Act 5 Passages

O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men.

Romeo:O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men.

Apostrophe: addressing something inanimate as if it could respond.

There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,Doing more in murder in this loathsome worldThan these poor compounds that thou mayst

not sell.I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none.

Romeo speaks to the Apothecary

There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,Doing more in murder in this loathsome worldThan these poor compounds that thou mayst

not sell.I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none.

Money is poison to the soul=metaphor

Poor living corse*, closed in a dead man’s tomb!

*corpse

Friar Lawrence

Poor living corse*, closed in a dead man’s tomb!

*corpseOxymoron: Juliet is a living corpse in the

Capulet tomb

Tempt not a desperate man.

Romeo warns Paris

Tempt not a desperate man.

Why not? Why is Romeo desperate? What’s the result?

Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce these rotten jaws to open,And in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.

Romeo addresses the tomb

Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce these rotten jaws to open,And in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.

Apostrophe and Metaphor: Romeo speaks to the tomb calling it a stomach full of death. He will feed it more.

Eyes look your lastArms take your last embrace. And, lips, O, youThe doors of breath, seal with a righteous kissA datelss bargain to engrossing death.

Romeo

Eyes look your lastArms take your last embrace. And, lips, O, youThe doors of breath, seal with a righteous kissA dateless bargain to engrossing death.

Apostrophe: Romeo bids farewell to his own life, his physical life.

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark*!

*vessel

Romeo

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark*!*vesselMetaphor: He compares himself to the

pilot of a failing ship. He will destroy the ship—suicide. Notice he recalls the metaphor he used in Act I, scene 4

Capulet, Montague,See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,That heaven finds means to kill your joys

with love

Act 5 Passages

O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men.

Romeo:O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men.

Apostrophe: addressing something inanimate as if it could respond.

There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,Doing more in murder in this loathsome worldThan these poor compounds that thou mayst

not sell.I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none.

Romeo speaks to the Apothecary

There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,Doing more in murder in this loathsome worldThan these poor compounds that thou mayst

not sell.I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none.

Money is poison to the soul=metaphor

Poor living corse*, closed in a dead man’s tomb!

*corpse

Friar Lawrence

Poor living corse*, closed in a dead man’s tomb!

*corpseOxymoron: Juliet is a living corpse in the

Capulet tomb

Tempt not a desperate man.

Romeo warns Paris

Tempt not a desperate man.

Why not? Why is Romeo desperate? What’s the result?

Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce these rotten jaws to open,And in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.

Romeo addresses the tomb

Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce these rotten jaws to open,And in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.

Apostrophe and Metaphor: Romeo speaks to the tomb calling it a stomach full of death. He will feed it more.

Eyes look your lastArms take your last embrace. And, lips, O, youThe doors of breath, seal with a righteous kissA datelss bargain to engrossing death.

Romeo

Eyes look your lastArms take your last embrace. And, lips, O, youThe doors of breath, seal with a righteous kissA dateless bargain to engrossing death.

Apostrophe: Romeo bids farewell to his own life, his physical life.

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark*!

*vessel

Romeo

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark*!*vesselMetaphor: He compares himself to the

pilot of a failing ship. He will destroy the ship—suicide. Notice he recalls the metaphor he used in Act I, scene 4

Capulet, Montague,See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,That heaven finds means to kill your joys

with love

Prince Capulet, Montague,See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,That heaven finds means to kill your joys

with love

Irony: We don’t expect heaven to kill, nor do we expect love to be a weapon.