death Flashcards

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whose misadventure piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents strife

A

what we hear first becomes how we think of the rest of the play
death only way it ends

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what art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? turn thee benvolio look upon thy death
tybalt

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heartless pun for male deer saying montague men are like women who lack courage and leader
he is death

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the orchard walls are high and hard to climb and the place death considering who thou art
juliet

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threat of death is forever present even in love scene
found on family’s wall is fatal

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do thou but close our hands with holy words then love devouring death do what he dare
juliet

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death will devour them at the end of the play

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i’ll to my wedding bed and death not romeo take my maidenhead!
juliet

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personalising of death makes it less threatning and more of a character

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death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field
capulet (juliet died)

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simile and metaphor
sweetest flower suggest she’s killed when she should be enjoyed beauty

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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

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death is sexualised being
flower by deflowed taking of virginity

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shall i believe that unsubstantial death is amorous and that the lean abhorred monster keeps thee here in dark to be his paramour?
romeo

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death is unsubstantial and hated monster and has imprisoned juliet as his lover

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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

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breath is life and lips seal deal with death who has possession of death

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