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tmirante
tmirante

In "Romeo and Juliet", what line of Act I Prologue is echoed in Romeo's last speech in Act I, scene 4?

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Posted by tmirante on Monday November 17, 2008 at 7:55 PM and tagged with act 1 scene 4, foreshadowing, prologue, romeo, romeo and juliet.

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  1. mrs-campbell Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    In the prologue, the lines "a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life", "do with their death", and "the fearful passage of their death-mark'd love" all refer to Romeo and Juliet dying.

    In Romeo's speech, he refers to death in the line "expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death."

    You can pair any of the phrases in the Prologue with the line from Romeo, as they both refer to the impending death of Romeo. 

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/romeo/act-scenes-1-2-summary-analysis
    http://www.enotes.com/romeo/summary

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    Posted by mrs-campbell on Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 9:03 PM