So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are passionate: I expected a scene of some kind. I was prepared for the hot rain of tears; only I wanted them to be shed on my breast: now a senseless floor has received them, or your drenched handkerchief. But I err: you have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose, then, that your heart has been weeping blood? .Anonymous
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When Romeo says, "so you shun me?" he is saying that he would rather that Juliet had come to him and told him that she no longer wanted to be with him. He is surprised that Juliet has not come to him to express her feelings, but he thinks that she must be crying tears of sadness. He is not struck by the fact that Juliet has not cried at all because he assumes that her heart must have been broken when she decided not to be with Romeo anymore. However, when Romeo actually looks at Juliet, he sees a very sad face but no tears. This is because Romeo realizes that Juliet has been crying on his behalf and hoping against hope that he would come back to her.
Source: Jane Eyre
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