Act 2 Literary Devices
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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
By any other name would smell as sweet;
metaphor: compares rose smell to Montague name. Means: name doesn’t matter- Romeo is still sweet
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
That I might touch that cheek!
metaphor: compares Romeo to glove on Juliet’s hand. Means: Romeo wants to be close to Juliet
By whose direction found’st thou out this place?
By love, who first did prompt me to inquire;
He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes.
By love, who first did prompt me to inquire;
He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes.
personification: love as having eyes and giving advice. Means: Romeo loves Juliet so much he would do anything to see her
My life were better ended by their hate
Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.
Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.
foreshadow: Romeo’s death. Means: Death will be affected by feud
. . . . . . ; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
site imagery: how bright Juliet’s eyes are. Means: light enough to look like the day so birds sing
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
site imagery: shows how moon is jealous of sun’s beauty. Means: Juliet is like sun and brightens everything around her
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As daylight doth a lamp;
As daylight doth a lamp;
simile: compares how cheeks outshine stars as daylight outshines a lamp
My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
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simile: compares love to sea. Means: Juliet’s love is never-ending
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing
foreshadow: Juliet will be a cause of Romeo’s death
Then Love-devouring death do what he dare –
foreshadow: a death will kill Romeo and Juliet’s love. personification: love can eat
I have no joy of this contract tonight;
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,
Too like lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say “It lightens.”
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,
Too like lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say “It lightens.”
simile: compares Juliet’s love for Romeo to lightning. Means: Juliet thinks Romeo’s love is too impulsive to be sure it’s true
O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
metaphor: compares moon to Romeo’s love for Juliet. Means: love can change like the moon’s phases
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
metaphor: Juliet’s love to sun. Means: Juliet is so beautiful she is as as bright as sun
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die…
And in their triumph die…
foreshadow: Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Means: sudden happiness will end just as suddenly as it began
..I would have thee gone, /And yet no further than a wanton’s bird,
That lets it hop a little from her hand, …
And with a silk thread plucks it back again, / So loving-jealous of his liberty.
That lets it hop a little from her hand, …
And with a silk thread plucks it back again, / So loving-jealous of his liberty.
site imagery: describes how a bird wants to be released but is pulled back by string. Means: Juliet doesn’t want Romeo to leave
So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!
That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!
foreshadow: something bad is going to happen shortly after wedding
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