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AcTIvITy 4.6
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Understanding Shakespeare’s
Language
Group 2
Romeo and Juliet: “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” (Act II, Scene II)
Romeo and Juliet: “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear.” (Act I, Scene V)
Romeo and Juliet: “See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!” (Act II, Scene II)
The Merchant of Venice: “But love is blind, and lovers cannot see.”
Measure for Measure: “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good
We oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” (Act I, Scene IV)
Group 3
King Henry IV, Part II: “He hath eaten me out of house and home.” (Act II, Scene I)
Richard III: “Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York;”
Julius Caesar: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” (Act III, Scene II)
Julius Caesar: “A dish fit for the gods.” (Act II, Scene I)
Julius Caesar: “Cowards die many times before their deaths; / “The valiant never taste of death but once.” (Act II, Scene II)
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