punishment
In this context, the word scourge refers to a punishment or affliction that is being inflicted upon the Capulet and Montague families for their hate and feud, as evidenced by the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
What does scourge mean as it is used in the following lines from Act V, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet?
Prince: This letter doth make good the friar's words,
Their course of love, the tidings of her death:
And here he writes that he did buy a poison
Of a poor 'pothecary, and therewithal
Came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet.--Where be these enemies?
-Capulet,--Montague,--See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!
(1 point)
• inconvenience
• power
• punishment
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