Wednesday, February 11, 2015

What are some similes in Romeo and Juliet?

Simile is used in Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet
 at the beginning of Act 1.4.


Romeo,
Mercutio, Benvolio (of the house of Montague) and others are in the process of entering
the house of Capulet to join a party.  The boys, who are "crashing" the party, are
joking about whether they should be announced or should just enter without
apology.


Benvolio says:


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We'll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf [no
blind Cupid introducing them--the presenter at events like this would sometimes be
dressed as Cupid],


Bearing a Tartar's painted bow of lath
[a bow shorter than the traditional English long
bow],


Scaring the ladies like a
crowkeeper,...



Crowkeeper is
simply a scarecrow.  Thus, Benvolio says that the boys will not be introduced at the
party by a presenter dressed like Cupid, carrying a small bow, who will
scare the ladies like a scarecrow scares crows.  That is a
simile. 


The presenter scaring the ladies is compared by
the use of the word, like, to a scarecrow scaring crows. 

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