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Read this excerpt from act III, scene II, of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet:

JULIET: Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?
Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name,
When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it?
But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin?
That villain cousin would have kill'd my husband:
Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring;
Your tributary drops belong to woe,
Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy.
My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain;
And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband:
All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?
Some word there was, worser than Tybalt's death,
That murder'd me: I would forget it fain;
But, O, it presses to my memory,
Like da*ned guilty deeds to sinners' minds:
'Tybalt is dead, and Romeo—banished;'
That 'banished,' that one word 'banished,'
Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt's death
Was woe enough, if it had ended there:
Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship
And needly will be rank'd with other griefs,
Why follow'd not, when she said 'Tybalt's dead,'
Thy father, or thy mother, nay, or both,
Which modern lamentations might have moved?

Which themes are portrayed through Juliet’s monologue?

A. honor and hatred
B. love and death
C. family and hatred
D. honor and love

Respuesta :

Honor and Love is the answer...

Answer: B. love and death

In this excerpt, Juliet engages in a monologue while crying. She initially claims to be confused by her tears, however, we later find out that there are two reasons that make her extremely sad. The first one is the death of Tybalt, killed by Romeo. The second one is Romeo's subsequent banishment. Juliet discusses the theme of death when she thinks of the fate of Tybalt, and concludes that, had Romeo not killed him, he would have probably killed Romeo. She also addresses the theme of love, as she is heartbroken over the banishment of Romeo.