Metaphors and more
RIP Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare is hard to read
FLIRTING?! Scandalous!
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What metaphors did Romeo and Juliet use in the meeting scene when flirting?

Religious metaphors

Pilgrims and shrines 

Pilgrims traveling to worship

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Who dies first? 

Romeo dies first 

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What is a pilgrim? 

A person who travels to another land for religious purposes 

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Throughout the meeting scene, Romeo keeps reffering to Juliet as a what? 

A saint

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How did the dialogue show Romeo and Juliet were compatible with each other?

They rhyme with each other and continue the metaphor

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What does Romeo do before he drinks the poison?

He goes on a monologue about being with her forever

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What type of poem is created by the dialogue between Romeo and Juliet in the meeting scene? 


A sonnet

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What does Romeo call his lips when they first meet? 

Two blushing pilgrims 

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What does Romeo compare death to?

A monster who is in love with Juliet and trapped her

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Why does Romeo say he will stay with Juliet forever? 

He must protect her from the moster of death 

He is tired of the fighting between their families

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What does Juliet mean by this line? 

"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much"

You should not consider your hand unworthy 

You don't give your hand enough credit

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Why does Romeo call Juliet a "holy shrine" in the meeting scene?

To flatter her and compliment her beauty

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How do Romeo and Juliet connect the image of a shrine and pilgrims to Juliet? 

He is a pilgrim traveling to see her beauty, which is a shrine in his eyes

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What does Romeo mean by "this palace of dim night" in the following line? 

"For fear that, I will stay with thee. / And never from this palace of dim night / Depart again" 

The tomb where Juliet's body rests

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"And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars / From this world wearied of flesh" 

Finish the paraphrase 

"By dying and staying in the tomb, I will ____" 

free myself from this unlucky fate

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Is Juliet encouraging Romeo to continue to flirt with her in this line? 

"Ay, Pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r" 

No, she is discouraging him flirting with her

500

What does Juliet refer to when she says palmers in this scene?

"And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss"

She is referring to the hands touching and holding

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What does the figurative language in this line suggest about Romeo? 

"Here, here I will remain/with worms that are thy chambermaids"

That he will be comforted by the idea that he will look after Juliet in death

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How do Romeo and Juliet connect the image of "Hands in prayer" to the idea of kissing? 

Juliet says that hands in prayer are like a religious kiss and Romeo says that lips can pray like hands do

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Based on the context of the meeting scene, what does Romeo mean by this line? 

"Then move not while my prayer's effect I take"

Don't move while I wait for my prayer to come true 

Don't move while I kiss you and answer my prayers