Answer:
It establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song.
Explanation:
Parallelism refers to the use of the same grammatical structures in a series of sentences. Most of the time, parallelism is used in order to provide a sense of rhythm to the text. In this case, parallelism provides a sense of rhythm that is meant to echo the song, as it reminds the reader of a duet. As the song is also meant to be a duet (father and mother) the structure of the text highlights the subject matter.
Dramatic Irony!
We as the audience know that Juliet has taken the potion (therefore asleep) and not “life-like” regardless of the fact she kills herself later.
However, Romeo does not know she has taken the potion and is NOT dead.
Good vs evil I would assume
