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Romeo means that Juliet's attractiveness is very dangerous to Romeo, moreso than twenty swords. Juliet's attractiveness is dangerous because the feelings it incites in Romeo may (and in fact do) make him do things hazardous to his health.

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Juliet has just said that if the guards catch Romeo, they will murder him. He responds that her look is more dangerous than they are, because she can make him desperately unhappy by looking on him with disfavour.
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Romeo means he rather take twenty swords from Juliet's relatives than see Juliet sad/angry.

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Q: What does Shakespeare mean by 'There lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords'?
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What does romeo say is more dangerous than juliet's kinsmen?

Not getting to be with her, I don't know the exact Line, but Romeo says it in a Monologue somewhere. It's in Act 2 Scene 2, actually. He tells Juliet after she warns him that he'll be killed if he's found there: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet And I am proof against their emnity.


What is the difference between To thy own self be true vs to thine own self be true?

Grammar. "Thine" is used before a word beginning with a vowel (like the difference between "a" and "an"). Shakespeare wrote "thine," of course. (Elizabethan grammar was a flexible thing, but not in this case.)


What does romeo mean when he says And you are proof against their enmity?

When Romeo and Juliet are talking--she at her window, and Romeo below in Capulet's garden--Juliet worries that if her kinsmen find him there, "they will murder thee." Romeo replies, 71 Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye 72 Than twenty of their swords! Look thou but sweet, 73 And I am proof against their enmity. (Act2, Scene 2, lines 71-72) He means that Juliet's eyes are so beautiful that he is more likely to die of love than to die from the swords of her kinsmen. Furthermore, if she looks upon him with an eye of love, then he is invulnerable to her kinsmen's hate. A moment later he explains why he would feel so bulletproof: My life were better ended by their hate, 78 Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love In other words, if he knows that Juliet loves him, he would be willing to die on the spot; it would be better than dying slowly because Juliet does not love him.


What were most of shakespeare's sonnets about?

The transience of life, love, and quite a few are about carrying on one's beauty by having a child. For example, Sonnet 10 (one of my favourites) ends with the rhyming couplet 'Make thee another self, for love of me; That beauty still may live in thine or thee.'


Words credited to William Shakespeare?

Are you looking for phrases or just individual words? Phrases include: To thine own self be true ..with bated breath There is something rotten in the state of Denmark. To be or not to be-that is the question. Neither a borrower or a lender be Sweets for the sweet Not a mouse stirring ..a foregone conclusion I am sure there is more, that's all I can think of at the moment.

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What does romeo mean when he says alack there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their sowrds?

Romeo is expressing that the danger he faces from looking into his lover's eyes is greater than facing twenty swords. This emphasizes how the allure and intensity of their love brings more emotional turmoil and risk than physical harm.


What does romeo say is more dangerous than juliet's kinsmen?

Not getting to be with her, I don't know the exact Line, but Romeo says it in a Monologue somewhere. It's in Act 2 Scene 2, actually. He tells Juliet after she warns him that he'll be killed if he's found there: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet And I am proof against their emnity.


To thine own self be true?

The quote "To thine own self be true" was written by Shakespeare. This appears in a speech by Polonius in Hamlet. This is NOT in the Bible.


Shakespeare wrote in which language?

he wrote in the kings English you know "saveth me a drink of thine wine"


What is the important thing for humane being?

I think Shakespeare said it best: "To thine own self be true."


What is the difference between To thy own self be true vs to thine own self be true?

Grammar. "Thine" is used before a word beginning with a vowel (like the difference between "a" and "an"). Shakespeare wrote "thine," of course. (Elizabethan grammar was a flexible thing, but not in this case.)


Who said above all be true unto thyself. Or something similar. Kipling?

"This above all: to thine own self be true" is a quote from Hamlet by Shakespeare.


What is the scientific name for thine bone?

thine bone


What does thine mean?

In the quotation 'To thine own self be true' thine is used for the word 'your'. It says 'Be true to yourself'.


A short saying expressing a truth?

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." Oscar Wilde ANSWER #2 The ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates, is attributed with saying: "To thine own self be true."This very short expression was many centuries later expanded on by Shakespeare in his tragedy, "Hamlet". Both Socrates and Shakespeare express the notion that knowing oneself first is the key to truth. I have paraphrased Shakespeare's full quote from "Hamlet" as follows: 'This above all: To thine own self be true, for it must follow as night follows day that you cannot be false to any man.'


When was Thine Is the Glory created?

Thine Is the Glory was created in 1975.


How many pages does Thine Is the Glory have?

Thine Is the Glory has 476 pages.