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Act I, Scene 1 Verona. A public place. |
[Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers]
carry coals — Do dirty work, be put upon.
heartless hinds — A fourfold pun: hind means "servant" and "female deer," and heartless means "without feelings" and "without harts" (male deer). This play is packed with phrases that carry two or more meanings, often bawdy.
Benvolio protests that he does not wish to fight, and invites Tybalt to help him break it up.
[Enter CAPULET in his gown, and LADY CAPULET]
[Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE]
[Enter PRINCE, with Attendants]
BBC Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (1978)
[Exeunt all but MONTAGUE, LADY MONTAGUE, and BENVOLIO]
Montague hopes that Romeo will confess his troubles to Benvolio.
by thy stay — In remaining here.
true shrift — Honest confession.
let's away — Let us leave swiftly.
[Exeunt MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE]
I will pay for that teaching: i.e., I will have you convinced that you are wrong.
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