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Romeo and Juliet Prologue

Wed Feb 15 13:56:56 EST 2012
By Kristen S.
Includes words taken from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet as well as a few words that will help readers of the play understand the definitions fully. Includes some notes and example sentences from the prologue.
dignity
Two households, both alike in dignity
rank
A king or queen would be ranked at the top of a social hierarchy.
scene
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
ancient
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
mutiny
A person who rebels and takes part in mutiny, is said to be mutinous.
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
civil
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
fatal
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
loins
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
foe
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
prologue
In Romeo and Juliet, the prologue summarizes the story; it even includes details about the ending.
piteous
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
strife
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
passage
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
rage
And the continuance of their parents' rage
traffic
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
attend
The which if you with patient ears attend,
heed
"To attend" to something or "to pay heed" to something are both verbs meaning to pay attention.
toil
In the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, the chorus (person speaking) explains that the playgoers should "toil", meaning "work hard" at paying attention to the play so as to understand the full story which is only summarized in the prologue.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
strive
To understand the meaning of the example sentence better, replace "shall" with "we will".
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

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