All 3 Uses of
wretch
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit; Wilt thou not, Jule?' and, by my holidame, The pretty wretch left crying, and said 'Ay:' To see now how a jest shall come about!†
Scene 1.3 *
- Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!†
Scene 3.5
- Noting this penury, to myself I said, An if a man did need a poison now, Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
-
(wretch) someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character