Act 1 Scene
1
Original
Text:
Enter SAMPSON and
GREGORY of the house of Capulet, with swords and bucklers
SAMPSON Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals.
GREGORY No, for then we should be colliers.
SAMPSON I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.
GREGORY Ay, while you
live, draw your neck out of collar.
SAMPSON I strike
quickly, being moved.
GREGORY But thou art not quickly moved to strike.
SAMPSON A dog of the house of Montague moves me.
GREGORY To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand.
Therefore if thou art moved thou runn'st away.
SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will
take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.
Act 1 Scene
1
TRANSLATION:
SAMPSON and GREGORY,
servants of the Capulet family, enter carrying swords and small shields.
SAMPSON: Gregory, I swear, we can't let them humiliate us. We
won't take their garbage.
GREGORY: (teasing SAMPSON) No, because then we'd be garbage
men.
SAMPSON: What I mean is, if they make us angry we'll pull out
our swords.
GREGORY: Maybe you should focus on pulling yourself out of
trouble, Sampson.
SAMPSON: I hit hard
when I'm angry. - - - --.
GREGORY: But it's hard to make you angry. SAMPSON: One of
those dogs from the Montague house can make me angry.
GREGORY: Angry enough to run away. You won't stand and fight.
SAMPSON: A dog from that house will make me angry enough to
take a stand. If! pass one of them on the street, I'll take the side closer to
the wall and let him walk in the gutter.
Questions:
1.
What are
the names of the two characters:
____________________
a.
What is
their relationship?
________________________________
b.
How do you
know? ______________________________
2.
What are
they talking about?
_______________________________
a.
Give a line
from the text to support your answer _______________________
Folks at home please sign: ________________
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