Wednesday, July 23, 2014

What does Juliet say when her mother says she should send someone to Mantua to poison Romeo?Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Clearly, there is much irony in the passages relative to
the question on  William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.  
First of all, there is verbal irony as Juliet
pretends to agree with her mother, saying,


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Indeed I never shall be
satisfied


With Romeo till I behold--him--dead
(III,v.96-97)



Juliet does not
mean what her mother construes; rather, she means that she will never tire of Romeo
until he is dead and gone from her, hopefully, when they are old.  However, the second
irony, that of dramatic irony, present in these lines is
that Juliet, indeed, will see Romeo dead. 


This passage is
also significant because it furthers the motif of fate.  The "star-crossed lovers" will
again meet, but meet in tragedy.

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