Feeling frustrated that she has to wait on Nurse to learn if Romeo really plans to marry her, Juliet comments that "Love's heralds should be thoughts" (II.v.4). Here, "heralds" refers to messengers, and what she means is that the messengers of love should just be thoughts.
Why does Juliet think it would be better if love's heralds were thoughts?
Juliet says that “Love's heralds should be thoughts” which move “ten times faster” than the light from the sun. (This means that Juliet thinks that messengers who have messages about love should be fast. They should move as fast as thoughts.)
What figurative language is O she is lame love's heralds should be thoughts?
Romeo and Juliet: Act 2, Identify the Literary DeviceABIn one respect I'll thy assistant be; / For this alliance may so happy prove, / To turn your households' rancour to pure love.ForeshadowingLove's heralds should be thoughts, /Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams . . .Metaphor8 more rows
How does Romeo view love?
For Romeo, true love is a liberating force. Love gives him not just wings, but “light wings” and the power to overcome all “stony limits.” Romeo answers Juliet's serious and practical question with a flight of romantic fantasy.
What is the metaphor in Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo begins by using the sun as a metaphor for his beloved Juliet: “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. In these same lines Romeo has furthered his metaphor by using personification. He creates for us the idea that the moon is a woman who is “sick and pale with grief,” seemingly jealous of Juliet's beauty.
What are the figures of speech used in the poem Romeo and Juliet?
Both Romeo and Juliet use metaphor and simile to explain their sudden and intense love for each other. "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." The metaphor that Romeo uses when he sees Juliet compares her to the sun.
Is Romeo truly in love with Juliet?
In William Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love because they automatically fall 'in love' after seeing each other once, they decide to get married a few hours after they meet and they are too immature to actually know what love is .
What was Romeo's last name?
Romeo MontagueRomeo Montague (Italian: Romeo Montecchi) is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.
Does Rosaline like Romeo?
Scholars generally compare Romeo's short-lived love of Rosaline with his later love of Juliet. The poetry Shakespeare writes for Rosaline is much weaker than that for Juliet. Scholars believe Romeo's early experience with Rosaline prepares him for his relationship with Juliet....RosalineFamilyCapulet5 more rows
What is a simile in Act 2 Scene 5?
Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me.
What is Mercutio's view of love?
Mercutio believes that love is grounded in sexual desire. When Romeo makes the romantic gesture of breaking into the Capulets' garden to see Juliet, Mercutio calls after him that his real motive is not romantic but sexual.
What does she had affections and warm youthful blood she would be as swift in motion as a ball mean?
If she weren't old, "Had she affections and warm youthful blood, / She would be as swift in motion as a ball; / My words would bandy her to my sweet love, / And his to me" (2.5. 12-15). The "ball" in Juliet's metaphor is a tennis ball, bandied back and forth between young folks.
What is the Friar's advice to Romeo?
The Friar advises Romeo to go to Juliet that night as he had planned, and then before daybreak, flee to Mantua. The Friar promises to find a way to announce Romeo and Juliet's marriage publicly and thereby gain a pardon for Romeo to return safely.
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