jules

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j u l i e t

a textual analysis of her one, and only, true
love.
by tavi juarez
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j u l i e t the outline

j u l i e t vs. rosaline gtRomeo's
Words gtVerona's Public Opinion j u l i e t
her romeo gtLove at First Sonnet gtTextual
Soulmates j u l i e t blossoms gtHer Change
From the Beginning to the End Through Her
Language Decisions the j u l i e t
secret gtConclusion
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j u l i e t by shakespeare
Shakespeare's audience is very different from
today's TV-watching audience gtLiteracy rates
were very low, movies were non- existent, so
Will's audience relied mainly on their ears.
ltWomen 10 Men 30 gtAudiences today rely
on stronger visual clues and less
word-clues. Therefore, the imagery in the words
were key in following the story. How
silver-sweet sound lovers tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears. -Willy
Shakes
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j u l i e t vs. rosalineromeo's words
ROMEO (OF JULIET) But, soft! What light
through yonder window breaks? It is the east and
Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the
envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with
grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair
than she. gtRomeo does a complete 180 he is
suddenly clever, cute, and original. gtJuliet is
the sun image of lightness compared/contrasted
to Rosaline's darkness.
ROMEO (OF ROSALINE)Why then, O brawling live,
O loving hate, O anything of nothing first
create! O heavy lightness, serious
vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming
forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,
sick health, Still waking sleep, that is not what
it is! gtpetrarchan language empty paradoxes
oxymorons. gtRomeo literally is speaking about
nothing when he's talking about Rosaline.
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j u l i e t vs. rosalinepublic opinion
gtThe Romeo that swooned over Rosaline wasn't
sociable. He'd rather spend his time crying in
the darkness of the woods than with
buddies. gtshuts up his windows, locks fair
daylight out, And makes himself an artificial
night
Why, is not this better now than groaning for
love? Now art thou sociable. Now are thou Romeo.
-Mercutio
gtShakespeare doesn't use the word dote lightly
throughout his other works, characters who dote
prove only to be foolishly infatuated.
gtDoting is also a characteristic of
Petrarchan lovers artificial night for
artificial love.
ROMEO Thou chidd'st me oft for loving
Rosaline. FRIAR For doting, not for loving,
pupil mine.
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j u l i e t her romeolove at first sonnet
If I profane with my unworthiest hand This
holy shrine, the gentler sin is this My lips,
two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that
rough touch with a tender kiss. Good pilgrim,
you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly
devotion shows in this, For saints have hands,
that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm
is holy palmers' kiss. Have not saints lips, and
holy palmers, too? Ay, pilgrim, lips that they
must use in prayer. O then, dear saint, let lips
do what hands do They pray, grant thou, lest
faith turn to despair. Saints do not move,
though grant for prayers' sake. Then move not
while my prayers' effect I take.
romeo juliet romeo juliet romeo
juliet romeo
gtMost sonnets are spoken by one person, this one
is unique it is a sonnet spoken by two.
gtIt's edgy this sonnet breaks the traditions of
a typical sonnet because it
isn't about unattainable or unrequited love.
gtMuah! Sounds like a successful sonnet to me.
silver mention only 3 times (sweet loving)
gold saint seducing gold (negative
frequent)
More than just this sonnet, rj share a lot of
imagery
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j u l i e t her romeosoulmates

guidance
language
astrology
Nurse gtstatic character gtall experience no
authority
gtshe was born July 31st, making her a Leo.
gtLeo's sign is associated with fire the sun.
gtmask of night to hide from gtdoffs her
maiden shame
j u l i e t
Friar gtstatic character gtall authority no
experience
gtand Juliet is the sun. gtmetaphors are
star-heavy stressed importance
gtnight's cloak to hide within gtdoffs his
name for her
r o m e o
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j u l i e t blossoms
true faithful juliet
gthenceforth shall be twain doesn't want
anything to do with her parents flat out
rejection of authority. gtgets hooked loses her
v-card. gtbig girl now instead of asking her
nurse, she seeks her advise elsewhere. gtdecides
to take poison doesn't answer nurses' calls to
wake her at all.
chopped logic
gtwhat's in a name? begins to question
importance of authority. gta rhyme I learned even
now begins keeping secrets. gtbalcony scene of
flirtation exploring her sexuality. gttables
turn begins calling the nurse instead of the
nurse calling her.
ladybird
gti'll look to like... doesn't question
authority. gtvery childlike, wants to please her
parents. gtanswers the nurse promptly when she's
called, like a good girl should.
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j u l i e t the secret
juliet is anyone you want her to be.
the magic of shakespeare is in his versatility.
gt only the audience, the actors, and the story
that can prove that love truly conquers all.