ENGL 431 Chapter 4.2: English 431 W4D2 RR 2
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We were born to die": romeo and juliet. Thesis: the ending is perfectly conventional and appropriate. Shakespeare makes tension between the lovers knowing it will end and what they do with the time they have. Everything is in terms of a journey: all journeys have ends. Juliet"s father metaphors her tears and herself for drowning in the sea. When juliet"s mom nds juliet dead" she refers to time"s pilgrimage: death de owers juliet. Plays on a pilgrimage shaping romeo and juliet"s relationship with a certain beginning, middle and end: has knowledge of morality plays. When they are alone for the rst time romeo is below juliet stage wise. The second time he is level, but then has to return below: foreshadow juliet seeing romeo dead and killing herself. The feud begins in a womb but ends in a tomb. Location: from garden, to bedroom, to tomb. Action: from courtship, to consummation, to death.
