Romeo! humours! madman! passion! lover!
This shows Mercutio’s playful and has a sarcastic attitude toward love?
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beggars
are people who ask others for money, food, or help because they are very poor and have little or nothing.
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Mercutio. O here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad!
Mercutio is joking that Romeo's no smart (wit) is like soft leather ("cheveril") that can stretch easily,
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caetera
CAETERA????? "Caetera" is a Latin word that means "the rest" or "the others." It's often used in the phrase
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Come, he hath hid himself among these trees, To be consorted with the humorous night: 830Blind is his love and best befits the dark.
"Come, he’s hiding in the trees, wanting to be alone with the night. His love is blind, so the darkness suits him better." **I paraphrase this to get more sense on the lines **
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