Words
“Thou art dead; no physician’s art can save you.” Meaning of "art" in the sentence.
What is "are"?
Meaning of "mark": Mark my words.
What is "pay attention to"?
Translate: "I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword or manage it to part these men with me."
What is, "I am just trying to end the fight. Either put away your weapon or use it to help end the fight."
Translate the pun:
ROMEO: I dreamed a dream tonight.
MERCUTIO: So did I.
ROMEO: Well, what was yours?
MERCUTIO: That dreamers often lie.
What is, Mercutio is making a pun on dreamers lying in bed sleeping but also dreamers lying as in not telling the truth?
What, ho! you men, you beasts!
Meaning of "dost" or "doth": “Dost thou know the time?”
What is "do"?
Meaning of "saucy": Hence, thou saucy boy!
What is "cheeky, sassy"?
Translate the following quote: "...my mine misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night's revels..."
What is, "I am worried that the stars foretell a tragic event, and his plan to go to the party tonight willl not end well."
Translate the pun: "Give me a torch; I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy, I will bear the light."
Peer'd forth the golden window of the east
Meaning of "hark": “Hark to the owl!"
What is "listen"?
Meaning of "ere": We must leave ere daybreak.
What is "before"?
Translate: "my only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown and known too late! Prodigious birth of love is it to me..."
What is, "I love someone from the family I am supposed to hate! I didn't know it before, and now it is too late because I love so much."
Translate the pun: "I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth–
And yet, to my teen be it spoken, I have but four–
She is not fourteen."
What is, "I'd lay fourteen of my teeth down, one for each year...but I only have four teeth, so she can't be that old."
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
What is metaphor?
Meaning of "hence": We must hence before the army arrives.
What is "away"?
Meaning of "hie": Hie thee hence, or lose your life!
What is "hurry"?
Translate: "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, being purged, a fire sparking in lovers' eyes,
Being vexed, seas nourished with loving tears. "
What is, "Love is like a smoke that comes from sighing, from the fire of love dying; the seas are angry and have been nourished with tears of the heartbroken."
Translate the pun: Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. (Hint: this occurs as a man is dying).
What is, grave as in serious and grave as in the burial ground?
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear!
What is simile?
Meaning of "fain": I fain would bake Mr. Smith cookies if I could get an A.
What is "gladly"?
Meaning of "wherefore": Wherefore dost thou leave?
What is "why"?
Translate: "Go thither; and, with untainted eye, Compare her face with some that I show, And I will make thy think thy swan a crow."
What is, "Go there, and without a skewed perspective, compare her face with some of the women I'll show you, and you will think her ugly in comparison."
Translate the pun:
Sampson: ‘Tis all one, I will show myself tyrant. When I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids, and cut off their heads.
Gregory: The heads of the maids?
Sampson: Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt
What is Sampson saying he will be cruel with the maids and behead them, and Gregory responding asking if he's talking about their virginity or their physical heads?
Then love-devouring death do what he dare; It is enough I may but call her mine.
What is personification?