Act 1 Vocab for Romeo & Juliet – Flashcards
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profaners
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those who have irreverence for what is sacred
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pernicious
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evil; wicked
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augmenting
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to make (something already developed) greater
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portentous
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foreboding (something bad is going to happen)
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transgression
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A violation of a law, command, or duty
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posterity
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future generations
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languish
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to become weak or feeble
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heretics
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a person who holds controversial opinions
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esteem
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To regard highly
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obscured
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indistinctly heard; faint
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boisterous
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rough and stormy; violent
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alderman
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a member of the municipal legislative body
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benefice
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a church office endowed with fixed capital assets
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purged
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to free from impurities
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loathed
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to dislike (someone or something) greatly
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apothecary
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a pharmacist
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An
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means "if" sometimes
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Ay
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"yes"
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Coz
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cousin
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Doth
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does
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Thee
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you
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Thine
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your
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Thou art
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you are
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Thou wert
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you were
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'tis
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it is
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prologue
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preview
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chorus
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one actor who serves as the narrator
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swagger
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to walk in an arrogant manner
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heir
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one who inherits
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kinsman
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a family member
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oxymoron
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opposing words being used to describe something
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angst
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a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish
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groundlings
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(pit) lowest admission (usually penny)
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words Shakespeare created
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assassination, bump, & lonely
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"household words"
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"laughing stock", "green-eyed monster", "for goodness sake", "dead as a doornail"
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blank verse
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unrhymed poetry
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affiliated
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to be involved with or associated with
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renaissance
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rebirth
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patrons
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financial sponsers (supporters of the arts)
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tragedy
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drama that ends in catastrophe- most often death- for the main character & often for several other important characters as well
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tragic hero
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someone who is nobly born ad who may have great influence in his/her society. Have one of more fatal character flaws-weakness/serious error in judgement that leads to his/her downfall
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comic relief
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humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity (Shakespeare often uses this in tragedies.)
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allusion
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brief reference, within a work, to something outside of hat the reader or audience is expected to know
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foil
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a character whose personality or attitudes in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work
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soliloquy
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speech that a character gives when he/she is alone on stage. Purpose to let audience know what they're thinking
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aside
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character's remark either to audience or to another character, that others on stage are not supposed to hear. Purpose is to reveal the character's private thoughts.
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iambic pentameter
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lines that ideally have five unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable (sometimes breaks in pattern.)
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Montagues
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Romeo's family
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Capulets
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Juliet's family
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couplet
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two rhymed lines in a row
