Romeo and Juliet 1.1 Word Nerd: "canker"

The transcript discusses the etymology of the word 'cancer', tracing it back to an ulcerous disease that erodes healthy tissue. It then explores how Shakespeare used the term 'canker' metaphorically in two ways: to describe rust on swords, likened to a malignant skin disease, and to depict the destructive hatred between feuding families, which corrupts society like cancer affects surrounding tissue.

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