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02/13/2011
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who was lady montague
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wife to montague
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who was Escalus
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the prince of Verona
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who was Paris
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a young count, kinsman to the prince
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who was Romeo
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son of Montague
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who is Mercutio
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kinsman to the prince and friend of Romeo
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who was Benvolio
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the nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo
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Who was tybalt
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nephew to lady capulet
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who married romeo and juliet
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Friar Lawrence
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who was Balthasar
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a servant to romeo, and the one who brought the false news that juliet had died
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who was Sampson/Gregory
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servants to capulet
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who was peter
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servant to Juliet's nurse, and provided comic relife when he talked to the minstrels
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who was abram
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servant to montague
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who was juliet
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daughter to capulet
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who was lady capulet
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wife to capulet
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who brought information to juliet about romeo
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the nurse
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pernicious
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causing great injury or ruin
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augmenting
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increasing; enlarging
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grievance
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injustice; complaint
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transgression
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wrongdoing; sin
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heretics
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those who hold to a belif opposed to the established teachings of a church
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kinsman
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relatives
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cunning
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cleverness; slyness
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procure
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get; obtain
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vile
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worthless; cheap; low
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sallow
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of a sickly pale-yellowish complexion
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waverer
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one who changes or is unsteady
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lamentable
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distressing; sad
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unwieldy
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awkward; clumsy
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gallant
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brave and noble
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fray
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noisy fight
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martial
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military
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agile
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quick and easy of movement
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exile
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banish
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tedious
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tiresom
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eloquence
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speech that is vivid, forceful, graceful, and persuasive
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fickle
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changeable
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abhors
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detests; intensly dislikes
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pensive
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thinking deeply or seriously
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vial
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a small bottle containing medicine or other liquids
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enjoined
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ordered
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dismal
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causing gloom or misery
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loathsome
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disgusting
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pilgrimage
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long journey
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remnants
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remaning persons or things
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penury
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extreme poverty
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haughty
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arrogant
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sepulcher
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tomb
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ambiguities
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statements or events whose meanings are unclear
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scourge
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whip or other instrument for inflicting punishmenty
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