Mercutio What line is thus with a kiss I die? Who says the famous line A plague on both your houses? Quote by William Shakespeare: “O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down. Mercutio : If love be rough with you, be rough with love. The use of the word ' plague' demonstrates Mercutio's anger towards both the houses and the exaggerated metaphor shows how sick and tired he is of all the conflict. In Act 3 Scene 1 Mercutio uses verbal conflict towards both households as he is dying when he says 'a plague o' both your houses'.
Is a plague on both your houses a metaphor? Why is Romeo jealous of Juliet's hand? Romeo is jealous of Juliet's hand because he wanted to always touch her and he wanted to be something that was hers, he wanted to be a part of her forever. (to ABRAM) No, sir, I'm not biting my thumb at you, but I am biting my thumb. I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir. Metaphor Do you bite your thumb at us sir?ĭo you bite your thumb at us, sir?. What figurative language is a plague o both your houses? Personification is the attribution of human traits to non-human things, and we have plenty of examples from the Friar's first monologue, beginning, indeed, with the first line: “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night.” Here we have a dawn with a humans' grey eyes, smiling like a human does on the darkness it. What example of personification begins this scene? That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.” This soliloquy is delivered by Romeo during the balcony scene. “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun. This is an example of personification and metaphor. Upon his brow shame is asham'd to sit For 'tis a throne where honor may be crown'dSole monarch of the universal earth.” Juliet is describing Romeo's face to her Nurse. ( Act 3, scene 2, lines 93-94) Juliet: “He was not born to shame. What example of figurative language does Juliet use at the end of Act 3 Scene 2? The metaphors in Juliet's soliloquy in act 3, scene 2 in Romeo and Juliet include references to “fiery-footed steeds” for time passing, “curtain” for darkness, “sober-suited matron” for night, and “mansion” for love.