Act 1, Scene 2 - Video Note: Metaphor: "transparent heretics" | myShakespeare

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Metaphor: "transparent heretics"

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Act 1,

Scene 2

Lines 91-94

An explanation of the phrase "transparent heretics" in Act 1, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

myShakespeare | Romeo and Juliet 1.2 Metaphor: "Transparent heretics"

Romeo

When the devout religion of mine eye

Maintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fire;

And these who often drowned could never die,

Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars!