Destructive Relationship Quotes

Question 1

Destructive relationship - secrecy of love

Answer 1

Romeo when he finds out who Juliet is :
‘Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt?”

Juliet when she finds out who Romeo is :
“My only love sprung from my only hate”

Question 2

Destructive relationship - impact on relationships with others

Answer 2

Capulet threatening to disown Juliet if she doesn’t marry Paris:
‘I tell thee what: get thee to church a’Thursday, or never after look me in the face’
Mercutio as he’s dying :
“A plague a’both your houses’

Question 3

Destructive relationships - impact on behaviour - Romeo

Answer 3

Romeo: “ O sweet Juliet,/Thy beauty hath made me effeminate /And in my temper soften’d valour’s steel.”

“And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!”

Question 4

Destructive relationships - impact on behaviour - Juliet

Answer 4

1) Juliet when asked by her mother on her thoughts on marriage ‘It is an honour that I dream not of.’
2) This proves to be a direct contrast to further on in the play. In Act 3, she states, ‘and though I am sold/ Not yet enjoyed.’ - when Juliets is waiting for Romeo in her room.

3) Juliet when she’s about to kill herself: “Oh happy dagger.”

Question 5

Destructive relationships - impact on society

Answer 5

Prince at the tomb describing the deaths due to the feud :
1)‘Have lost a brace of kinsmen’

2) ‘Here lies the County Paris slain, And Romeo dead, and Juliet, dead before

Families agree to end feud:‘O brother Montague, give me thy hand.’ This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more I can demand.”
Montague: “But I can give thee more, for I will raise her statue in pure gold”