Both Uses of
Romeo and Juliet
in
Of Human Bondage
- I would have you sit under a leafy tree side by side, and read together Romeo and Juliet; and then I would have you fall on your knees and on my behalf kiss the ground on which her foot has left its imprint; then tell her it is the homage of a poet to her radiant youth and to your love for her.
Chpt 35-36Romeo and Juliet = main characters and title of Shakespeare's best known work; a tragedy of forbidden love
- Miss Wilkinson oddly enough had suggested that they should read Romeo and Juliet together; but Philip had firmly declined.
Chpt 35-36 *
Definitions:
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(Romeo and Juliet) Shakespeare's best known work; a tragedy of forbidden love (c. 1596)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) untracked names in this novel