GRK 1808 TInCAP 5
Tübingen Interdisciplinary Corpus of Ambiguity Phenomena

Indeed, I never shall be satisfied
With Romeo till I behold him, dead,
Is my poor heart so for a kinsman vexed.

In some editions of Romeo and Juliet “dead” is not separated by commas, but by dashes. No matter which version, if dashes, or commas are used, it makes it easier to detect the ambiguity as both punctuations cause a brief stop in the reading flow.


Shakespeare, W. (2005). “Romeo and Juliet.” : The Complete Works. . The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. . Oxford University Press.

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I will never be satisfied with Romeo until I see him dead.   
I will never be satisfied until I can see Romeo. My heart is dead because I lost my cousin.   
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