Read the following passage spoken by Juliet.


Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.

Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow!

That I shall say good-night till it be morrow. (II. ii. 200-202)


Of what motif is it an example, and how do you know?


Oxymoron; it does not make sense, but it is true anyway.

Oxymoron; sweet is not a word that one would typically use to describe sorrow.

Symbolism; the parting is symbolic of their ultimate deaths.

Dramatic irony; the reader already knows what is going to happen.