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In Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene iv, lines 36-37, Mercutio says:"O, their bones, their bones!"
This is the final quote from a long line of insults Mercutio
directs towards the Capulet Tybalt."Bones" is some sort of pun on the French word "bons", but I cannot
find the definition anywhere."Bon," on the other hand, means good (adj) or voucher (noun-masc.)
Can anyone figure out what the double-meaning is here?
Posted by Anonymous on April 27, 1997 at 15:17:25
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