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SLorenzon - HOMEWORK- 22 March 2019
by SLorenzon - (2019-03-20)
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Pag.112 ex.1

“Life in death”: B “… the lean abhorred monster keeps / thee here in dark to be his paramour?” ( line 4-5)

Pag.112 ex.2

  1. Romeo descends into the graceyard
  2. He wonders how Juliet can look so beautiful in death
  3. He fancies that Death has paramour in dark with her.
  4. Before taking his position, he asks his eyes to allow their last look.
  5. Then he begs his arms to take their last embrace and his lips to kiss hers.
  6. He drinks the poison and falls by her side.

Pag.112 ex.3

In line 25 Juliet says ‘happy dagger’ meaning that she welcomes death because i twill reunite her with Romeo, her husband.

Pag.112 ex.4

  1. Juliet finds a cup in her true love’s hands.
  2. Juliet tries to kill herself kissing Romeo.
  3. She discovers that Romeo’s lips are warm
  4. When she hears some noise, she stabs herself.

 

Pag.112 ex.5

Love and death

 

Pag.112 ex.6

  1. Death is a rival because it is amorous
  2. Death is terrible because it is linked to worms and to the chambermaids the body.
  3. Death is desirable because i twill kiss him to his beloved.

 

Pag.112 ex.7

The imagery of remorse enhances the love-death motif.

 

Pag.112 ex.8

  1. Yes, she is.
  2. No, she doesn’t.
  3. Beucause she hears noise.

 

Pag.112 ex.9

What is the medium of Juliet’s and Romeo’s fate? Youth.

Pag.113 ex.1

I think that Macbeth in the last monologue speaks about death.

 

 

Pag.113 ex.2

  1. The women are crying beacause The Queen is dead.
  2. Macbeth has forgotten the taste of fear because his wife is dead.

 

Pag.113 ex.3

THE TIME,HEREAFTER, TOMORROW, A TIME, DAY, TO THE LAST SYLLABLE PF RECORDED TIME,

YESTERDAYS, BRIEF, HOUR, NO MORE.

All these expressions underline the short duration of man's life.

 

Pag.113 ex.4

He has realized that man has the illusion of being able to change his destiny but each step he takes in that direction simply confirms and consolidates the future established by fate.