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But no more deep will i endart mine eye Right now, Juliet is telling her mother that she will consider the man who wants her for marriage, but i dont know the exact translation THANKS!Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: That moment in the play is a bit easier to understand if you look at three lines instead of two: I'll look to like if looking liking move!. But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly!. You've got the gist of what Juliet is saying about Paris!. She's telling her mother, "I'll try to like him if I like what I see when I look at him!. But I'll only like him as much as I have your permission for!." Www@QuestionHome@Com Juliet's saying that she'll look at Paris in a positive way, if that will make her like him, but she will never look deep enough to love him!. Basically she's marrying him for her mother!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I'll look at him to like him, if, just by looking, I can like him, But I will not go any further Than your consent gives my action strength to make it fly!. Www@QuestionHome@Com |