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Romeo and Juliet-Act 2-Ditto 2
Follow along as we read the following lines in context. Use the space provided to write a translation.
1. (80-83) ROMEO I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes,
And, but thou love me, let them find me here.
My life were better ended by their hate
Than death prolongued, wanting of thy love
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2. (107-9) JULIET I should have been more strange, I must confess,
But that thou overheard’st ere I was ware
My true-love passion.
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3. (114-116) JULIET O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable
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4. (124-126 ) JULIET I have no joy of this contract tonight.
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden
Too like the lightning
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5. (146-148) ROMEO O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard,
Being in night, all this is but a dream,
Too flattering sweet to be substantial
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6. (150-151) JULIET If that thy bent of love be honorable,
Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow
By one that I’ll procure to come to thee
Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite,
And all my fortunes at thy foot I’ll lay
And follow thee my lord throughout the world.
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