kinsmen
The word "Kinsmen" is in Act II, Scene 2, line 914, when Juliet says, "If any of my kinsmen find thee here." The dictionary says it means male family members, from "kin" (family, from Old English "cynn") and "man," used since 1175. It's about Juliet's relatives who would fight Romeo's family. Knowing this made the scene scarier which shows how risky their love is because of family fights. I didn't see how serious the danger was before, but now I get why it's a big deal.
white-upturned
"Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes / Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him." The dictionary defines "upturned" as an adjective meaning "turned upwards," Its etymology formed within English by compounding "up" and "turned," and its earliest recorded use attributed to Shakespeare himself in 1597. It's about people looking up in awe, showing their eyes white part. This made Romeo's speech feel super dreamy, like Juliet's an angel. It helped me understand why the balcony scene is so special it's not just love talk but almost magical for Romeo.
caetera
Mercutio says, "An open et caetera, thou a poperin pear!" The etymology: "Caetera comes from the Latin phrase "et caetera," meaning "and the rest" or "and others." It's from Latin "et" (and) and "cetera" (the rest), used in English since way back in Old English times, often shortened to "etc." In Mercutio's line, it's a way of hinting at something rude such as woman's private parts tied to his joke. This maybe made the scene funnier but it shows Mercutio's bold, playful side and how the play mixes love with crude humor, which I didn't seem to catch onto before.
Queen Mab
Fairy queen
while they do dream things true.
Romeo thinks dreams tells the truth
vain
Uselessly
I am not for this ambling
He doesn’t want to join them
crow-keeper
Scarecrow
hoodwink'd
Blindfolded or deceived
To beautify him, only lacks a cover
Paris just needs a partner to be complete
Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face,
Lady Capulet says Juliet to fall in love with Paris
wax
Flawless
A man, young lady! lady, such a man 460As all the world—why, he's a man of wax. Lady Capulet. Verona's summer hath not such a flower. Nurse. Nay, he's a flower; in faith, a very flower.
Nurse is happy about Juliet’s match with Paris, she think Paris is a good guy for her
broke her brow
Juliet hurt her forehead
tetchy
Upset?
On Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen; That shall she, marry; I remember it well. 'Tis since the earthquake now eleven years; And she was wean'd,—I never shall forget it
Nurse says Juliet will be fourteen on the night of the mentioned holiday on the text ( Lammas ), and an earthquake happened eleven years ago that’s how nuts keeps track of her time
Lammas-tide
A holiday celebrated around beginning of August 1st
And yet, to my teeth be it spoken, I have but four
Nurse bets fourteen of her teeth but she has only four, is this satire?
Among fresh female buds shall you this night Inherit at my house;
They will have company from two young women tonight
bound
Obligatory
Exeunt
“They all leave stage”
Dian's
Goddess of Chastity
A right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit.
a beautiful girl is easy to love
What, shall I groan and tell thee?
Drumrolll please because Romeo is about to tell Benvolio about his love but he is hesitant
What is it else? a madness most discreet, 220A choking gall and a preserving sweet. Farewell, my coz.
What is love? A madness between Romeo and Juliet. a quiet hidden madness, Romeo says love is both gall (bitter poison) and preserving sweet (sweet thing).
Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.
Seems like everyone is ordered to leave the fight scene or they will be punished badly(death)
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Good point to be noted he these two family been fighting and their war destroyes the city, that’s why they called it a civil brawl
[Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE
Montague family head is also on the scene now
Enter CAPULET in his gown, and LADY CAPULET]
Capulet family head enters
strike! beat them down! 90Down with the Capulets! down with the Montagues!
Fight to settle the quarrel
hinds
Hinds- fools or reckless people
TYBALT
Capsules family member
Based on background information he is hot tempered
BENVOLIO
Montague family member
Do you quarrel, sir? 65 Abraham. Quarrel sir! no, sir. Sampson. If you do, sir, I am for you: I serve as good a man as you.
when capulet servants are looking for a fight montagues servants doesn’t entertain the idea
Enter ABRAHAM and BALTHASAR
From montague family
I am a pretty piece of flesh
Sampson is highly self centered and overly confident
maidenheads
virginity
The heads of the maids?
again Gregory trying to clarify if Sampson meant to be this rude
draw your neck
after a little google search I found out this is used be a punishment back in the days. Here Gregory tries to tell Sampson, if he tries to provoke a fight he might get fired
Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers
They set the stage in a way(armors) that viewer or readers are expected the scene to be dramatic.