love Flashcards
“underneath the grove of sycamore”
clever play of words as it means lovesick in Latin
“With tears augmenting the fresh mornings dew”
Romeo is a typical courtly lover
Metaphor of him crying so much that he waters the ground with tears
“Makes himself an artificial night”
Romeo is depressed and miserable
Juliet is his sun who he hasn’t found yet
“O brawling love! O loving hate”
Oxymorons
lack of poetic skill to present lack of understanding of love
clumsy poetry describes his heartbreak
“Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold”
Romeo is unrequitedly in love with Rosaline
Rosaline won’t have sex with him as she is vowed to a life of chastity
Romeo is interested in sex and not love as he is lustful like the servants at the beginning pf the play
Romeo in the beginning
When Romeo is first introduced he is secluded from violence and his father describes him as sensitive
This depicts Romeo as a courtly lover
R+J meet
Act 1 scene 5
“Snowy dove trooping with crows”
dove-pagan symbol of love, war and sexuality which links to peace and purity
white colour symbolism
By saying ‘trooping with crows’ Romeo is culling other people because J is special
“Holy shrine”
“My lips two blushing pilgrims”
Romeo views his relationship to Juliet as that of a pilgrim
she is holy and someone to be worshiped
metaphorical way of expressing his eagerness and desire to kiss J
he sees their meeting as sacred and a significant moment, like a pilgrimage, and his lips are ready to embark on that journey of love and affection
“My only love sprung from my only hate”
juxtaposition
Juliet’s frustration and despair
conflict between love and hate
highlights the irony and tragedy of their love story as it is born out of the very thing keeping them apart
love has the power to overcome the strongest boundaries
“Torches to burn bright”
Juliet’s beauty is captivating and outshines everything else
metaphor of a torch implies that her beauty has the power to ignite passion and fire in others
