Key Quotes Flashcards
In the prologue what are Romeo and Juliet described as ?
Star-crossed lovers
In the prologue is is announced there is an ‘ancient grudge’. What is the terminology?
Biblical adjectival phrase
What does the quote ‘take their lives’ symbolise ?
The collective pronoun shows they are unified
What is Sampsons only line ?
‘Draw if you be men’
- aggressive imperative
What is the harshly sibilant phrase that is said by Tybalt ?
Peace! I hate the word
What is the terminology of Romeos line ‘ O brawling love! O loving hate’
Oxymoronic phrase
What is the sporting imagery/reductive metaphor used by Benvolio?
A right fair mark
How does Lord Capulet originally refer to Juliet ?
Hopeful lady of my earth
What does lady capulet tell Juliet about marriage ?
‘Younger than you are made already mothers’
What simplistic unadorned question does Romeo ask when he first sees Juliet ?
Did my heart love till now ?
How does Romeo describe Juliet ?
‘Snowy dove’
‘Holy shrine’
What is Mercutio implying when he says ‘O that she were an open arse and thou a poperin pear’
His bawdy humour illuminates how it could all be lust and not love
What does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear by ?
‘O swear not by the moon’
When Mercutio dies, what apocalyptic phrase does he use ?
‘A plague O both your houses’
What emotive metaphor does Romeo use to describe what Juliet has done to him ?
‘Thy beauty hath made me effeminate’
What dramatic irony is used when Romeo kills Tybalt ?
‘O I am fortunes fool’
Why was Juliet’s unconventional epithalamium cut from some performances ?
Because it was unheard of for a 13 year old to think about sex
What is the comparative superlative used by Juliet when she finds out Tybalt has died ?
’ my dearest cousin and my dearer lord’
What does lord capulet say to Juliet when she refuses to marry Paris ?
‘Hang thee hound baggage, my fingers itch’
What does the phallic imagery of ‘O happy dagger this is thy sheath’ suggest ?
That Juliet was killed by the patriarchy
How does Lord Capulet describe Romeo and Juliet’s death ?
‘Poor sacrifices of our enmity’
