In lines 101-111, Romeo calls the stars "inauspicious". What does this word mean? Where else in the text does Shakespeare describe the stars this way?

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Act 5 Scene 3

Asked by kev g #403809 on 3/16/2015 7:33 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 3/16/2015 9:45 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/16/2015 9:45 PM

Inauspcious means unfavorable or unpromising. The same context in used in Act I, Scene 4.

Romeo and Juliet