Juliet's Lines 54-57

"O God, i have an ill-divinging soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight fails or though lookest pale." These four lines by Juliet in act 3 scene 5 come during a point where Juliet is saying a goodbye to Romeo that both of them hope is only temporary. She starts of the line with 'o' which means that there is an exclamation of emotion. The emotion depicted here is worry in her remembering of what she is doing. She is reflecting on her decision to choose Romeo and she calls herself an "ill-divining soul," which means a prophetic of evil. She is admitting to herself that she is evil for going against her parents' wishes. She then goes on to foreshadow Romeo's death. She says that she sees him in the bottom of a tomb and that he is very pale. These all reflect to the idea of death, which is what the ultimate ending is in the play. She is also saying that he might as well be dead to her because it might be impossible for them to be together. If he were dead, then she would have reason to kill herself and she wouldn't have to deal with her parents.