Question

Romeo and Juliet help?

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.

What is the meaning of the phrase "the clouds that lour'd upon our house"?

Answer 1

And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house

Richard extends the metaphor by comparing the erstwhile reign of Lancaster to the gloom of a cloudy sky, playing upon the "sun of York" line that precedes it. Lour'd—Shakespeare uses the apostrophe to signal that "loured" should absolutely not be pronounced as "louréd"is an archaism (from the Middle English louren; probably deriving from Middle High German luren "to lie in wait" that meant "to look sullen; to frown upon." The reference to "our house" refers primarily to the family of York, although it could also play off one of its meanings as "the management of domestic affairs" (referring to the War of the Roses).

Answer 2

Thanks

Answer 3

its foggy

Answer 4

thats what it means

Answer 5

Thank you, I see that now :)