“Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.” Romeo shares in little detail what he has been doing, but tells Mercutio and Benvolio that he thoroughly enjoyed his ‘business’. The ‘business’ was meeting Juliet over the course of the night and both of them confessing […]
“If I’m being kind to you but you think I’m being horrible, am I being kind or not?” It’s your job to judge a person on whether they are likely to be sensitive towards a certain subject or not. You are not being kind if you are aware that your actions are being hurtful, you […]
“…they stumble that run fast.” This quote from Friar Lawrence is a warning of a sort to Romeo and Juliet about their future and their fate. When he says “…they stumble that run fast.” he is trying to portray that rushing into things does not end well usually. This is referring to the fact that […]

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