Love Flashcards
intro
interwoven through every scene through exploration of different forms
flow
unrequited > religion > violence > physical
unrequited, dichotomies of love
Romeo state of depression declined infatuation, A1S1, oxymorons, verbs used as adjective connotes fighting, contrast of love and hate, foreshadows violence coexistence with love, unable to comprehend feelings and confused, artificial love language = fatal flaw of obsessed idea of love + immaturity, leads dramatic climax
UNR, A2S2
Juliet uses asyndetic listing building to simile of highlighting Romeo to be impulsive and reckless
religion, sign of united love
first meet, pure and chaste religious imagery showing instant connection and equal level of communication
R contrast
A5S3, Romeo drinks from round vial ,allusion to female sexuality of Elizabethan era, Juliet kills dagger of phatic symbol showing re consumation of marriage, unified death symbolises consumption of unity in after life and eternal devotion to each other , love transcendental as on physical/ mental/ spiritual levels
violence, fuels love
Romeo and Juliet’s love are unsettled by Verona’s conflict but not corrupted only made more powerful, amalgamation of violence and love makes tragedy as emotions fade, sonnets describe death, blood filled imagery, prophetic words, “grave like to be my wedding bed”, intersection between violence and death, imagery of consumption of marriage and in infinity of death foreshadows
physical, superficial view of love
Mercutio subverts convention of romantic poetry when describing Rosaline’s body sexualising, reduced love-filled romance to sexual description
P, Friat Lawrence “Young men’s love lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes”
disregard true love, untrustworthy belief against religion, cloaks play in front whith fresh view of love given