Difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight
Unwieldy
100
"It is the East, and Juliet is the sun" - Romeo
Metaphor
100
These two families cause a lot of problems in Verona
Capulet & Montague
100
"Delay this marriage for a month, a week, or, if you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies"
Delay this wedding. If you don't, you're going to end up burying me next to Tybalt.
100
Lasting for a very short time
Ephemeral
200
Unable to be captured or broken into
Impregnable
200
"Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she..." - Capulet
Personification
200
Why is Romeo reluctant to go to the Capulets' party?
He doesn't think another girl will compare to Rosaline
200
"Wife,we scarce thought us blessed that God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much, and that we have a curse in having her"
We originally thought our daughter was a blessing. We shouldn't have had her, she is a curse.
200
The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence
Hedonism
300
Not conducive to success; unpromising.
Inauspicious
300
"She's dead, deceased. She's dead, alack the day!" - Nurse
Dramatic Irony
300
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He thinks it will put an end to the feud
300
"There is thy gold, worse poison to men's soul, doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none"
Money is worse than poison. It kills more people than the things you're not allowed to sell. I'm the one giving you poison, not the other way around.
300
Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question
Impugn
400
To speak, utter
Intonate
400
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" - Mercutio
Pun
400
Who is the first of the suitors to die at Juliet's tomb?
Paris
400
The heavens do lour upon you for some ill. Move them no more by crossing their high will.
The powers that be have brought sadness to this family, but don't try to change fate.
400
Characterized by bitterness or resentmen
Rancorous
500
The highest point reached by a celestial or other object
Zenith
500
"Come, is the bride ready to go to church?" - Friar Lawrence
Epithet
500
How does Romeo kill himself?
With posion
500
"That book in many's eyes doth share the glory that in gold clasps locks in the golden story. So shall you share all that he doth possess by having him, making yourself no less"
If Juliet marries Paris, she will be admired by all. What's his will become hers, and she will still be in a position of nobility.