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What does Juliet mean by saying retain that dear perfection which he owes?
Juliet is asking Romeo to stay true to the ideal image or perfection that he embodies in her eyes. She wants him to maintain the qualities that make him so special to her.
Which myth is parallel to William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
The Romeo and Juliet story probably owes its start to the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in Ovid's Metamorphoses. It went through a half-dozen storytellers before it got to Shakespeare. Shakespeare knew the original too--he put it into his play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
How do Romeo's and Juliet's reactions in Act I Scene 5 when they learn each others' identity foreshadow or give clues to their tragic end?
Romeo: Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is in my foe's debt.Juliet: My only love sprung from my only hate!Too early seen unknown, and known too late!Prodigious birth of love it is to me,That I must love a loathed enemy.Of course their initial reactions are based on their prejudices: members of the other family are "foes" and "loathed enemies". They will soon get past these prejudices and realize that they are wrong. Juliet's line is particularly shallow, but then she is very young and naïve: she says that if she had only known who Romeo was, she would had nothing to do with him, and therefore would never have fallen in love with him. She does realize that she loves him, and thinks it is "prodigious", or weird, that the man she should fall in love with should turn out to be a Montague. Romeo's remark, though shorter, has more depth. The words "debt" and "account" suggest a bookkeeping metaphor: because Capulet has brought Juliet into the world, Romeo owes Capulet a debt, and because Juliet is his life, that is the extent of the debt. Romeo begins to realize that by loving Juliet, he cannot hold the Capulets as enemies. As for foreshadowing, the lines do not do so particularly. If you subscribe to the idea expressed in the Prologue, that the basic conflict of the play between Love (as between Romeo and Juliet) and Hate (as between Montagues and Capulets) is the cause of their tragedy, then yes, that conflict is expressed in these quotations: Capulet is a foe, yet Romeo owes him a debt; Romeo is an enemy, yet Juliet loves him.
What does romeo mean when he says oh dear account! my life is my foes debt?
Romeo means that his life is in his enemy's hand.
What is the allusion in the phrase 'by any other name'?
The allusion is to Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet had a forbidden romance, because their respective families were feuding. Juliet is thinking about the difficulties caused by their names, being from the quarreling families, and says: JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself. Her point is that a name is less significant than the substance it signifies, and that phrase has often been quoted, in many contexts.
What does shakespeare mean when he says a rose any name smells just as sweet?
The full quotation is "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." Juliet says this in the Balcony Scene of Romeo and Juliet. What she is getting at is that even if you called a rose a scranjedip, it would still look and smell just as pretty. What you call things doesn't change what they are--it's just another name for the same thing. The reason she is pondering this is made clear in the next line "So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title." Unscrambled a little, this comes out as "If Romeo were not called Romeo, he would still retain that dear perfection he owns without that name." Juliet is working through the problem that she loves Romeo but has been told that all the Montagues are her enemy. She says that if Romeo were called Bob Smith, he'd still be just as perfect, the same way as the rose would smell sweet even if you called it a scranjedip.
What is a metaphor in which Romeo uses when talking about Juliet?
"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name, which is no part of thee Take all myself." Hope that helps.
How can you explain what Juliet says about names in one or two sentences?
She says "that which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet" "What's in a name? A rose by anyother name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, if not Romeo called." She means that names don't matter and that if to be a Capulet is to hate Romeo she doesn't want to be one.
How does romeo and Juliet explore the concept of identity?
"What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title." Just how much do people identify people by a label? Isn't that what racial and sexual profiling is all about? But at the same time, can we function without putting people into categories? Juliets words open up all these questions.
Why do negroes think everyone owes them a living?
The likes of Jesse Jackson and those of his ilk perpetuating the slave mentality.
What happens when noncustodial parent become custodial parent and owes back support?
That parent still owes the back support.That parent still owes the back support.That parent still owes the back support.That parent still owes the back support.
What Inspired Sigmund Freud to become a scientist?
Logan Joseph Vezina was his inspiration to become a scientist, he owes his life to him.
