Romeo

Cards (5)

romeo is a romantic with J
“it is the east and juliet is the sun” ao2: metaphor, sun is a need for him
”hangs upon the cheek of night / rich jewel… ethiop’s ear” ao2: wordplay (jewel = jule)
//original + striking comparisons when he sees J - unlike cliche’d Petrarchan lover
romeo is irresponsible - doesn’t recognise the consequences of his actions
”I am fortunes fool”
“some consequence yet hanging in the stars”
”Juliet// thy beauty hath made me effeminate”
romeo is impulsive/ impetuous
“fire-eyed fury be my conduct now” ao2: fricative aliteration, spitting anger. ao3: male aggression
”either thou or i or both must go with him”
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romeo is childish/ immature
“forswear its sight for i never saw true beauty until this night” -claiming he never loved R, doesn't know what love is, naïve
“call me but love, and i’ll be new baptised” -denouncing his name for a girl he just met, self-destructive + foolish
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romeo is a Petrarchan lover with R
oxymoronic lang in ac1 sc1:
”o brawling love, o loving hate”
“bright smoke, cold fire, sick health”
—unrequited feelings AND to love is to suffer
—passionate, yet cliche’d
”in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hit” ao2: war imagery
—link to “arrow”, “siege”, ”assailing”
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