Key quotes - simple

Question 1

Romeo describes love, at the start of the play, as

Answer 1

’ heavy burden’

Question 2

Romeo compares Juliet to

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‘sun’

Question 3

Romeo feels like he is not in control of his fate

Answer 3

‘O I am fortune’s fool!’

Question 4

Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague

Answer 4

‘My only love sprung from my only hate’

Question 5

Juliet is disobedient: __ ___ ___ make me there a joyful bride

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‘He shall not’

Question 6

Capulet says that Juliet is a burden to him

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‘Baggage’

Question 7

Lady Capulet wishes Juliet was dead

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‘Married to her grave’

Question 8

Mercutio criticises Romeo for not fighting, calling him

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‘Dishonourable’

Question 9

Tybalt hates

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‘Peace’

Question 10

Friar Lawrence says that young men’s love lies in their

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‘eyes’

Question 11

In the prologue, Romeo and Juliet are described as

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‘star-crossed lovers’

Question 12

The Prince says that the fighting was started by an

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‘airy word’

Question 13

In the prologue to Act 2, Shakespeare writes that passion gives them

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‘power’