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Poison symbolizes human society’s tendency to poison good things and make them fatal, just as the pointless Capulet-Montague feud turns Romeo and Juliet’s love to poison. After all, unlike many of the other tragedies, this play does not have an evil villain, but rather people whose good qualities are turned to poison by the world in which ...
JULIET. Do not swear at all.Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,Which is the god of my idolatry, And I’ll believe thee. JULIET. Don’t swear at all. Or, if you must swear, swear by your magnificent self, which is the god I worship like an idol, and I’ll believe you. ROMEO. If my heart’s dear love—.
The Prince and the Capulets enter. Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are discovered in the tomb. Montague arrives, declaring that Lady Montague has died of grief for Romeo’s exile. The Prince shows Montague his son’s body. Upon the Prince’s request, Friar Lawrence succinctly tells the story of Romeo and Juliet’s secret marriage and its consequences.
O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art. As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven (30) Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes. Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him. When he bestrides the lazy-puffing clouds. And sails upon the bosom of the air. Juliet.
Light/Dark and Day/Night. Romeo and Juliet complicates traditional notions of light versus dark and day versus night. Light is typically a symbol of openness, purity, hope, and good fortune, while dark often represents confusion, obscurity, and doom. Shakespeare…. read analysis of Light/Dark and Day/Night.
Even or odd, of all the days in the year, she’ll be fourteen on the night of July 31st. She and my daughter Susan—God rest all Christian souls—were born that same day. Well, Susan died and is now with God. She was too good for me. But, as I said, on the night of July 31st, Juliet will be fourteen. Yes, she will indeed.
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Juliet is the light that frees him from the darkness of his perpetual melancholia. In the famous balcony scene Romeo associates Juliet with sunlight, "It is the east and Juliet is the sun!" (2.2.3), daylight, "The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars/As daylight doth a lamp" (2.2.20-1), and the light emanating from angels, "O speak ...
