Love Flashcards
The sonnet at the party
Shared sonnet
Repetition of kiss to show initial attraction
Iambic pentameter
Ends with a kiss
Semantic field of religion
“Smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss”
Romeos unrequited love
Cold fire- confusion to love. Oxymoron.
“O brawling love, o loving hate”
Foreshadows violence in the play
“What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours? Metaphor love is distressful and not all positive
Doomed love
A pair of star crossed lovers take their life
Death marked love
Love is doomed from the start by over powerful forces.
Shakespeare wants to Subvert cliches of love stories
Physical love
“If love is rough, be rough with love”
“Smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss”