All 4 Uses of
perjury
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- provokes me to this threefold perjury:
Scene 2.6 *perjury = lie (or make false statement under oath)
- Madam, 'twas Ariadne passioning For Theseus' perjury and unjust flight; Which I so lively acted with my tears That my poor mistress, mov'd therewithal, Wept bitterly; and would I might be dead If I in thought felt not her very sorrow!†
Scene 4.4perjury = the criminal offense of telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth
- Read over Julia's heart, thy first best love, For whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith Into a thousand oaths; and all those oaths Descended into perjury, to love me.†
Scene 5.4
- Behold her that gave aim to all thy oaths, And entertain'd them deeply in her heart: How oft hast thou with perjury cleft the root!†
Scene 5.4
Definition:
the criminal offense of telling lies after formally promising to tell the truth -- such as when testifying in a court trial