative of the Prince; engages in a duel when romeo fails to respond to insults; killed in this duel and avenged by romeo.
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Mercutio
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Plant roots popular for a sleeping potion; thought to resemble a human's shape and were said to shriek when pulled up.
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Mandrake
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Tragic heroine of the play; the events of the play change her from a child into a mature woman.
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Juliet
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A form of address used for a man indication familiarity and contempt; frequently used by Elizabethans.
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sirran
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A person who makes and sells drug preparations; Romeo obtained his vial of poison from such a person.
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Apothecary
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Latin phrase meaning "they exit"
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exeunt
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"...never was a story of more ____ / than Juliet and her Romeo."
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woe
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When Lord Capulet discovers Juliet in her death-like sleep he states Paris will not be her groom because Juliet has married _____
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death
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Word meaning "dawn-song." Term for traditional form used in the parting dialogue between Romeo and Juliet.
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aubade
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