Based on the lines provided, the most likely figure casting the shadow that appears on the door at the left in the painting would be the Watch. Juliet mentions "Yea, noise? then I'll be brief," indicating she is aware of the approaching noise, which suggests that someone, likely the Watch, is entering or coming close to the scene.
Juliet.
Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. [Exit Friar Lawrence.}
What's here? a cup, clos'd in my true love's hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. -
O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after? — I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, To make me die with a restorative. [Kisses him.]
Thy lips are warm.
1 Watch. [Within]
Lead, boy; which way?
Juliet.
Yea, noise? then I'll be brief. - O happy dagger! [Snatching Romeo's dagger.] Yea, noise? then I'll be brief. - O happy dagger! [Snatching Romeo's dagger.]
This is thy sheath [Stabs herself; there rest, and let me die. [Falls on Romeo's body, and dies.] Based on these lines, who is most likely casting the shadow that appears on the door at left in the painting?
(1 point)
• the Watch
• Friar Lawrence
• Juliet
• Romeo
3 answers
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O Juliet. Yea, noise? then I'll be brief. —O happy dagger!
O Juliet. What's here? a cup, clos'd in my true love's hand?
• Juliet. Thy lips are warm.
Juliet. Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.
The line of the text that most nearly matches the moment illustrated in the painting is:
O happy dagger!
This line indicates the moment when Juliet is taking Romeo's dagger to use it on herself, which is a significant and dramatic part of the scene.