Paper 1 - ROMEO & JULIET Flashcards
What is peripeteia?
When does it occur in Romeo & Juliet?
A sudden reversal of fortune OR change in circumstances especially in reference to fictional characters.
When Romeo kills Tybalt it is the start of peripeteia in the play.
What is a Petrarchan lover?
What is an example in Romeo & Juliet?
Unrequited and leads to internal turmoil and self-imposed solitude.
Romeo (to Rosaline) ~ “Out of her favour, where I am in love.”
What is courtly love?
What is an example in Romeo & Juliet?
Love at first sight and dying for one’s true love.
Courtly love is glorified and romanticised.
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What is the position of women in Romeo & Juliet?
How is this linked to religion?
They are inferior and subordinate to men. Women are objectified- the property if their father , then husband.
Eve was created from Adma’s rib.
Eve is sinful.
Romeo & Juliet - What are key quotes for love?
PROLOGUE ~ “Star-cross’d lovers take their life”
PROLOGUE ~ “Death-mark’d love”
A1 S1 ~ ROMEO: “O brawling love! O loving hate!”
A1 S5 ~ ROMEO: “Snowy dove trooping with crows” - (Juliet vs Rosaline)
A1 S5 ~ JULIET: “My only love sprung from my only hate!”
A2 S2 ~ ROMEO: “Juliet is the sun!”
A5 S1 ~ ROMEO: “Then I defy you stars!”
Romeo & Juliet - What are key quotes for the individual vs society?
A1 S1 ~ SAMPSON: “I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.”
A1 S1 ~ PRINCE: “Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace”
A2 S2 ~ JULIET: “thy name that is my enemy - What’s Montague?”
A5 S3 ~ PRINCE: “never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo”
Romeo & Juliet - What are key quotes for violence?
PROLOGUE ~ “Ancient grudge”
PROLOGUE ~ “Bury their parents’ strife”
A1 S1 ~ TYBALT: “Benvolio, look upon thy death”
A1 S1 ~ PRINCE: “Throw your mistemper’d weapons to the ground,”
A1 S1 ~ PRINCE: “If you ever disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”
A3 S1 ~ TYBALT: “Thou art a villain”
Romeo & Juliet - What are key quotes for fate?
PROLOGUE ~ “Star-cross’d lovers take their life”
A3 S1 ~ MERCUTIO: “Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”
A3 S1 ~ ROMEO: “O, I am fortune’s fool!”
A3 S5 ~ JULIET: “Is there no pity sitting in the clouds… delay this marriage… if you do not, make the bridal bed… where Tybalt lies”
ROMEO: “Shake the yolk of inauspicious stars.”
A5 S1 ~ ROMEO: “Then I defy you, stars!”
Romeo & Juliet - What are key quotes for family and duty?
A1 S5 ~ JULIET: “My only love sprung from my only hate!”
A2 S2 ~ JULIET: “Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name”
A3 S1 ~ ROMEO: “Good Capulet whose name I tender as dearly as my own”
A3 S1 ~ TYBALT: “Thou art a villain”
A5 S3 ~ CAPULET: “O brother Montague, give me thy hand”
Romeo & Juliet - What are key quotes for the patriarchy?
A1 S1 ~ SAMPSON: “…Women, being the weaker vessels,”
A3 S1 ~ ROMEO: “O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate”
A3 S5 ~ CAPULET: “Disobedient wretch”
What is the Italian honour code?
Being in line with social standards of Italy
Fighting to protect honour - ‘Saving face’
What does hamartia mean?
What was Romeo and Juliet’s hamartia?
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of the tragic hero or heroine.
Romeo’s hamartia was his excessive desire for love and romance.
Juliet’s hamartia was being young and naive.
What does hubris mean?
What characters in Romeo & Juliet have hubris?
Excessive pride or self confidence
Tybalt
Lord Capulet
Mercutio
Lord Montague
Summarise Act 1
Summarise Act 2
