English Literature Paper 1 - R + J

"O, she doth teaches the torches to burn bright!"

Her beauty makes torches burn brighter as she is bright

However could be that torches burn too brightly and die

"Thy beauty have made me effeminate"

Blaming Juliet for mercutio death

"Good father, I beseech you on my knees"

Patriarchal society, Juliet feels powerless calling her 'good' and on her knees. Capulet treating her as property the way he gives her off. She begs on her knees as if capulet is god so shows men is like god to women.

"that one word "banished" hath slain ten thousand tybalts"

"O calm, dishonourable, vile submission!"

'sumbission' and 'dishonourable' highlights the male dominated society and masculine code of honour.

"These violent delights have violent ends"

Friar views the lovers as misguided teenagers overwhelmed by emotions. But this is dramatic irony as the audience know from the prologue that these words hint to the lovers death.

"Turn thee Benvolio, look upon thy death"

Tybalt describing himself as 'death' in a metaphor as all powerful, desperate to prove his male status as duelling was the ultimate expression of male status

"he that can lay hold of her, shall have all the chinks"

Tells us nurse has a patriarchal way of thinking, viewing Juliet as a commodity. "hold" a metaphor making us think of possession

"Thus then in brief"

THE BRIEF shows us what a rush she is in to get Juliet to marry Paris, showing how highly she values status. It also has a cold tone, implying that its Juliet duty to marry Paris and get pregnant.

"We talk here in the public haunt of men"

"talk" shows benvolio trying to subtly deescalate the situation by trying to calm things down with his language choice. "haunt" has connotations of death, further highlighting what could happen

"O happy dagger, this is thy sheath"

oxymoron shows her happiness

O overwhelm

they sheath shows connection to Romeo in afterlife

“Shake the yoke of inauspicious stars from this world wearied flesh”

“Inauspicious” means unofrtuante - he’s ballin fate. Romeo is trying to defy the domination of the unfavorable stars but dramatic irony as audience know by killing himsekf he’s fufilling fate

“Pilgrim” “saint” “holy Palmer”

“Hands” “lips” “kiss”

The contrast between these two semantic fields suggests their love is both physical and spiritual. The religious langauge also highlights their dedication for eacother which is ironic as they r sinning by worshiping eacother not god. They speak equally mirrioring that their love is equal

Veronese society

Patriarchal

Allegorical tragedy - hidden meaning

civil blood make civil hand unclean

death mark'd love

star crossed lovers

allusion to cats - anamalistic violent

cats

mercutio

tybalt

true