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David Lucking, University of Lecce. The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet lends itself so gracefully to being read simply as a sustained flight of lyricism, as one of the most poignant and intense ...
Share Cite. Fate plays an enormous role in Romeo and Juliet. In fact, it's almost like a character in its own right. Fate has conspired to ensure that that Romeo and Juliet, these two young people ...
Come, gentle night. Come, loving, dark night. Give me my Romeo. And when I die, take him and cut him into stars that will make the night sky so beautiful that the entire world will fall in love with the night and forget about the tasteless sun. Oh, I have bought the mansion of love, but not yet possessed it.
In the famous sonnet that appears in Act I Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet meet, express their interest and desire for one another, and seal their fates. Within these lines Shakespeare uses an extended metaphor, comparing Romeo to a pilgrim and Juliet to a religious/holy site, to describe their relationship. Romeo acts reverentially, cleverly ...
In other words, Romeo thinks Juliet is very eye-catching. Romeo and Juliet meet, and they share a conversation that is basically one long metaphor. Later, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and ...
4.8 (5 reviews) Do you think Friar Lawrence is wise to agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? Explain. Some students may say that Friar Lawrence is wise because Romeo and Juliet seem sincere in their love for each other and because their marriage would unify the feuding families. Other may characterize the Friar as welliintentioned but wise.
Ironically, Romeo cannot imagine life “without” (outside of) Verona’s walls, even though Verona’s literal and figurative walls place many barriers between Juliet and him. Even so, Romeo compares banishment from Verona to being tortured in hell, mainly because it would mean separation from Juliet. A few lines later, Romeo says, “Heaven ...
