Defined by Shakespeare, "Fat-kidneyed" is used as an insult to say that someone is gross and clumsy or stupid. A "footlicker" is someone who is toady, a lackey, or a suck-up type of person. So a "fat-kidneyed footlicker" would basically be a gross, clumsy suck-up.
Just what it sounds like - you accuse someone of being a foot-licker when they flatter someone else and try to toady up to them. The image is of a dog trying to curry favor by licking your feet.
We the readers are introduced to the fued that the Capulets and Montagues are having when some people from each side meet in the street. They call each other some names and start fighting. The prince shows up and tells them that they are being ridiculous and that if they do it one more time, they will be punished. Towards the beginning of the act, Juliet, the nurse, and Lady Capulet are talking about how Juliet is getting close to the age when she should be married off. Lord Capulet is having a party that night. Paris, a man who wants to get married to Juliet, is going to be there. Juliet promised the nurse and her mother Lady Capulet that she would check him out at the party and see if she would like to get married to him. Meanwhile, Romeo is out with his buddies. He is upset because the girl he likes is going to be a nun. So, yeah, their relationship wouldn't work out. His friends Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to cheer him up. They hear about this party that the Capulets are having. Romeo's friends want him to get over this girl and think maybe if he sees all the attractive women at the party he will forget all about her. Since they are mortal enemies with the Capulets, they are not invited. But who cares about that? They crash the party in disguise. At this party, Romeo and Juliet catch eyes across the room and start to talk. They get pretty friendly and make out twice. They still don't know each other's first name, let alone last names. Because of this, they do not know that they are making out with someone that their parents hate. Unbeknowst to them, Juliet's cousin Tibult has spotted Romeo. Tibult is a bit hot-headed and wants to start a fight. However, his uncle Capulet won't let him.
No, he usually uses ten syllables. The name of the verse line which Shakespeare uses in Romeo and Juliet, and in the rest of his plays, is iambic pentameter. "Iambic" because the dominant foot is an iamb, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. "Pentameter" because there are five feet in every line. Here an example, with a vertical rule between each foot and the stressed syllables capitalized: "In fair Verona, where we lay our scene" in FAIR | verON | a WHERE | we LAY | our SCENE
After meeting Romeo, Juliet changed from a child to a woman. When Juliet is first introduced in the play, she is depicted as a young girl of thriteen with no thoughts yet of an adult life. Marriage, according to Juliet, was the furthest thing from her mind: "It is an honour that I dream not of." As a matter of fact, before she met Romeo, Juliet had never been in love or even had a crush. The night Romeo and Juliet meet, the same day her mother asked her how she felt about marriage, Juliet decides she wants to marry Romeo: If that thy bent of love be honourable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow,(150) By one that I'll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite; And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world. Juliet's transformation is drastic and occurs within a few hours. She is a truly dynamic character.
JULIETO Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,and I will no longer be a CapuletROMEO[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?JULIET'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,Nor arm, nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man. O, be some other name!What's in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all myself.Juliet is saying out loud to herself "Oh Romeo. Who are you? Why must you be a Montague?"Romeo does not answer. He is hiding in the garden below Juliet's balcony and when he speaks she cannot hear him. That is what "aside" means.
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Just what it sounds like - you accuse someone of being a foot-licker when they flatter someone else and try to toady up to them. The image is of a dog trying to curry favor by licking your feet.
This appears to be an insulting and degrading term meant to belittle someone by calling them physically weak, overweight, and subservient. It is offensive and disrespectful language.
Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.Origin From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1594: JULIET:'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,Nor arm, nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man. O, be some other name!What's in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all myself.Courtesy of Phrase.org
We the readers are introduced to the fued that the Capulets and Montagues are having when some people from each side meet in the street. They call each other some names and start fighting. The prince shows up and tells them that they are being ridiculous and that if they do it one more time, they will be punished. Towards the beginning of the act, Juliet, the nurse, and Lady Capulet are talking about how Juliet is getting close to the age when she should be married off. Lord Capulet is having a party that night. Paris, a man who wants to get married to Juliet, is going to be there. Juliet promised the nurse and her mother Lady Capulet that she would check him out at the party and see if she would like to get married to him. Meanwhile, Romeo is out with his buddies. He is upset because the girl he likes is going to be a nun. So, yeah, their relationship wouldn't work out. His friends Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to cheer him up. They hear about this party that the Capulets are having. Romeo's friends want him to get over this girl and think maybe if he sees all the attractive women at the party he will forget all about her. Since they are mortal enemies with the Capulets, they are not invited. But who cares about that? They crash the party in disguise. At this party, Romeo and Juliet catch eyes across the room and start to talk. They get pretty friendly and make out twice. They still don't know each other's first name, let alone last names. Because of this, they do not know that they are making out with someone that their parents hate. Unbeknowst to them, Juliet's cousin Tibult has spotted Romeo. Tibult is a bit hot-headed and wants to start a fight. However, his uncle Capulet won't let him.
No, he usually uses ten syllables. The name of the verse line which Shakespeare uses in Romeo and Juliet, and in the rest of his plays, is iambic pentameter. "Iambic" because the dominant foot is an iamb, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. "Pentameter" because there are five feet in every line. Here an example, with a vertical rule between each foot and the stressed syllables capitalized: "In fair Verona, where we lay our scene" in FAIR | verON | a WHERE | we LAY | our SCENE
After meeting Romeo, Juliet changed from a child to a woman. When Juliet is first introduced in the play, she is depicted as a young girl of thriteen with no thoughts yet of an adult life. Marriage, according to Juliet, was the furthest thing from her mind: "It is an honour that I dream not of." As a matter of fact, before she met Romeo, Juliet had never been in love or even had a crush. The night Romeo and Juliet meet, the same day her mother asked her how she felt about marriage, Juliet decides she wants to marry Romeo: If that thy bent of love be honourable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow,(150) By one that I'll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite; And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world. Juliet's transformation is drastic and occurs within a few hours. She is a truly dynamic character.
JULIETO Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,and I will no longer be a CapuletROMEO[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?JULIET'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,Nor arm, nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man. O, be some other name!What's in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all myself.Juliet is saying out loud to herself "Oh Romeo. Who are you? Why must you be a Montague?"Romeo does not answer. He is hiding in the garden below Juliet's balcony and when he speaks she cannot hear him. That is what "aside" means.
The allusion is to Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet had a forbidden romance, because their respective families were feuding. Juliet is thinking about the difficulties caused by their names, being from the quarreling families, and says: JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself. Her point is that a name is less significant than the substance it signifies, and that phrase has often been quoted, in many contexts.
A Iambic Pentameter is made up of two words. A Iambic pentameter is a metrical foot in poetry in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. It means iambic pentameter is a beat or foot that uses 10 syllables in each line.
"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name, which is no part of thee Take all myself." Hope that helps.
"Though his face be better than any man's, yet his leg excels all men's; and for a hand and a foot and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare. He is not the flower of courtesy, but, I'll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb." (The Nurse, 2, 5) "'A bears him like a portly gentleman, and to say truth, Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well-governed youth," (Capulet, 1,5)