Romeo and Juliet Group

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learningbug
learningbug
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High School - 9th Grade

what is the importance of this qoute in Romeo and Juliet?

 

159Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,
160But love from love, toward school with heavy looks

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Posted by learningbug on Sunday May 3, 2009 at 2:58 PM and tagged with literature, romeo and juliet.

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  1. johnnyenglish
    johnnyenglish Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    The curious use of school-related metaphors is reflective of Romeo's general naivete in the area of romantic love. As he leaves the company of Juliet, he remarks that, in heavy contrast with the reckless abandon that is associated with forsaking one's scholastic duties for love, the imminent departure from one's beloved is as sobering as one's return to school. The quote may also be said to foreshadow the eventual state of despondence that both Romeo and Juliet experience as a result of being unable to sustain their blissful union within the uncompromising social context of their intra-familial hostility. 

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    Posted by johnnyenglish on Friday May 8, 2009 at 7:28 PM