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Women may fall when there’s no strength in men

PLAY: Romeo and Juliet ACT/SCENE: 2.3 SPEAKER: Friar Lawrence CONTEXT: If e’er thou wast thyself and these woes thine,
Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline.
And art thou changed? Pronounce this sentence then:
Women may fall when there’s no strength in men. DUTCH: Een vrouw zij zwak, want krachtloos is de man.
MORE: Woes = Calamity, grief
Strength = moral or intellectual force Topics: respect, loyalty, strength

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