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    Romeo and Juliet

    I'm new to this forum, and I really need help!! It's about Shakesphere's Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 6.

    Friar. So smile the heavens upon this holy act
    That afterhours with sorrow chide us not

    Romeo. Amen, amen! But come what sorrow can,
    It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
    That one short minute gives me in her sight,
    Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
    Then love-devouring death do what he dare—
    It is enough I may but call her mine.

    Friar. These violent delights have violent ends
    And in their triumph die, like fire and power,
    Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
    Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
    And in the taste confounds the appetite.
    Therefore love moderately: long love doth so;
    Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

    Enter Juliet

    Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot
    Will ne’re wear out the everlasting flint.
    A lover may bestride the gossamers
    That idles in the wanton summer air,
    And yet not fall; so light is vanity.

    Juliet. Good even to my ghostly confessor.

    Friar. Romeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both.

    Juliet. As much to him, else is his thanks too much.

    Romeo. Ah, Juliet, if the measures of they joy
    Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more
    To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath
    This neighbor air, and let rich music’s tongue
    Unfold the imagined happiness that both
    Receive in either by this dear encounter.

    Juliet. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
    Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
    They are but beggars that can count their worth;
    But my true love is grown to such excess
    I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.

    Friar. Come, come with me, and we will make short work;
    For, by you leaves, you shall not stay alone
    Till Holy Church incorporate two in one.

    I have to like..analyze..say what it is about..and i really dont understand! I know they are getting married, and Friar is taking them to get married..but that's all!..i have to find metaphors and foreshadowings, and smilies!!..but i dont see any!!Please help me~!!Thanks SOOO MUCH!!

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    in a blue moon amuse's Avatar
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    you are so cute! smilies a.k.a. similies are "as" and "like" comparisons, and metaphors are basically representative and symbolic, does that help? there's some personification in the first line.
    shh!!!
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    Look more carefully at Romeo's first speech for some forshadowing.
    ...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.

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    I agree, I think this speech is really important :

    Romeo: "But come what sorrow can,
    It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
    That one short minute gives me in her sight,
    Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
    Then love-devouring death do what he dare".
    He thinks by infection, catching an opinion like a cold - John Ruskin.

    If I wanted to hear the beat of your heart, I'd rip it out and hold it to my ear.

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    Indeed.
    ...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.

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    hey!!thanks alot everyone!

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    If you were assigned to find similes and metaphors and foreshadowings, doesn't this assignment follow a class about similes and metaphors and foreshadowings in Romeo and Juliet? Didn't the teacher give examples? Just curious why you find the assignment confusing. But I commend you on finding literature nerds to discuss this with. And for not asking them to categorically list the poetic devices you need. Go you, go schoolwork.
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    I previously posted a question on forshadowing for Romeo and Juliet. Feel free to check it out on General literature. It would be nice to get a response. lol

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    Act2, scene6

    Friar: So smile...
    Comment: the Friar prays (or hoping) that the consequences of the secretive wedding (of Romeo and Juliet) would not be to terrible (mentioning of sorrow). his lines are , in a way, foreshadowing the consequence of the marriage.

    Romeo:Amen, amen...
    Comment:what R (Romeo) means is that he would risk his life (again foreshadowing)_ "love-devouring death"_ to be with Juliet and to have her love with him. Even "sorrow" can not prevent the joy he feels when he has J with him.

    Friar. These violent delights... (foreshadowing again)
    Comment: Passionate love will have an equally violent/upsetting/side effect or result/ consequences. Like honey which is so delicious that it cloys the appetite, love can be difficult at times. The Friar therefore advises R to take things slowly with care and consideration for the love he loves (Juliet)

    Romeo. Ah, Juliet, if the measures of they joy...
    Comment: R tries to woo J into kissing him_ " music tongue"

    Juliet. Conceit, more rich ...
    Comment: 'The richness of reality speaks more eloquenly than fine words.
    Only love's beggars can count their wealth.' Juliet expresses her love as incalculable/inmeasureable_"But my true love is grown to such excess
    I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth."
    L.T

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