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fine art operaWhat does for Venus smiles not in a house of tears mean?
Also to know is, who says happily met my lady and my wife?
Act 4 Scene 1
Original Text | Modern Text |
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Enter JULIET | JULIET enters. |
PARIS Happily met, my lady and my wife. | PARIS I'm happy to meet you, my lady and my wife. |
JULIET That may be, sir, when I may be a wife. | JULIET That might be the case sir, after I'm married. |
Also to know is, what does Venus mean in Romeo and Juliet?
Venus is the goddess of love, who “smiles not” on a grieving family. Paris is saying that he's having a difficult time wooing Juliet because she's too busy crying over the loss of Tybalt (and—little does he know—Romeo).
Act Four, Scene One Juliet, in search of Romeo, arrives at the chapel and finds Paris there. She is forced to speak with him, and he behaves arrogantly now that their wedding is set. However, Juliet rebuffs him with her vague answers, and then finally asks Friar Laurence if she might speak to him alone.