Page 131 - No fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

ACT 2, SCENE .\ NO'EA.~~
WOU I eto aveacon enceWIt you.
She will indite him to some dinner party.
A pimp! A pimp! A pimp! I've found it out. What have you found out?
She's not a prostitute unless she's using her ugliness to hide her promiscuity.
(he walks by them and sings)
Old rabbit meat is good to eat,
If you can't get anything else. But ifit's so old,
That it goes bad before you eat it, Then it was a waste of money.
(speaking)
Romeo, are you going to your father's for lunch? Let's go there.
I'll follow after you.
- - - - Goodbye, old lady. Goodbye, lady, lady, lady.
Mercutlo mockingly
sings 8 romantic BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO exit. song to the Nurse.
NURSE
TIle nurse means
"conference, " not confidence.
This is a joke called a malapropism, where the right
word is replaced by a similar-sounding word with a completely
different meaning.
BENVOLIO
II k fI Benvo 0 rna es un
ofthe Nurse by
saying "indite" instead of "invite. "
MERCUTIO
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
(to ROMEO) Ifyou're the Romeo I'm looking for, sir, I Idl'k h fid .h
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
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