Romeo and Juliet
Terms
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- pernicious
- causing great injury or ruin
- augmenting
- increasing, enlarging
- trangression
- wrongdoings
- heretics
- those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings
- Sampson
- Who is more aggressive, Sampson or Gregory?
- blank verse
- unrhymed poetry
- waverer
- Obe who changes or is unsteady
- lamentable
- distressing, sad
- unwieldy
- awkward, clumsy
- sallow
- of a sickly, pale yellowish complexsion
- cunning
- cleverness, slyness
- procure
- get
- vile
- worthless
- predominant
- having dominating influence over others
- intercession
- The act of pleading on behalf of another
- blaze
- announce formally
- pheobus
- The sun god
- Phaeton
- The son who rode teh chariot uncontrolably and caused the sun to set to soon
- gallant
- brave and noble
- fray
- noisy fight
- martial
- military
- exile
- banish
- eloquence
- speech that is vivid, forceful, graceful and persuasive
- fickle
- changable
- vial
- small bottle containing medicine or other liquids.
- enjoined
- ordered
- wayward
- heastrong,willful
- dismal
- causing gloom or misery
- loathsome
- disgusting
- pilgrimage
- long jouney, often for religious purpose
- pensive
- thinking deeply or seriously
- remnants
- remaining persons or things
- haughty
- arrogant
- sepulcher
- tomb
- ambiguities
- statements or events whose meanings are unclear
- scourge
- whip or other instruemtns for inflicitng punishment
- Chorus
- organised company of singers, who narate part of plays
- Mercutio
- related to Prince, friend to Romeo
- Montague
- father of Romeo
- Paris
- younge noble kinsman to Prince, sutter to Juliet
- Capulet
- father of Juliet, chosen Paris as Juliets sutter
- Escalus
- Prince of Verona
- Balthasar
- servant to Romeo
- Tybalt
- Nephew of Lady Capulet
- Apothecary
- pharmasist
- Friar John
- member of Roman church, he is Fransciscan
- Benvolio
- Romeos friend, nephew to Montague
- Gregory
- Servant to Capulet
- Peter
- servant to Nurse
- Abram
- servant to Montague
- Friar Lawrence
- Member of Roman Church, tries to help Romeo and Juliet
- Nurse
- Caretaker of Juliet, motherly role
- Lady Montague (1) Lady Capulet (2)
- Mother of Juliet (1) Mother to Romeo (2)