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William P. Dawson's Romeo And Juliet

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In the assessment of William P. Dawson’s work, Dawson looks at the puns on “woe” and “woo” in Romeo and Juliet. He looks at different times they are used as puns throughout the play. He concludes the many possible meanings of the two words such as linking love and death, die, seduction, suffering, courtship and grief. Dawson pulls many examples of the different meanings of the words out of the play. He is then able to compare how the two are used during the play. This article offers insight into love and death in Romeo and Juliet and helps to better understand the relationship between the two petrarchan lovers and the end situation they are left in.
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