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PrologueThe CHORUS enters.ChorusTwo equally respected families,living in lovely Verona, where our play is set,break out in renewed violence due to an old grudge.The townspeople soil their hands with each other’s blood.The son of one enemy and the daughter of the other, 5victims of unfavorable fate, commit suicide.Their unfortunate, pitiful deathsbury their parents’ quarrel.The sad story of their ill-fated love,and of their parents’ continuing anger, 10which nothing except their children’s deaths could end,you will see acted in the next two hours on our stage.If you will listen patiently,our play will fill in what is missing from the Prologue.Exit.Act 1, Prologue 21
Act I, Scene i[Verona. A public place.] Enter Sampson andGregory, of the house of Capulet, armed with swordsand bucklers.SampsonGregory, on my word, we’ll not carry coals.GregoryNo, for then we should be colliers.*SampsonI mean, an we be in choler, we’ll draw.GregoryAy, while you live, draw your neck out of collar.Sampson5 I strike quickly, being mov’d.GregoryBut thou art not quickly mov’d to strike.SampsonA dog of the house of Montague moves me.GregoryTo move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand; therefore,if thou art mov’d, thou run’st away.Sampson10 A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I willtake the wall* of any man or maid of Montague’s.GregoryThat shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes tothe wall.Sampson’Tis true; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels,2 colliers coal sellers11 take the wall A drainage ditch ran down the center of many streets. The person ofsuperior rank was usually granted the privilege of walking closest to the wallsince this was the cleanest route.22Romeo and Juliet
Page 2 and 3: THE SHAKESPEARE PARALLEL TEXT SERIE
Page 4: Table of ContentsJuliet and Her Rom
Page 7: A Political RomanceAudiences often
Page 10 and 11: Generations of English teachers hav
Page 13 and 14: Getting the BeatLike most dramatist
Page 15: Speak and ListenRemember that plays
Page 18 and 19: Before You Read1. The Prologue to A
Page 20 and 21: Act SummaryIn the Prologue, a Choru
Page 24 and 25: Act 1, Scene 1A public street in Ve
Page 26 and 27: always being pushed against the wal
Page 28 and 29: GregoryAfraid, indeed! Don’t be r
Page 30 and 31: BENVOLIO enters.GregoryYou should s
Page 32 and 33: CapuletWhat’s all this noise? Giv
Page 34 and 35: All leave except Montague, Lady Mon
Page 36 and 37: egins in the far east to drawthe da
Page 38 and 39: BenvolioGood morning, cousin.RomeoI
Page 40 and 41: Oh heavy lightness! Serious frivoli
Page 42 and 43: ut tell me, seriously, who you love
Page 44 and 45: BenvolioJust set your eyes freeto l
Page 46 and 47: Act 1, Scene 2A street. Capulet, Pa
Page 48 and 49: of limping winter, just such joyamo
Page 50 and 51: RomeoFor your wounded shin when I k
Page 52 and 53: RomeoWhose house?ServantMy master
Page 54 and 55: Act 1, Scene 3A room in Capulet’s
Page 56 and 57: NurseEven or odd, of all the days o
Page 58 and 59: NurseYes, madam. (laughing) But I c
Page 60 and 61: Lady CapuletThere’s not a summer
Page 62 and 63: and everything is happening at once
Page 64 and 65: Act 1, Scene 4A street. Romeo, Merc
Page 66 and 67: MercutioAnd to sink in it would bur
Page 68 and 69: RomeoWe have good intentions in goi
Page 70 and 71: through lovers’ brains, and then
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the frozen heart of the north right
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act 1, Scene 5A hall in Capulet’s
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whispered sweet nothings in a beaut
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RomeoOh, she teaches the torches to
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you’ll put on a cheery face and s
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that my lips, like two blushing pil
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NurseWhy, bachelor,her mother is th
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NurseI don’t know.JulietGo and as
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3. Hyperbole means obvious exaggera
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