Juliet - Violence & Family

Question 1

“O, happy dagger”

Answer 1

1 - oxymoron intertwines joy and death - hamartia is revealed as it see s Juliets result to violence as a mean from the love with Romeo

2 - Juliet - personifies the dagger - has not just emotion but a purpose - she conflicts her emotions with violence - result of the patriarchal world?

3 - also shows that perhaps Juliet has overcome her fate - she is choosing to die instead of fate forcing her to do so. Use of happy could be due to she finally has control over her emotions

Question 2

“Deny thy father and refuse thy name”

Answer 2

1 - imperative verb “deny” signifies Juliet’s assertiveness - she is the anthesis of female patriarchal expectations - she has mascline qualites

2 - embarrassed of her family name due to family feuds - feuds tear families apart - dissilluisionment to her identity

3 - monosyllabic diction - blunt, contrasts her benevolent self when they first met, shows the progression of masculine development in a women , and show how her love has made her this way