Both Uses of
despair
in
Romeo and Juliet
- She is too fair, too wise; wisely too fair,
To merit bliss by making me despair.
Scene 1.1 (definition 1) *despair = give up hope
- O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
Scene 1.5 (definition 2) *despair = hopelessness
Definitions:
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(1) (despair as in: do not despair) lose hope or feel distress
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(2) (despair as in: she felt despair) hopelessness; or distress (such as extreme worry or sadness from feeling powerless to change a bad situation)