Juliet Flashcards
“My grave is…
“My grave is like to be my wedding bed”
Uses meta-theatrical foreshadowing of the plays events
Freudian ideas can be identified
“O swear not…swear by thy…
“O swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon… Do not swear at all, swear by thy gracious self”
Monosyballic phrase highlight how assertive she is antithetical to Romeo lyrical language.
Presented as favouring actions
“Can heaven…
“Can heaven be so envious?”
Shows how physical matters have no effect on love but spiritual alluded to by heaven
Echoes the idea of how the macrocosm affects and impacts the microcosm, heavens dictate events on earth.
“Beautiful…fiend… dove…
“Beautiful tyrant fiend Angelica!/ Dove-feathered raven”
Sequential use of oxymoron conveys the conflict
Echoes Romeo’s Petrarchan suffering
Broken syntax evokes the violence of this turmoil - makes the dialogue more potent
“O fortune…be fickle… for then I hope…
“O fortune, fortune, all men fall thee fickle;/… be fickle, fortune;/ for then I hope thou wilt not keep him long”
Anthropomorphism language is used
Fricatives of fortune and fickle
Form of address of “thou” shows that Juliet is in equal footing
Personified
“He shall…
“He shall not make me a joyful bride”
Juliet is the epitome of the Shakespeare love. This form of love is not one of unrequited self conscious suffering but a romantic relationship. Juliet is the foil to Rosaline.
This can be seen when Juliet reciprocate love. Physical act of kissing means that the character embodies a physical tangible real love. When Juliet and Romeo competes each other rhymes this signifies their compatibility. This Juliet is the embodiment of a love that undermines the tradition of Petrarchan courtly love.
