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Twelfth Night
Act 2 Scene 5
Term | Definition |
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Scruple | A very tiny pary |
Sheep biter | Dissembler, Come |
Shame | Be disgraced |
Bear Baiting | A popular sport in which a bear. tethered to a post, was tormented by dogs |
Fool...Blue | Bruise him with fooling |
Contemplative | Self-Deceiving |
Tickling | flattery(as poachers catch trout by tickling them |
Affect | Care for |
Fancy | Love |
One...Complexion | Someone like me in appearance and temperament |
Uses | treats |
Follows | serves |
Contemplation | Conceit |
Jets | struts |
Advanced | Outspread |
Slight | By Gods's light |
Example | Precedent |
The...Wardrobe | An inexplicable joke with perhaps topical significance |
The...Wardrobe | Williams Strachey was a shareholder in a rival theatre, and David Yeomans was a wardrobe-keeper for the same company |
Jezebel | The proud wife of King Ahab |
Blows | swells |
State | Chair of state |
Stone-Bow | crossbow which fired stones |
Branched | embroiderd(with a design of tree branches |
Day bed | couch |
to have... state | To adopt the grand manner |
Demure...Regard | serious look around at those present |
Bolts and shackless | Fetters |
Curtsies | bow down low |
Take | give |