Read the excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: If they do see thee, they will murder thee. Romeo: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. Juliet: I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo: I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love How are the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar? Both address the cruelty of war. Both present forbidden love. Both discuss life after death. Both show sibling rivalries.

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Read the excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: If they do see thee, they will murder thee. Romeo: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. Juliet: I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo: I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love How are the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar? Both address the cruelty of war. Both present forbidden love. Both discuss life after death. Both show sibling rivalries.

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Rene Wolfe · Answer 1

I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo: I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death

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Frankie Nichols · Answer 2

What is happening is that Romeo is saying how since he loves Juliet so much. He doesn't care about the consequences. Let them find him, he doesn't care. As long as he's with her he's okay.

Heavy influence of love.