Courtly love

Question 1

Act 1 scene 1- introduction to Romeo by Montague and he is presented as a courtly lover(images of artificiality, darkness, solitude and sighing)

Answer 1

‘his deep sighs’, ‘in his chambers pens himself’, ‘locks fair daylight out, makes himself an artificial night’

Question 2

Act 1 scene 1 - Romeo presents himself as a courtly lover by being self-absorbed

Answer 2

‘Out of her favour when I am in love’

Question 3

Act 1 scene 1-Shakespeare uses personal pronouns to show Romeo as a self absorbed courtly lover

Answer 3

‘Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast’

‘more grief to too much of mine own’

Question 4

Act 1 scene 1-Shakespeare indicates Romeo being a courtly lover has led him to being lost as courtly love isn’t real

Answer 4

‘I have lost myself;I am not here: This is not Romeo’

Question 5

Act 1 scene 1-Romeo despairs over Rosaline and worries that she’ll die a virgin which he thinks will be a waste
a classic trope of a courtly lover

Answer 5

‘That, when she dies, with beauty dies her store’

‘in that sparing makes huge waste’

Question 6

Act 1 scene 1 Benvolio asks what’s wrong with Romeo and after a long conversation about love he concludes his feelings, which portray a courtly lover.

Answer 6

‘This love I feel, that feel no love in this’