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This line may be one of the most frequently quoted, and frequently misunderstood, lines in all of Shakespeare. Though Juliet is standing on her balcony, unaware of Romeo below her, the line doesn’t mean she’s asking where he is. Wherefore means why, so Juliet is asking why Romeo is who he is—namely, a Montague, and therefore her sworn enemy.
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Juliet Character Analysis. Having not quite reached her...
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Here the Nurse is counting down the days to Juliet’s...
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Significanly, that Juliet blames herself for seeing Romeo...
- Romeo and Juliet
Romeo’s remark “O, I am fortune’s fool!” illustrates the fact that Romeo sees himself as subject to the whims of fate. When he cries out “Then I defy you, stars,” after learning of Juliet’s death, he declares himself openly opposed to the destiny that so grieves him. Sadly, in “defying” fate he actually brings it about.
How does Shakespeare create sympathy for Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet"? For me, personally, I feel sympathy for Juliet because she is the one who really gets the most pressure put on her during ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The comparison between his wound and a “well” or “church-door” builds sympathy for him, suggesting burial and a funeral. Shakespeare uses Mercutio to create pathos in a dramatic climax: His comment “‘twill serve” ominously implies the significance of his death. His death signals a turning point and is a catalyst for Romeo’s violence
Juliet Character Analysis. Having not quite reached her fourteenth birthday, Juliet is of an age that stands on the border between immaturity and maturity. At the play’s beginning, however, she seems merely an obedient, sheltered, naïve child. Though many girls her age—including her mother—get married, Juliet has not given the subject ...
Shakespeare from this quote is letting us think how she regrets thinking it was night by blaming it on the lark. . To make us feel more sympathy for Juliet Shakespeare is giving us the idea of how it was not Juliet’s fault thinking it was still night it was the lark because it was so out of tune, that it sounded like a nightingale.
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In these ways Shakespeare uses three devices of language, characters and dramatic devices to create sympathy for Juliet, and I think that the most effective is dramatic irony because it is used throughout the whole play and as the audience knows Juliet and Romeo will die and are powerless to stop it happening.
