- Discuss any lines that foreshadow what was promised in the prologue.
- Discuss the verbal irony in the exchange between Juliet and her mother.
- Discuss the change in Lord Capulet's position on Juliet's being married.
- Discuss the significance of Nurse's final advice to Juliet.
Friday, February 15, 2008
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The last few lines and the beginning of act III scene 5, foreshadows what was promised in the prologue, the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo's death is adumbrated through his dialogue. "Let me be ta'en. Let me be put to deah" (III v line 16). Juliet's death can be suggested also through her speech. "I'll to the frair to know his remedy.
If all else fail, myself have power to die" (III v line 243-244). Both Romeo and Juliet's usage of killing themselves or death, gives the reader a hint to the already stipulated conclusion.
Nurse's final advice is significant because it shows that the one person Juliet counted on to tell her secrets and always be there for her has given up on her and her ideas. When Nurse says "Beshrew my very heart I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first", she is saying that Paris is a much better match for Juliet than Romeo, even though she has praised Romeo before and knows that Juliet is very much in love with him. Nurse is showing that even the people closest to Juliet are against her marriage. Her advice is also significant because it drives Juliet to make the statement: "If all else fail, myself have power to die." She says this because Nurse's words show her that she has nobody who agrees with or understands how she feels about Romeo.
Has the nurse necessarily turned on Juliet's back when she advised her to marry Paris?
On page 190 in that part where Juliet is speaking and it starts "O God, I have an ill-divining soul.." and Romeo's line after that starting "And, trust me, love..." is that foreshadowing? and if so what?
Connor B.
When Lady Capulet says, "I'll send one to Mantua, where that shame banished doth live, shall give him such an unaccustomed dram..." how does she know where Romeo is?
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