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- Act 3 Scene 2
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- Juliet is eagerly waiting for her husband, but the
- Nurse brings bad news.
- 1 apace: quickly.
- steeds: horses; they draw the chariot of the
- classical sun-god, Phoebus Apollo.
- 2 lodging: resting place.
- 3 Phaeton: the son of Phoebus Apollo; he
- was allowed to drive his fatherÆs chariot for one
- day, but he drove too fast and was killed by
- Jupiter.
- 5 close: i.e. providing secrecy.
- love-performing: suitable for performing the act of
- love.
- 6 runawayÆs eyes: perhaps this refers to the
- sun.
- wink: close, become blind.
- 9 if love be blind: see note to 1, 1, 168.
- 10 best agrees with: is most appropriate for.
- civil: respectable.
- 12 learn: teach.
- lose a winning match: Juliet will lose her virginity,
- but win a husband.
- 14, 15 Hood . . . mantle: Juliet once again uses
- the language of falconry (see 2, 1, 203ff); it is
- necessary to put a hood over the head of a nervous
- hawk which is fluttering its wings (ôbatingö)
- because it is unaccustomed to men (ôunmannedö).
- 15 mantle: cloak.
- strange: shy.
- 27 possessed: taken possession of.
- 33 But: only.
- 35 cords: rope-ladder.
- 37 well-a-day: alas.
- 38 undone: ruined.
- 40 envious: spiteful.
- 47 cockatrice: a fabulous serpent whose
- glance could kill.
- 49 those eyes: i.e. RomeoÆs eyes, closed in
- death.
- 51 determine: decide.
- weal: happiness.
- 53 God save the mark: forgive me for saying
- it.
- 56 gore: clotted.
- swounded: fainted.
- 57 bankrupt: Juliet feels that she has lost all
- her wealth.
- 59 Vile earth: vile body.
- to earth resign: yield to death.
- motion: movement, life.
- 60 heavy: sorrowful.
- 64 Juliet is confused.
- 67 dreadful trumpet: the one that will herald
- (ôsoundö) the Day of Judgement (ôgeneral doomö).
- 73 serpent: in some early pictures, the
- serpent (Satan) in the Garden of Eden appears as a
- face looking through flowers.
- 74 keep: hide in.
- 76 wolvish-ravening: ravenous as a wolf.
- 77 show: appearance.
- 78 Just opposite: the exact opposite.
- justly seemÆst: truly appeared.
- 81 bower: enclose.
- 87 naught: nothing.
- 88 aqua vitae: ôwater of lifeö; a modern
- equivalent is brandy.
- 98 poor my lord: my poor lord.
- smooth: speak well of.
- 102 native spring: source ù i.e. her eyes.
- 103 Tears pay tribute, but the tribute is due to
- sorrow; Juliet thinks that her eyes have made a
- mistake and are weeping for joy.
- 109 forget it fain: gladly forget it.
- 110 presses: pushes its way.
- 116 if . . . fellowship: if one sorrow likes to
- have another for company.
- 117 needly: of necessity.
- ranked: joined.
- 120 modern: ordinary.
- moved: caused.
- 121 with a rearward following: following, like
- a rearguard, the news of TybaltÆs death.
- 126 that wordÆs death: the death which that
- word brings.
- sound: express, measure.
- 130 spent: shed.
- 132 beguiled: cheated.
- 135 maid: virgin.
- maiden-widowed: a virgin and a widow.
- 139 wot: know.
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