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"our remedies"
Metaphor
Act 2,
Scene 3
Lines 47-54

An explanation of the phrase, “our remedies” in Act 2, Scene 3 of myShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Laurence

That's my good son. But where hast thou been, then?

Romeo

I'll tell thee, ere thou ask it me again.
I have been feasting with mine enemy,
Where, on a sudden, one hath wounded me
That's by me wounded. Both our remedies
Within thy help and holy physic lies.
I bear no hatred, blessèd man, for, lo,
My intercession likewise steads my foe.

Another common romantic literature metaphor describes love as a madness in need a medicinal remedy (a physic). Romeo and Juliet, however, need a spiritual remedy for their situation: a wedding ceremony.