Characters Flashcards
Romeo 1
“Did my heart love til now?”
Romeo 2
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”
Romeo 3
‘O, I am fortune’s fool!’ Act 3 sc1
“I defy you stars.”
Romeo 4
“Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say “death”.(To Friar L)
“Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight”
Romeo 5
“My life is my foe’s debt”
“And so, good Capulet – which name I tender/As dearly as my own – be satisfied.”
Juliet 1
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by another name would smell as sweet.”
Juliet 2
“My only love sprung from my only hate; too early unknown and known too late.”
Juliet 3
(about Romeo)“Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” Act 3 sc 5
Juliet 4
“My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”
Juliet 5
“’Tis but thy name that is mine enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.”
Friar Lawrence 1
“Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” (to Romeo)
Friar Lawrence 2
These violent delights have violent ends.” (at the wedding)
Friar Lawrence 3
“For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (to Romeo)
The Nurse 1
Peace, I have done. God mark thee to his grace! Thou wast the prettiest babe that e’er I nursed:… (N to Juliet)
The Nurse 2
“His name is Romeo, and a Montague;
The only son of your great enemy.”
The Nurse 3
(About Paris) “I think it best you married with the County. O he’s a lovely gentleman.”
Tybalt 1
“What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, (Act 1 sc1)
“Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford
No better term than this,—thou art a villain.” (Act 3 scene 1)
Tybalt 2
About Montagues) “I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall/Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall”
Tybalt 3
“Come thee Benvolio, look upon thy death.” Act 1, sc1)
Tybalt 4
“Now by the stock and honour of my kin
To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” (Act 1 s 5)
Capulet 1
“But saying o’er what I have said before: My child is yet a stranger in the world;…”
“Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she./She’s the hopeful lady of my earth”
Capulet 2
“What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!”
“My sword, I say! Old Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me.”
Capulet 3
“As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie,/Poor sacrifices of our enmity.”
Capulet 4
“And you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend
And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets.”
Mercutio 1
“You are a lover; borrow Cupid’s wings,
And soar with them above a common bound.” (to R)
Mercutio 2
“Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?”
Mercutio 3
“A plague o’both your houses”
Mercutio 4
“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.”
Mercutio 5
“O calm, dishonourable, vile submission!” (about Romeo refusing to duel Tybalt)
