Love

• romeo’s false love for rosaline


  ”o brawling love, o loving hate”

  ”think thy swan a crow”

  —link to “so shows a snowy dove trooping with crows”
• R&J’s first meeting


  religious imagery:

  ”shrine”, “sin”, “pilgrims”, “saints”, “prayer”

  ”you kiss by th’ Book” -reference to Bible, makes the sin of kissing holy.

  religious puns = chaste, innocent love, inexperience

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  SONNET form and shared dialogue represents…

  • requited love
  • equality in love
  • contrasts Petrarchan lover where woman is the passive counterpart in the relationship
• marriage of R&J:


  Friar believed their love was more powerful than conflict:

  ”To turn your household’s rancour into pure love”