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!†p. 34.7 *
- disobedient wretch!†
p. 176.1
- 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:
someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character
or:
a person of bad character