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Romeo and JulietLesson 1 Vocabulary ?lamentable (adj.) – regrettable; unfortunate ???prologue (n.) – an introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the central idea of a play ???household (n.) – a family, including its servants ???dignity (n.) – elevated rank, office, station ???mutiny (n.) – rebellion against authority ???forth (adv.) – onward in time, in order, or in a series ???foes (n.) – enemies ???doth (v.) – does ???naught (n.) – nothing ???fatal (adj.) – causing death; proceeding from or decreed by fate; inevitable ???star-crossed (adj.) – ill-fated ???misadventured (adj.) – unfortunate ???piteous (adj.) – evoking or deserving pity; pathetic ?PROLOGUETwo households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;Whose misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents' strife.The fearful passage of their death-mark'd 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.What word parts or phrases help you to infer the definition of alike in line 1?What word parts or phrases help you to infer the definition of alike in line 1??What words or phrases develop the relationship between these two households? ?Whose hands are being made “unclean”? How does line 4 develop your understanding of this “ancient grudge”? What does the audience learn in lines 5–6 about the relationship between the lovers and the “two households”? What does the word fatal in line 5 tell the audience about the lovers??What familiar word can you find in fatal? What alternative meaning of fatal, besides “causing death,” does this suggest? How does Shakespeare’s choice of the word fatal develop the tragic tone of the play???What familiar word can you find in misadventured? How does the prefix mis- impact your understanding of the word? ?How does Shakespeare’s specific word choices in lines 5–8 develop the definition of star-crossed? ?Name:______________________________________Date:_______Romeo and JulietQUICKWRITE #1How do Shakespeare’s specific word choices establish a tragic tone in the text? Be sure to:Fully answer the questionUse evidence from the prologueExplain your evidence____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________HW: Write an Objective One paragraph summary of the prologue ................
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