Romeo and Juliet

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   ms-t Teacher
   High School - 10th Grade

   The lines Romeo speaks are
   "Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,
   Gorg'd with the dearest morsel of the earth,
   Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,"

   Translates to -
   You hateful belly, you womb of death,
   Stuffed full with the dearest morsel of the earth,
   I will force your rotten jaws to open,

   The examples of personification, giving human qualities to things that are not human, are calling the tomb a belly, womb, saying it has eaten its fill of Juliet, and calling the tomb's doors rotten jaws.

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