Discuss how the motif is seen throughout Romeo and Juliet.
The motif seen throughout the play Romeo and Juliet is love leads to death. The
motif can be found in every act leading up to Romeo and Juliet's actual
death:
"Than death prorogued wanting of thy love"
This quote symbolizes
that Romeo and Juliet continually say that they would prefer death rather than
to be separated from each other.
Seen in Act 3, Romeo states that being
separated from Juliet is worse than death. Romeo says, "Much more than death. Do
not say "banishment""
In the prologue, the narrator says:
"A pair of
star-crossed lovers take their life..."
"The fearful passage of their
death-marked love."
The prologue foreshadows what is going to happen to Romeo
and Juliet. The young Capulet and Montague love each other but they can't be
together because of their family’s hatred. Romeo and Juliet's death can be
traced back to the feud of the family. A connection to the prologue is found in
Act 5 when Romeo expresses:
"Then I defy you, stars!"
This relates to the
prologue because the two star-crossed lovers take their lives for each other.
Romeo says that the stars defeated him with Juliet's death; therefore he will
soon take his life for his love:
"That heavens finds means to kill your joys
with love."
This quote reveals the true motif of Romeo and Juliet
The motif seen throughout the play Romeo and Juliet is love leads to death. The motif can be found in every act leading up to Romeo and Juliet's actual death.
RépondreSupprimer"Than death prorogued wanting of thy love"
This quote symbolizes that Romeo and Juliet continually say that they would prefer death rather than to be separated from each other.
Seen in Act 3, Romeo states that being separated from Juliet is worse than death. Romeo says, "Much more than death. Do not say "banishment""
In the prologue, the narrator says, "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life..."/"The fearful passage of their death-marked love." The prologue foreshadows what is going to happen to Romeo and Juliet. The young Capulet and Montague love each other but they can't be together because of their family’s hatred. Romeo and Juliet's death can be traced back to the feud of the family. A connection to the prologue is found in Act 5 when Romeo expresses, "Then I defy you, stars!" This relates to the prologue because the two star-crossed lovers take their lives for each other. Romeo says that the stars defeated him with Juliet's death; therefore he will soon take his life for his love.
"That heavens finds means to kill your joys with love." This quote reveals the true motif of Romeo and Juliet.
Students from Mrs Cnockaert's English class, can you find any other quotations from the play that suggest 'love is worth dying for'?
RépondreSupprimerDo you think love is even worth dying for... for example, in situations of war or of extreme danger?