ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Earth that’s natures’ mother is her tomb. What is her burying grave? That is her womb.
A
Taylor Swift
B
William Shakespeare
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He says, “The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb; / What is her burying grave that is her womb” (2.3. 9-10). In other words, everything that grows, grows from the earth, and everything that grows dies and returns to the earth, so that the earth is both tomb and womb.

Detailed explanation-2: -Friar Laurence The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb; What is her burying grave, that is her womb.

Detailed explanation-3: -’ Everything in nature, he says, has some special property and every plant is different. Nothing grows on earth that does not have a useful purpose: Oh, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The metaphor that that Shakespeare uses here is comparing the tomb that Juliet is in the mouth of the death. Shakespeare is also comparing the tomb to the ‘jaws of a hungry beast.

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