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Copy of Copy of Romeo & Juliet 11/30 (6/23/2025)

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22 questions
Tweets
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@romeo: @juliet14, I will see thee in an hour!

What does the word "thee" mean in this status?

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@mercutio: @romeo, hast thou disappeared? We will never see each other anymore!

What does the word "hast" mean in this status?

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@juliet14: @romeo, you should leave soon, lest you be late to my house.

What does the word "lest" mean in this status?

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@juliet14: @romeo, shalt you come tomorrow?

What does the word "shalt" mean in this status?

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@mercutio: @juliet14, @romeo, thy families are difficult.

What does the word "thy" mean in this status?

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@juliet14: @romeo, I feel as though I will never see thee again.

What does the word "thee" mean in this status?

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@bigtybalt: @juliet14, thou hast made a huge mistake in following @romeo.

What does the word "hast" mean in this status?

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@mercutio: @bigtybalt, surround yourself with friends lest you are caught in a fight.

What does the word "lest" mean in this status?

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@bigtybalt: I shalt be the winner.

What does the word "shalt" mean in this status?

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@juliet14: @mercutio, thy opinion matters not to me.

What does the word "thy" mean in this status?

Fill-in-the-Bard
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Two households, both alike in _______ (dignity)
In fair Verona, where we _______ (lay) our _______ (scene)
From ancient _______ (grudge) break to new mutiny.
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Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the _______ (fatal) loins of these two _______ (foes)
A pair of _______ (star-cross'd) lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur'd piteous _______ (overthrows)
Doth with their death _______ (bury) their parents' _______ (strife)
Explain these lines.
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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.)

Homework: Speak Life Shakespeare
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Match the correct summary to each pair of lines.

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. _________________________________________________________________________________
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; __________________________________________________________________________________
Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
Old resentment creates new conflict that makes good people guilty of murder.
The sad circumstances of the enemies' children eventually end their parents' conflict.
The children who are born from these enemies fall in love and commit suicide.
Required
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Fill in the blanks of the final lines of The Prologue by dragging synonyms into the blanks.

The fearful passage of their ___________ (death-marked) love And the ________________ (continuance) of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, ____________ (nought) 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.
Other Answer Choices:
interaction
persistence
tragic
work
nothing
understanding
Required
1

Based on your answers above, what do you think Shakespeare is saying in these lines?

Required
2
Drag two pieces of information The Prologue gives you about the setting and background of the play. ______________________________ ____________________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
The play about two families involved in a feud.
The setting is in Verona.
The play is about two families who are friends.
The setting is inside two houses.
Required
1

What does Shakespeare mean when he writes “their parents’ rage,/Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove” (10–11)?

Required
2
What are two additional pieces of information The Prologue tells us.________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
The fighting between the families will result in bloodshed.
Two families have been fighting for a long time when the play starts.
One family is much more powerful that the other.
The lovers will live happily ever after.
Required
1

What information about The Prologue have you found the most interesting? Explain your thinking.

Required
1

Look closely at the The Prologue. What number is repeated multiple times?

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3

Why do you think this number is repeated so many times? Explain your answer using evidence from the text. (APE)