All 5 Uses of
Cupid
in
Romeo and Juliet
- She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow.
p. 20.9 *Cupid = Roman mythology: (small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love)
- We'll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf,
Bearing a Tartar's painted bow of lath,
Scaring the ladies like a crow-keeper.p. 40.2Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
- You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings, And soar with them above a common bound.
p. 40.7Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love
- Cupid, he that shot so true
p. 64.8Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
- ...hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.
p. 110.4Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy
Definitions:
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(1)
(Cupid) Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In earlier Greek mythology, Cupid was strikingly handsome.