Poison
Shakespeare uses Romeo’s monologue (Act 1, scene 5) with intent of foreshadowing a tragedy upcoming in the play; where he is left to his own devices. The deliberate usage of “dove trooping with crows”, an oxymoron highlights to the reader the bad in something that appears eye-catching. Such as when he first spots Juliet, he’s infatuated by her “beauty too rich” referring to her enticing physical appearance, but loses sight of her kinship. Something that he doesn't question, although it physically destroys him in the end. Moreover, use of the word “crows” is effective in foreshadowing; as crows are thought of as a bad omen according to the Greeks, and indicative of an individual's forthcoming death. Alternatively, “dove trooping with crows” could be referring to Juliet metaphorically. It reinforces the fact that something so elegant and pure such as a “dove” could carry the burden of death caused by the Capulet family name. Thus making this brief encounter symbolizes their tumultuous relationship, that will be made so by the powers that suppress them - their families.

The idea of inconsistency in relationships is also featured in The Laboratory, linking with the relationship between the narrator and her poison. In which we learn she feels fondly about at the start referring to it as “exquisite” and soft”, proving her passion for …show more content…
He purposefully threatens their relationship because he knows that this emotional blackmail will leave her distraught, as she’s their only child and without her family she would have nothing else. Due to kinship being an exclusive group of family members in renaissance Italy, and it would have been unlikely for another party to take her in if her family isolated her. She would just be an outsider, with nowhere else to