Interpreting Personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which a quality, idea, or any non-human being is represented as havinghuman traits.
"Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!
Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!"
(Act II, scene ii, lines 5-6)
Explain what the quality, idea, or non-human being is represented and what human trait is applied to it.
2006-12-18 12:34:59 · 8 answers · asked by jrj850 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
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2006-12-18 12:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by micho 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep and peace are being personified -- both are abstract ideas, which are described as being capable of dwelling somewhere. Therefore the human trait is the ability to dwell, and to rest (the second line).
The second line confuses matters -- in that the speaker wishes he or she was sleep and peace, because he or she wants to rest where sleep and peace lie. That is a little different than personification. It invloves a personification, but also a wishful substitution that is not itself personification.
2006-12-18 12:36:26 · answer #2 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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A personification is a figure of speech where an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities.An example would be: "Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered." Fear cannot knock on a door, right? And faith can't answer a door. Those are human behaviors. Got it? One example is in 2.3 “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night," Morning can't smile (a personification) and night can't frown (another personification) So just read the play carefully and you will find personifications all over it.
2016-04-03 03:39:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, so Romeo is commenting that sleep is good because he believes it is equal to Juliet's breast. If he were to sleep with Juliet he would be peaceful and together he and Juliet would lead a sweet peaceful life.
So I guess it's a quality and an idea.
2006-12-18 12:45:44 · answer #4 · answered by Kris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep Dwell Upon Thine Eyes
2016-11-07 00:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep and peace are made to be human. Sleep living in Juliet's eyes and Peace is a little due in her breast. So Romeo's all like - "If I was either that dude,Sleep,or the other dude,Peace, I'd be like totally taking a nap in your eyes and in your boobs.
2006-12-18 12:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by Twinki 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
right, it's like saying that sleep can actually sit and hang out on her eyes & that peace can actually be on her breast. Romeo is saying that if he were those things (sleep and peace) it would be sweet to rest (on Juliet's eyes and breast)
Sleep and peace are beiing personified as having the ability to lay on Juliet's body.
2006-12-18 12:45:00 · answer #7 · answered by barb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dunno. I dont speak Shakespeare.
2006-12-18 12:35:55 · answer #8 · answered by Shamudog 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋