“behold him – dead – is my heart”
Double Meaning
Act 3,
Scene 5
Lines 93-95
Juliet
These lines yield two possible meanings:
- For Juliet’s mother: she will not be satisfied until she sees Romeo dead.
- For Juliet: She will not be satisfied until she sees Romeo; her heart is dead, no longer grieving, for her kinsman Tybalt.
