ENGL 431 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hortus Conclusus
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Moments r and j are alone together: the scenes are all similar. The walled garden: the rst time they meet is about sex, the second time they meet they have sex, the third time they meet they die. Erotic death: libestod, romeo is jealous that death is juliet"s new lover. Kills himself also over jealousy of death: juliet kisses romeo as well. The plague in the background intensi es the play. The capulet family: the father becomes an overbearing gure, paris becomes an imposing force. Even the nurse encourages it: juliet sees that as a betrayal. This makes juliet prove her devotion to romeo: the marriage to paris creates urgency in the play, leaves the friar to be her only con dant. People are constantly asserting who juliet is: by getting married she is asserting herself. Romeo"s parents: never meet the wife, dies of grief after romeo"s banishment. Romeo was always more free than juliet.
