Romeo and Juliet Prologue Worksheet
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Romeo and Juliet Prologue Explication
Prologue
Two 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 foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do 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.
|PROLOGUE |TRANSLATION |
|Two households, |Names of said households: |
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|both alike in dignity, |Which one is better than the other? |
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|In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, |Where does the play take place? |
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|From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, |How old is the grudge? |
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| |What’s happened recently? |
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|Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. |To whom does “civil” refer? Are only the two “houses” getting hurt by this feud? |
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|PROLOGUE |TRANSLATION |
|From forth the fatal loins of these two foes |Romeo and Juliet are born… |
|A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; |…and then they fall in _________________ and |
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| |commit ____________________. (Bummer.) |
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| |Why? What does it mean to be “star-crossed”? |
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|Whose misadventured piteous overthrows |How successful are their attempts to date/marry? How badly should I feel for them?|
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|Do with their death bury their parents' strife. |Once they’re dead, what happens to the feud? |
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|The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, |OK, so what’s the plot of the play gonna be about? |
|And the continuance of their parents' rage, | |
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|Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, |What’s it gonna take to end this feud again? |
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|Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; |How long will the play take? |
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|The which if you with patient ears attend, |What do I, the audience member, have to do now, in case I didn’t understand the |
|What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. |Prologue? |
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