R Flashcards
‘O happy dagger! this is thy sheath; there rest and let me die’
‘O happy dagger! this is thy sheath; there rest and let me die’
‘o’-vowel sound= Cant articulate her feelings of grief. Extreme reaction. thought she could control love but now feels love so overwhelmingly she cant live without Romeo
‘happy’-Adjective= Personification of dagger as a friend helping her so she can be with Romeo
‘Sheath’-Phallatic imagery= Sheath is a metaphor for her body, says sword belongs in her body as she wants to die. However dagger symbol for Romeos genitalia. Says that they belong together, At this moment Juliet is a empowered young women in taking ownership of her life. Juliet decides that her body will not belong to another man. Glorified suicide= problematic
‘sheath’= problematic = Juliet objectifies herself, she is misogynistic towards herself. Suggests without a man life is not worth living. Problematic for modern audience.
Ends play with ‘Juliet and her Romeo’ reveals it’s meant to be her play but she still is not a [perfect character. TRAGIC PLAY
deny thy father and refuse thy name’
deny thy father and refuse thy name’
‘deny’‘refuse’=imperative verbs= The once obedient Juliet decides to rebel against her father. Love is so powerful it has drived her to reject her family for Romeo
‘i’ll look to like if looking liking move’
‘i’ll look to like if looking liking move’
Here, she responds to her mother’s wish for her to agree to marry Paris; this response is both clever and evasive. She knows she cant marry without her father is consent, believes she can control love but in a matter of hours she falls in love with romeo. Hint of her rebellious nature
‘Holy shrine…. Good pilgrim’
‘Holy shrine…. Good pilgrim’
Religious imagery= He worships Juliet and views his love for Juliet as a spiritual experience. Romeo puts Juliet in the powerful position in this relationship which is something never seen in the 14th century before. The blasphmous language is shocking for 14th and 16th centuery, love supersedes religion for R+J
‘heartless hinds’
‘heartless hinds’
metaphor-The opening prefix ‘heart’ is a play on the word ‘hart’, which is a male deer. Here, Tybalt attempts to emasculates the men present – the servants and Benvolio – by implying that their lack of fighting, and therefore violence, strips them of their masculinity. Cowardly
‘hinds’-noun=it continues the pun as it is a reference to a female deer. Tybalt continues to imply that the servants present are weak and womanly for not fighting at this moment. Contextually, men associated violence with masculinity, therefore, by not fighting, the men seem effeminate because of their submission. Whilst he is insulting the servants,
‘hang thee young baggage…disobedient wretch’;
‘hang thee young baggage…disobedient wretch’;
‘hang’-imperative verb= He wants her to die. Juxtaposed to previous more loving father.
He cant stand the fact that his female daughter has disobeyed him, it makes him look weak
‘wretch’=noun=insulting, revealing his aggression. Juxtaposes to father at start of play.
Imperative verb demonstrates how he is threatening Juliet with violence and death because of her refusal to acquiesce to his demands as would be expected. Capulet’s sudden transformation from seemingly concerned parent to vengeful adversary illustrates his tendency toward impulsive, cruel, and reckless behaviour
‘Juliet is the sun’
‘Juliet is the sun’
Celestial imagery= Fated to be together as suggested in prologue
Metaphor= Juliet is the centre of his universe and hell be guided by her like the planets are guided by the sun.
‘Sun’= Viewed as masculine, moon is feminine. Romeo casts her as the powerful figure in this relationship. He wants her to make the choice to be with him rather than be restricted by the demands of patriarchal society. Subversion of gender roles.
Sun is also viewed as fiery and explosive forshadowing that their love will be surrounded by danger and will burn out.
‘o she doth teach the torches to burn bright!’
‘o she doth teach the torches to burn bright!’
Metaphor=, Romeo explores how Juliet’s beauty is as radiant as light itself, if not more so, hence the idea that the light around her could learn from her – her presence makes the light appear dim. His reaction to her, and complete disregard for Rosaline, is meant to be the first indication that this is true love and not the infatuation he felt for Rosaline. Perhaps Juliet lights the way for women in literature. Objectifies Juliet
‘o’-vowel sound=to convey his passion and interest in her. It is clear that he has an intense physical attraction to her. Perhaps it’s also a signifier of his sexual desire for her.
‘BB’-Plosive alliteration=emphasises how her beauty has made it difficult for him to quantify it in words. He’s struggling to speak because of her exquisiteness. It captures his passion and enthusiasm for her.i
‘prick love for pricking and you beat love down’
‘prick love for pricking and you beat love down’
‘prick’‘beat’-imperative verb= Tells romeo to get over it. tells him to beat love down and be the ‘winner’
‘prick’-Double entandre= slang for male genitalia. plagued by violence conveying his reactionary and violent nature whilst illustrating his view of ‘love’ and perhaps highlighting how, for Mercutio, sex and violence are intertwined. Markedly, this conveys how Mercutio is a man who seeks out sexual gratification rather than romantic relationships with female companions, unlike Romeo, hence his advice here.
‘beat’-violent verb choice continues to illustrate Mercutio’s aggressive response. His message is to hurt love until it collapses or gives in, which perhaps is an indication of sexual violence towards women, something which has already been hinted at in the opening: ‘cut off the heads of the maids’.
‘o calm, dishonorable, vile submission’
‘o calm, dishonorable, vile submission’
‘o’=vowel sound to convey his shock at Romeo’s refusal to fight. Honour and reputation at this time were crucial and there was a strong belief that the slightest wrong or insult had to be avenged as a matter of personal pride or to protect reputation hence Mercutio’s surprise. Mercutio demonstrates his loyalty and courage when he takes up Tybalt’s challenge to defend his friend’s name.
. He is directly insulting Romeo as he believes his refusal to fight demonstrates cowardice and implies that he is afraid of Tybalt. Hi. The adjectives ‘calm’ and ‘dishonourable’ especially convey how Romeo appears effeminate in this moment as violence was connected to your masculinity and Romeo’s ‘calm’ response means he debases himself to this level.Via dramatic irony, only the audience are aware of Romeo’s true reasons for not fighting: his marriage to Juliet, which makes them family. DRAMATIC IRONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
‘Give me my long sword, ho!….a crutch’
‘Give me my long sword, ho!….a crutch’
‘Give’-imperative verb=He is eager to fight and defend the honour and reputation of his household rather than use his position to pacify the fighting like Benvolio attempts to do.
‘ho!’-The exclamation mark, alongside this lexical choice, emphasises his urgent need to fight. It’s a reminder that masculinity is connected to displays of violence and aggression. It is evident he desires to express this
‘a crutch’=Lady Capulet to mock her husband. It is clear that he is too old to fight and her comments here serve to momentarily emasculate him as it is a reminder to those present, and to the audience, that he is not as young and healthy as the other men present.
‘Fetch me my rapier, boy!’
‘Fetch me my rapier, boy!’
‘Fetch’-imperative verb= wants to fight urgently as he feels Romeo has disrespected his family bu showing up to the Capulet ball.We are shown that Tybalt loves his family
‘me my’-pronouns= He’s self serving, He feels threatened even though Lord Capulet doesn’t care but Tybalt does and he and Tybalt are on the same level socially so Tybalt is concerned about his reputation. Tybalt doesn’t get to fight Romeo but vows revenge:
‘bitter gal’
‘Saucy boy!
‘Rapier’-Noun= requires skill to use highlights level of skill and frequency of his fights. catalyst for violence.
‘boy’-noun=Talks down to other people due to his status as a Capulet, he loves his family.
