By now the two are married, and Romeo has already been banished from Verona. Before he leaves forever, Juliet gazes down at him from her balcony. From her perspective, she says he looks “methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, / as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. / Either my eyesight fails, or thou lookest pale” (3.5.55-57). As if he never heard her, Romeo continues on, thinking nothing of the moment. Later this vision will prove eerily true, as she will find herself above his corpse in the Capulet tomb. This vision, despite being dismissed by the two, could have been a warning sign that prevented their deaths. Once again, if they had listened to their seemingly clairvoyant apparitions, the lovers could have avoided their tragic endings. This ignorance of one’s subconscious ideas and feelings shows the importance of doing just the
By now the two are married, and Romeo has already been banished from Verona. Before he leaves forever, Juliet gazes down at him from her balcony. From her perspective, she says he looks “methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, / as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. / Either my eyesight fails, or thou lookest pale” (3.5.55-57). As if he never heard her, Romeo continues on, thinking nothing of the moment. Later this vision will prove eerily true, as she will find herself above his corpse in the Capulet tomb. This vision, despite being dismissed by the two, could have been a warning sign that prevented their deaths. Once again, if they had listened to their seemingly clairvoyant apparitions, the lovers could have avoided their tragic endings. This ignorance of one’s subconscious ideas and feelings shows the importance of doing just the