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What does nay mean from romeo and Juliet?

Nay means no.


What is a quote related to gender from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

Lady Capulet: So shall you share in all he doth possess; by having him making yourself no less. Nurse: Less? Nay, more! Women grow by men!


Which Shakespeare play did the phrase a wild goose chase come from?

He probably did not originate the term, as it must have started as a game, like a greased pig chase. Shakespeare did however use the phrase in Romeo and Juliet, which would have popularized it. Mercutio says: Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five: was I with you there for the goose?


What does nay mean in Shakespeare?

An ugly male/female thing who jiggles around and likes to clap. its likes are piano and flutes. also it thinks that clarinets and saxaphones are cupcakes. it also thinks it can sing and the calling for a nay nay is YEE HA YEE HA


Is there consonance in sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare?

I say nay


What are 5 puns in romeo and Juliet?

There are few puns in Romeo and Juliet. For example, a pun in Romeo and Juliet is when Shakespeare writes a conversation between Sampson and Gregory.A pun is a play on words usually they are meant to be funny. An example in Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo and Mercutio are talkingMercutio: That dreamers often lieRomeo: In bed asleep while they dream things trueThe pun here is on the word lie Mercutio says lie meaning not telling the truth but Romeo says lie meaning lying down


What does nay it is mean in Hamlet?

I think it means nay


What does nay mean in old English?

No


What are some examples of a pun in Romeo and Juliet?

Ah, puns are like little hidden gems in literature, just waiting to bring a smile to your face. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses puns for humor and to show the clever wordplay of the characters. One example is when Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man," playing on the word "grave" to mean serious and also a burial place.


What would have happened to romeo and Juliet if they hadn't die?

Romeo was in the garden specifically to meet with Juliet and so he would eventually have met her and talked with her. The customary way for these conversations to go is shown by Romeo's relationship with Rosaline, where he complains that he is dying of love and she remains cool and aloof. Had Juliet intentionally told Romeo right off that she loved him she might have appeared loose. Indeed she worries that Romeo might have gotten that impression from overhearing her. "If thou thinkest I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse, and say thee nay, so thou wilt woo." And she would have stood on form had she not been overheard. "Fain would I dwell on form--fain, fain deny what I have spoke." Bet although the formalities of courtship may have slowed down the courtship, it would not have prevented it--Juliet was not one who would let form keep her from her man.


What does nem in Hungarian mean?

nem can mean not, no, nay, or nope


What are some puns in act 2 of romeo and Juliet?

Pun: A Pun is a play on words with more than one meaning, interpretation. "Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles…" (I.iv.13-15).