Characters Flashcards
Romeo is romantic
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs” A1S1
Romeo is hot-headed
“Fire-ey’d fury be my conduct now” A3S1
Romeo is respected
“A virtuous and well-governed youth” A1S5
Romeo clichéd love poetry
“Pronounce but ‘love’ and ‘dove’” A2S1
“O that I were a glove”
Implies that Romeo is in love with the idea of love -> “young waverer”
Romeo’s personality isn’t lovesick teenager
“Now art thou Romeo” (Mercurio)
Romeo believes in fate
“Some consequence hanging in the stars” A1S4
“Fortune’s fool” A5S1
Juliet is independent
“My dismal scene I needs must act alone” A4S3
Juliet stands her ground
“Go, get thee hence, for I will not give away.” A5S3
Juliet is wise
It’s better to be “more rich in matter than in words” A2S6
Juxtaposes Romeo’s tendency to use impressive flowery language
Mercutio is witty
Queen Mab
Calls Tybalt “King of Cats”
Puns, particularly sexual
“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man” A3S1
Tybalt is violent
“Peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell” A1S1
Tybalt is loyal
“Now by the stock and honour of my kin” A1S5
Benvolio is a peaceful character
“I do but keep the peace” A1S1
Benvolio is kind
“What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?” A1S1
Lord Montague is a concerned father
“Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow” A1S1
Lady Montague is peaceful
“Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe” A1S1
Lady Montague is emotional
“Grief of my son’s exile hath stopp’d her breath” (Lord Montague) A5S3
Lady Capulet is ambitious
“Share all that he doth possess” A1S3
Lady Capulet is unforgiving
“We will have vengeance for it” A3S5
“I have done with thee [Juliet when she disobeys her]” A3S5
Nurse is affectionate
“Thou wast the prettiest babe that e’er I nurs’d” A1S3
“Never was seen so black a day as this” [when Juliet dies] A4S5
Nurse is vulgar
“Now by my maidenhead at twelve year old” A1S3
Friar Lawrence is respected
He gives “good counsel”
Friar Lawrence is wise
“Love moderately; long love doth so” A2S6
The Friar is reckless
“I do spy a kind of hope which craves as desperate an execution” A4S1
