Love Flashcards
‘A pair of —- cross’d lovers —- their lives’
‘A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their lives’
Prologue, chorus about Romeo and Juliet
- Noun ‘star’ links to astrology which was strongly believed in the Elizabethan era
- Foreshadows how the play will end
- ‘Star-cross’d’ conveys how the two were doomed from the start
‘Love is a —– made with the fume of sighs’
‘Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs’
Act 1, scene 1 Romeo talking about Rosaline
- Key theme of love
- Metaphor emphasises Romeo’s depression over his unrequited love for Rosaline
- Noun ‘smoke’ connotes danger which therefore gives the impression that love can be dangerous maybe even deadly
‘If love be —– with you, be rough with love.’
‘If love be rough with you, be rough with love.’
Act 1, scene 4 Mercutio to Romeo about Rosaline
- Emphasises how Elizabethan men were meant to be strong and show no emotion
- Juxtaposition conveys how Mercutio and Romeo have two different opinions on love
- Repetition of noun ‘rough’ illustrates how hurt Romeo is by his unrequited love for Rosaline
‘Did my heart —- till now? Forswear, it sight! For I never saw true —— to this night!’
‘Did my heart love till now? Forswear, it sight! For I never saw true beauty to this night!’
Act 1, scene 5 Romeo sees Juliet for the first time
- rhetorical question conveys how Juliet’s beauty has shocked him
- repetition of exclamation mark emphasises his shock
- portrays how his ‘love’ for Rosaline wasn’t real (Romeo is a Petrarchan lover)
‘O brawling —-, O loving hate’
‘O brawling love, O loving hate’
Act 1, scene 1 Romeo about love
‘Juliet is the —’
‘Juliet is the sun’
Act 2, scene 2 Romeo
‘Is love a tender thing? Is it too ——?’
‘Is love a tender thing? Is it too rough?’
Act 1, Romeo after Rosaline’s rejection
