Miranda a leading character in William Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Caliban a savage who is half-man, half-beast in The Tempest.
tawdry gaudy; cheap; vulgarly ornamental.
listless lacking energy or effort.
Good pilgrim . . . holy palmer's kiss a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5, 99–102.
Thou knowest . . . speak tonight a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, 85–87.
elocution the art of public speaking.
Although I joy . . . when next we meet a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, 116-22.
Portia a leading character in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Beatrice a leading character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Cordelia a leading character in William Shakespeare's King Lear.
nacre mother-of-pearl.
