Act 3 Vocab
to detest, hate
abhor
to reduce, to make less
abate
My heart is wondrous light
Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.
Lord Capulet
Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia’s brow.
allusion
Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt is ____.
banishment
to praise
commend
sad, melancholy
doleful
A plague o’ both your houses!
Mercutio
O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle.
personification
The Friar holds onto the hope that he can ____ the families.
reconcile
disagreement
discord
in deep or serious thought
pensive
By my head, here comes the Capulets.
Benvolio
Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb!
oxymoron
shroud
to triumph
prevail
comfort
solace
I must needs wake you. Lady, lady, lady!—
Nurse
O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,
From off the battlements of any tower,
Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk
Where serpents are. Chain me with roaring bears,
Or hide me nightly in a charnel house,
O’ercovered quite with dead men’s rattling bones,
With reeky shanks and yellow ⌜chapless⌝ skulls.
hyperbole
The Capulets prepare a cheerful ____ of flowers and decorations in preparation for the wedding.
array
skill
dexterity
to deceive or trick
beguile
Can heaven be so envious?
Juliet
3 devices!
thy eyes’ windows fall / Like death when he shuts up the day of life
metaphor, personification, simile
Juliet is ___ when she hears the news that she must marry Paris.
distraught