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1. Romeo is comparing a lot of things like love, Juliet, etc with death. That shows his desperate and emotionally excited mood. Somehow, he is very calm and very gentlemen-like. Nobody in current days will act that calm and sentimental when your love died and when yourself will commit suicide. A line by Romeo: line 114. “The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss, a dateless bargain to engrossing death.” 2. The theme of “death” is again said by Romeo. It some how emphasizes the theme of “fate” also. In addition, the theme of “nature” and “heaven” is also said by Romeo. For example, he calls his love an inauspicious star. This shows the theme of “fate”, “heaven,” and the “two star-crossed lovers.” 3. “So I die with a kiss.” Kiss symbolizes love. Therefore, Romeo leaves (dies) with love and a kiss from Juliet. He dies because of love, more specifically, Juliet.

From the second Act’s prologue, William Shakespeare uses comparison to deliver the plot and Romeo and Juliet’s mental state. Romeo is comparing death and love, two opposing objects and creates a synthesis. For example, Romeo says this: “The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss, a dateless bargain to engrossing death.” He is describing how Juliet’s mouth, the location where Romeo and Juliet’s love started from, is a place of death and life. Into the mouth he can drink the deathly potion and from the mouth they stop breathing. The comparison allows Shakespeare to compare major themes in the book like death and love. In addition, Romeo tries to resent his guilt/ passion for Juliet.