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Question 1

gregory/ sampson quote #1 + meaning

Answer 1

S: “We’ll not carry coals.” G “No, for then we should be colliers.”
They won’t let themselves be insulted as it would tarnish oth their own honour and their families.

Question 2

gregory/ sampson quote #2 + meaning

Answer 2

S: “I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.” G: “… for the weakest goes to the wall.”
Sampson says he plans to assault anyone who is of the Montague, even the women, Gregory say he’s cowardly for attacking those weaker than him. Conflicting ideas of masculinity.

Question 3

gregory/ sampson quote #3 + meaning

Answer 3

S: “I am a pretty piece of flesh.” G: “‘Tis well thou art not fish; […] poor-John.” Joking about erections, start of bawdy humour prevalent throughout the play.

Question 4

benvolio quote #1 + meaning

Answer 4

B: “Part, fools! […] what you do.” Tells the four to stop fighting and they are foolish for it. Benvolio presented as one of the only peaceful people in this play.

Question 5

benvolio quote #2 + meaning

Answer 5

B: “Worshipp’d sun”, “Underneath the grove of Sycamore,” Sun later used by Romeo to describe and deify Juliet - start of religious imagery. Sycamore is associated with defeated, dejected lovers, shows how much Benvolio knows Romeo.

Question 6

benvolio quote #3 + meaning

Answer 6

B: “Tell me in sadness, who is it that you love?” Using wordplay to comfort Romeo, for love, unlike how wordplay was used to express hate with Gregory and Sampson.

Question 7

tybalt quote #1 + meaning

Answer 7

T: “What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?” Play on words. Hind is a female deer, hart is a male one. Calling the servants female deers without the protection of their men. Accusing Benvolio of fighting those that are untrained, shows how he heads face first into conflict without asking questions - impetuous.

Question 8

tybalt quote #2 + meaning

Answer 8

T: “What, drawn and talk of peace? […] and thee.” Tybalt is Roman Catholic, believes he has God on his side. Associates his enemies with hell, and is overtaken by his hatred for Benvolio and his family.

Question 9

capulet quote #1 + meaning

Answer 9

C: “Give me my long sword, ho!” Despite being old, still wishes to partake in the fight to uphold his family’s honour.

Question 10

tybalt quote #3 + meaning

Answer 10

B: “Cut the winds,” Implies that Tybalt was so strong and ferocious he could cut wind.

Question 11

lc quote #1 + meaning

Answer 11

LC: “A crutch, a crutch!” The women in society are normally those upholding the peace.

Question 12

prince quote #1 + meaning

Answer 12

P: “Will they not hear?” Little respect for the Prince as he rarely follows through with his threats, seen by how he doesn’t sentence Romeo to death later on.

Question 13

montague quote #1 + meaning

Answer 13

M: “With tears augmenting the morning’s dew, […] an artificial night.” Talking about Romeo’s state of depression, saying that he spends his days hiding from the sun (hiding from his failed love) - “Aurora’s bed” is a symbol of dawn - shows his fatherly concern.

Question 14

montague quote #2 + meaning

Answer 14

M: “Black and portentous […] may the cause remove.” The ‘black bile’, thought to be the cause of depression. Belief that Romeo’s condition will quickly deteriorate if he can’t recover. Fatherly concern.

Question 15

montague quote #3 + meaning

Answer 15

M: “Dedicate his beauty to the sun.” Could either dedicate himself to a higher power, or to love 0 the sun portrayed as a symbol of both.

Question 16

romeo quote #1 + meaning

Answer 16

R: “O brawling love, O loving hate,”, “O heavy lightness, serious vanity,” Uses oxymorons to portray himself as in love and emotionally deep. However, they were popular in love sonnets at the time, so it’s likely he stole them for himself - fits with the theme that Romeo’s love for Rosaline was artificial.