![]() ![]() Lady Capulet's curse on Juliet echoes loudly: "I would the fool were married to her grave," as does Paris' description of the tomb as a "bridal bed." Once again, the themes of love, sex, and death become inextricably intertwined ensnaring the characters in an intricate web. In an example of bleak irony, his attraction to her even in death emboldens him to press onward with his own suicide just as she is about to awaken. The dramatic tension is amplified by the audience's awareness that Romeo is seeing the physical signs of Juliet's recovery from drug-induced sleep. Romeo is struck by the way Juliet's beauty appears to defy death - she still looks alive: "Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is so amorous?" he asks bitterly, believing that death preserves her to be death's own lover. ![]() Analysis of Setting in the Opening Scenes of Luhrmann's Film, Romeo + Juliet.The Role of Comic Characters in a Tragedy. ![]()
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