William Shakespeare wrote this line in his play "Romeo and Juliet". It is spoken by Romeo after being sentenced to exile from Verona, highlighting the anguish and despair he feels at the thought of being separated from his love, Juliet.
Romeo feels that to be banished is far more worse than death. Examples: "For exile hath more terror in his look, much more than death." and "There is no world without the Verona walls, but purgatory, torture, hell itself."
The figure of speech used here is personification. Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to something non-human. In this case, exile is given the human quality of being able to display terror through its "look."
Lady Montague, Romeo's mother, is said to have died from grief over her son's banishment. Montague says, in Act 5, Scene 3, and lines 218-219, "Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight. Grief of my son's exile hath stopped her breath."
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"Oedipus, thy lord, hath bid me choose (O dread alternative!) an outlaw's exile or a felon's death" is the climax line in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Theban King Oedipus asks Creon to make a most difficult choice. His brother-in-law and uncle must decide between a fate of death or of exile for Oedipus. The above-mentioned line is Creon's commentary on the situation to Queen Jocasta, his sister and Oedipus' wife.Oedipus realizes that the prophecies have all come true.
Lady Capulet does not die. Lady Montague dies 'from grief' over Romeo being banished. This is from Act 5 scene iii:MONTAGUE: Alas, my liege, my wife is dead to-night;Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath:What further woe conspires against mine age?
And so the lion fell in love with the lamb (That's from the Bible not Shakespeare)
You hath to do it because it hath to be done. See the Related Question in modern English to find out why.
Your question is not clear: do you mean to write a soliloquy to be said by Lady Montague, or by someone else about Lady Montague?The thing is, at the time Romeo dies, his mother is already dead. She has died of grief arising from his exile--"Grief of my son's exile hath stopped her breath" as Montague says. She never knows about his death, which is probably as well, considering what knowing about his exile did to her.That means that unless you change the story, Mrs. Montague cannot deliver this soliloquy. Perhaps Montague could do it since he is actually alive after he hears about Romeo's death.So, how do you write a soliloquy? Well, a soliloquy is a speech which is delivered to the audience, sharing the inmost thoughts of the character. So, if this is Montague talking, how does he feel about the death of his wife? What would he have to say about it? Choose whether he is coherent or not, emotional or not, depressed or not.
Cannon
Hath-Set was created in 1940.
It means "if you have goals in life you have purpose."