Sign in with: Clever Google. Search Close Menu. Back to the Play. Act 1,. Scene 4. Lines One of them is dressed as Cupid, the young boy god of Love, complete with a stage-prop bow and arrow. In the myth Phaeton never realizes that his father may be right in not letting him ride the chariot because it is extremely dangerous to someone with no experience. All of the characters in the story that were impetuous had early demises because of there impulsivity and having no regard of the repercussions of what may happen to them.
Impetuousness also led to the demise of Tybalt and Mercutio in the play by them not thinking of the dangers if they fought. Those are the reasons why the allusion drives the theme of the play. Another allusion that Shakespeare uses in the play is the myth of Echo and Narcissus. The myth of Echo is that she is a nymph who loves to talk and is always talking and always has to get the last word in. One day Hera casts a spell on her so that she can only get the last word and says exactly what the person said and can never be the first.
In one myth Echo meets Narcissus whom she falls in love with at first sight. Narcissus has a spell on him in which he cannot love anyone but himself. Echo tries to make contact with him but only annoys him because she repeats everything he says. When he goes to drink water he sees his reflection and never leaves it because it is too beautiful.
After gazing at it for a long time he dies. After he dies Echo goes into a cave until she dies. The allusion to Echo and Narcissus drive the theme of love at first sight. The reason why that theme is supported by the myth is because as soon as Echo saw Narcissus she loved him. In Romeo and Juliet this is seen because Romeo and Juliet both loved each other but there love was forsaken because of there different families and flaws in there personalities.
Juliet also says that if Romeo does not want to have her love then she will go into a cave and die there as Echo did. Another allusion that Shakespeare uses in the play is the one of Aurora, the goddess of dawn. The myth of Aurora is that she falls in love with the son of the king of Troy. She asks Zeus to grant him physical immortality in which he would live forever but he would still age. After he had lived far passed that of a normal mortal should have he lost the power to use his limbs.
After he became extremely weak Aurora turned him into a grasshopper. The myth of Aurora helps drive the theme of love at first sight because she fell in love with Tithonus and always loved him even when he was a grasshopper and an old man. After he met Juliet Romeo became extremely happy and this shows the theme of youth being impetuous also because he got over Rosaline so quickly. Is there a villain in the play, and, if so, who is it?
Why does the Prince exile Romeo? Literary Devices Allusions. Oh, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word[. Young Abraham Cupid, he that shot so true[. When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid.
Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies[. More than Prince of Cats. And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives[. For Venus smiles not in a house of tears.
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