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Romeo And Juliet Quote Analysis

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“O happy dagger, this is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die” (Shakespeare 799) This quote is an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. This quote is explaining how Juliet Capulet, a young girl who is in love with Romeo Montague, says she wants to die because of her lover’s death. It shows the dramatic effect of the play, and how it portrays catharsis, the most important literary device in the play. Juliet proves this claim in the very beginning of the play. In act one scene one of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says “Oh be some other name” (Shakespeare 725). During this scene Juliet is expressing her feelings to Romeo to herself now knowing he is secretly listening. The quote exhibits catharsis because Juliet is pouring

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