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"O swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon,
That monthy changes in her circl'd orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable."
Juliet says not to swear by the moon because it is always changing. If Romeo swears by the moon, Juliet takes it that his love will change, and she is asking for a declaration of his undying love.
The moon waxes and wanes in accordance to the monthly lunar cycle. Juliet does not want Romeo to pledge his love in the name of something that fluctuates so cyclically. She wants him to swear to something permanent, and changing.
He is a fickle character and before Juliet was in love with another girl. Juliet wants him to say that he loves her earnestly and stop with the stupid and overly romantic and exaggerated promises. She doesn't want him to love her and make sure it is backed up with swearing by the moon. She just wants him to back up his own love for her on his own grounds and nothing else.
The moon changes nightly and is not constantly present; therefore, Romeo pretty much did not swear to always love her but instead sometimes love her but not always full and not always there.
Because the moon is 'inconstant', that is it changes. It grows larger in the sky and then smaller and then disappears altogether. She wants a love that is constant, not temporary.
Because the moon always changes , so according to Juliet she doesn't want Romeo's feelings for her to change they should stay truthful and the same.
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∙ 10y ago
Juliet does not want Romeo to swear by the moon because the moon is constantly changing and she fears his love will also change like the moon. Juliet wants Romeo's love to be constant and unwavering, not subject to the shifting phases of the moon.
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∙ 12y agoIt's not so much that she wishes that she hadn't vowed to love him, but that she wishes he hadn't heard her saying it. The accepted practice was for girls to play it cool when guys were coming on to them, and not give out that they liked the fellow. (Come to think of it, that hasn't changed much) She worries that because she blew her cover, now he'll think she's loose because she's prepared to love him right off the hop instead of putting him off.
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∙ 12y agoThe moon waxes and wanes in accordance to the monthly lunar cycle. Juliet does not want Romeo to pledge his love in the name of something that fluctuates so cyclically. She wants him to swear to something permanent, and changing.
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∙ 15y agocause it was above the balcony. and it shoen bright in the sky.
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∙ 9y agoThe moon goes away when the day arrives
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What does Romeo by?
He wants to swear by the moon, but Juliet doesn't want to hear him swear by the moon.
Why does Juliet not want romeo to swear by the moon that he loves her?
Because the moon is inconstant and ever changing, and Juliet wants to know that Romeo will love her forever.
During the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet why does Juliet object to Romeo's swearing on the moon?
she objects to his swear apon the moon because the moon changes and becomes dark and she doesn't want him leaving her
What does Juliet ask Romeo NOT to swear his love by and what is her reason?
I think this is referring to this bit of dialogue: Romeo: Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear... Juliet: O, swear not by the moon [ ... ] lest thy love prove likewise variable. In other words, she's not telling him not to swear his love, she's telling him "Don't swear on the moon. It changes. I don't want a love that waxes and wanes." If you meant something else, please be more specific.
Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear to the moon?
"Oh, swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable" This is a personification; the monthly change in illumination is likened to the changing moods of a person. Juliet does not want him to swear by anything that is so untrustworthy.
Why does Juliet say she does not want to swear his love by the moon?
because the moon is always changing
What does Juliet ask Romeo to do to prove his love for her?
not to swear at all ....actually first she askes him to swear by himself...then not to swear at all It's the other way around. "Do not swear at all; Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee."
Why does juliet not want romeo to swear his love on the moon?
Because the moon is inconstant and ever changing, and Juliet wants to know that Romeo will love her forever.
Why does juliet ask romeo not dear by the moon?
They were not dear to the moon because of the time they had together. They did not want the time to end.
Did juliets mum want romeo to be with Juliet?
Juliet's mother wanted Juliet to marry Paris, not Romeo. She did not approve of Romeo as a suitor for Juliet.
Why does Juliet reject romeos offer to swear the truth of his love by the moon?
What she says is that he shouldn't swear by the moon because the moon changes (waxes and wanes over a month) and she does not want Romeo's love to be that inconstant. What she really means is that Romeo should not swear at all. Part of the game of love, the flirting game of the time, the game which Romeo was playing with Rosaline, was that the male should profess his love, as Ophelia says in Hamlet "with almost all the holy vows of heaven." Her cynical father says, "Ay, springes to catch woodcocks". The lover makes these vows but they cannot be trusted; they are pure hooey, designed to trap the female and induce her to let down her equally put-on aloofness. Juliet knows this. "Yet if thou swear'st, thou may'st prove false; at lover's perjuries, they say Jove laughs." Her position is awkward. She has been caught unawares with her emotions in full view. She cannot now put on the pretence of aloofness which is the female part of the game. She is not playing a game now, and she wants Romeo to cut the BS and talk to her in the same way. At some point all lovers must stand before each other naked, with no clothes to hide who they are physically. They must also be emotionally naked. Juliet has reached that stage, and she is asking Romeo, if he loves her, to take off his emotional clothing, such as swearing by the moon, and appear before her as he is.
Why does Romeo want th sun to kill the envious moon?
Romeo wants the sun to kill the envious moon because he believes the moon is a symbol of unattainable love and beauty due to the moon's ever-changing nature. By having the sun kill the moon, Romeo is expressing his desire to rid himself of obstacles preventing him from being with his love, Juliet.
