@romeo: @juliet14, I will see thee in an hour!
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@mercutio: @romeo, hast thou disappeared? We will never see each other anymore!
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@juliet14: @romeo, you should leave soon, lest you be late to my house.
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@juliet14: @romeo, shalt you come tomorrow?
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@mercutio: @juliet14, @romeo, thy families are difficult.
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@juliet14: @romeo, I feel as though I will never see thee again.
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@bigtybalt: @juliet14, thou hast made a huge mistake in following @romeo.
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@mercutio: @bigtybalt, surround yourself with friends lest you are caught in a fight.
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@bigtybalt: I shalt be the winner.
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@juliet14: @mercutio, thy opinion matters not to me.
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Choose one of the highlighted pairs of lines and translate into your own words. Use details and words from the text to explain what the lines mean and what they suggest happen in the play. (You will need to write at least 100 words.)
Based on your answers above, what do you think Shakespeare is saying in these lines?
What does Shakespeare mean when he writes “their parents’ rage,/Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove” (10–11)?
What information about The Prologue have you found the most interesting? Explain your thinking.
Look closely at the The Prologue. What number is repeated multiple times?
Why do you think this number is repeated so many times? Explain your answer using evidence from the text. (APE)
