In Roman times, if one had to kill oneself, and one was a real man, one did it with a dagger. What does Juliet's death demonstrate?

an inversion of the masculine/feminine normative

disparate points on the continuum of "normative adult life"

the paradox that one must have lived to die

Friar Laurence's failure to instill gender norms in Juliet

Question

In Roman times, if one had to kill oneself, and one was a real man, one did it with a dagger. What does Juliet's death demonstrate?



an inversion of the masculine/feminine normative

disparate points on the continuum of "normative adult life"

the paradox that one must have lived to die

Friar Laurence's failure to instill gender norms in Juliet

anonymous · Answer

A real man fell on his sword (not a dagger they were the weapon of footpads).

Juliet (as in Shakespeare’s tragedy) was not a Roman.