Juliet Key Quotes (R+J) Flashcards
Juliet unaware of Romeo being present (Act 2, Scene 2)
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo”
Actually questioning why it had to be Romeo
Juliet complaining why Romeo is a Montague (Act 1, Scene 5)
“My only love sprung from my only hate”
Juliet complaint she met Romeo too early (Act 1, Scene 5)
“Too early seen unknown, and known too late!”
Everything happens too early for Juliet:
-told to prepare for marriage before she is ready
-marries Romeo without her parents’ permission
-marriage is moved forward twice
-Romeo arrived at tomb before she wakes up
Juliet questioning why Romeo is a Montague (Act 2, Scene 2)
“What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,
Nor arm nor face nor any other part
Belonging to a man.”
Shows how Juliet is practical and philosophical
Juliet seeing love as freedom (Act 2, Scene 2)
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite”
Juliet feeling in control of the relationship
“O for a falconer’s voice
To lure this tassel-gentle back again”
Uses Romeo’s metaphor and bends it to her own suggest her power
Juliet looking forward to her wedding night (Act 3, Scene 2)
“Give me my Romeo, and when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars.”
“Die” was slang for orgasm
violent imagery with sexual connotation reflects how romance and violence are never apart for R+J
Juliet complaining her love for Romeo is too fast, showing she is rational (Act 2, Scene 2)
“It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like… lightning”
Juliet when she hears Romeo killed Tybalt (Act 3, Scene 2)
“O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!”
“Damned saint, honourable villain!”
Juliet as she is about to kill herself (Act 5, Scene 3)
“O happy dagger.”
Juliet describing Romeo’s kissing (Act 1, Scene 5)
“You kiss by the book”
How Juliet greets Nurse when she waits for her to come back for Romeo (Act 2, Scene 3)
“Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse”
