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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 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes?

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet were the "fruit of the loins", so to say, of the rival families in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".


Does Juliet have a female cousin in romeo and Juliet?

No, you'd actually say they are quite the opposite. Their families are arch foes. Plus, they're in love so if they were cousins that would just be weird.


Famous allusion star crossed lovers?

In the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare says, "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life." "Star-crossed" is an allusion to astrology and basically means unlucky.


What play of Shakespeare's would you find the quote A pair of star crossed lovers take their life?

ahhh yes...This is in the introduction to Romeo and Juliet and it is basically foreshadowing and summarizing the whole play. This quote refers to Romeo and Juliet taking their own lives because they feel they cannot live without each other.

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Who says Is she a Capulet o dear account your life is your foes debt?

Romeo


What does romeo means when he says oh dear account my life is my foes debt?

Romeo means that his life is in his enemy's hand.


Who said the lines is she a Capulet o dear account your lifeis your my foes debt?

These lines are spoken by Romeo in William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. The lines reflect Romeo's realization that Juliet is a Capulet, which complicates their love since their families are sworn enemies. Romeo expresses his inner conflict as he grapples with the implications of falling in love with a member of the rival family.


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 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes?

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet were the "fruit of the loins", so to say, of the rival families in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".


What are foes?

Foes are enemies.


Who said from the forth fatal loins of these two foes?

It's a line from the Prologue: "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, whose misadventured piteous o'erthrows do with their deaths bury their parents' strife."


What is the plural of foe?

The plural of foe is foes.


Who were Artemis' foes?

There are none now, the foes of Artemis were killed by her.


What is a sysnonym for the word foes?

A synonym for the word "foes" is "enemies."


When did Foes of Ali happen?

Foes of Ali happened in 1995.


When was U-Foes created?

U-Foes was created in 1980.