Romeo and Juliet Group

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paparatto
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High School - 9th Grade

Please translate the last ten lines of Juliet's speech in Act IV, scene 3 of "Romeo and Juliet."

Beginning at "O, if I wake... What are synonyms for 1. burial cloth 2. I believe 3. surrounded 4. stop 5. beat 6. upset 7. skewer 8. ancestors 9. mutilated 10. sword

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Posted by paparatto on Wednesday April 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM and tagged with iv3, modern translation, romeo and juliet.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    As for a "translation," eNotes has a modern translation of the play side-by-side with the Elizabethan version. I've pasted a link to it below. As for synonyms of the words you've listed, you should be able to figure those out for yourself if you'll read the text I've referred to. I'll help you out with a few:

    • to spit something means to skewer it
    • "methinks" is an archaic way of saying "I believe"
    • "Stay" is another way of saying "Stop"
    • a rapier is a type of sword
    • a shroud is a burial cloth
    • to be distraught is to be very upset about something
    • to dash out someone's brains is to beat his head against something

    Now, you should be able to figure out mutilated, ancestors, and surrounded.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/romeo-text/3392

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    Posted by linda-allen on Wednesday April 30, 2008 at 4:05 PM