During His famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves” (MATTHEW 7:15). Act III, Scene ii finds Juliet describing her nurse as a “wolvish-ravening lamb,” among other things, when the nurse tells Juliet of Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment. Implicitly here, she also compares herself to a lamb. Jesus, known as the “Lamb of God,” out of love, sacrificed Himself, “Who takes away the sin of the world!” (JOHN 1:29). Juliet also sacrifices her life out of love, out of grief, for Romeo. Whether Shakespeare had this in mind remains a mystery.
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