death Flashcards
whose misadventure piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents strife
what we hear first becomes how we think of the rest of the play
death only way it ends
what art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? turn thee benvolio look upon thy death
tybalt
heartless pun for male deer saying montague men are like women who lack courage and leader
he is death
the orchard walls are high and hard to climb and the place death considering who thou art
juliet
threat of death is forever present even in love scene
found on family’s wall is fatal
do thou but close our hands with holy words then love devouring death do what he dare
juliet
death will devour them at the end of the play
i’ll to my wedding bed and death not romeo take my maidenhead!
juliet
personalising of death makes it less threatning and more of a character
death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field
capulet (juliet died)
simile and metaphor
sweetest flower suggest she’s killed when she should be enjoyed beauty
o son the night before your wedding day hath death lain with thy wife. there she lies flower as she was deflowerd by him
capulet
death is sexualised being
flower by deflowed taking of virginity
shall i believe that unsubstantial death is amorous and that the lean abhorred monster keeps thee here in dark to be his paramour?
romeo
death is unsubstantial and hated monster and has imprisoned juliet as his lover
arms take your last embrace and lips o you the doors of breath seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death
romeo
breath is life and lips seal deal with death who has possession of death