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“A pair of star crossed lovers take their life” Prologue
“A pair of star crossed lovers take their life” analysis
Presents the intensity of Romeo and Juliet’s love and how their love for one determines their fate. “Take their life” emphasis the violent foreshadowing of them taking their lives. Shakespeare’s real message to the audience was that their love wasn’t meant to be
D m h l t n?
“Did my heart love till now?” Romeo Act 1
“Did my heart love till now?” analysis
Rhetorical question, expresses the idea that Romeo didn’t know what true love was until he saw Juliet at the party. He stops feeling any love for Rosaline since he focuses on Juliet. Implies that her presence is so powerful and that Rosaline was nothing to him
M o l s f m o h !
“My only love sprung from my only hate!” - Juliet Act 2
“My only love sprung from my only hate!”
The exclamative sentence shows that Juliet is devastated that Romeo is a Montague. She uses the oxymorons to emphasis the hatred between the two families and how it is ruining her life
T v d h v e
“These violent delights have violent ends” - Friar Lawrence Act 2
“These violent delights have violent ends”
Friar Lawrence is trying to warn Romeo that his and Juliet’s love has happened quickly but can end quickly too. The oxymoron and repetition also emphasises that their love is dangerous since they aren’t suppose to be together. This foreshadows Romeo and Juliet’s deaths
