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Question 1

But,soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. (Act 2 scene 1) (Romeo)

Answer 1

• light attracts your eyes and takes away your attention from other things. It draws you close to it and you can see Juiliet is attracting Romeo.
• Light is a symbol of hope and positivity and is a guide for Romeo.
• Therefore Romeo’s life without Juliet is unimaginable.
• He also compares Juliet to the sun and this foreshadows their relationship as the sun rises and sets all in one day showing their relationship will not be very long

Question 2

“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” (Juliet) (Act 2 Scene 2)

Answer 2

• rose must be linked to Romeo’s initial interest which is Rosaline.
• a rose is a flower of romance but roses have thorns in them. Showing the rose represents the pain he will go through. The rose looks beautiful but the closer he gets to the rose the more he gets hurt.

Question 3

“These violent delights have violent ends” (Act 2 Scene 6) (Friar Lawrence)

Answer 3

• “violent delights” is seen as an impulsive delight and their love is a violent delight but it is a quick delight which will not be around very long. As it has “violent ends”.
• through the repetition of violent shows us different connotation but an overall picture of their love

Question 4

“A plague o’ both your houses!” (Mercutio) (Act 3 Scene 1)

Answer 4

• this is a catalyst that is a pivot in the play as the plague is something that spreads as an illness to everyone. So Romeo and Juliet being in love affects the whole family as they both die and they cause other deaths and other characters

Question 5

“Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’Thrusday, or never after look me in the face.” (Capulet) (Act 3 Scene 5)

Answer 5

• Here capulet shows his change in the play as he is a victim of wealth and patriarchy and his daughter is refusing to get married and is refusing to her father and in this time en where in charge of women due to gender inequality.

Question 6

“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- it’s everything except what it is!” (Act 1 Scene 1) (Capulet)

Answer 6

• nothing is what it seems and everything is fake through the oxymorons. Capulet loves his reputation more than his wife. The nurse doesn’t love juiliet as she lets her get married to Romeo knowing the consequences.

Question 7

“Star-crossed lovers.” (Prologue)

Answer 7

• the stars are Romeo and Juliet
• the stars have to meet to cross
• they meet very briefly
• they have to separate to make a cross
• when stars cross they go as far away as possible
• this foreshadows the entire play as it is seen in the prologue

Question 8

“Deny thy father and refuse thy name” (Capulet) (Act 2 Scene 2)

Answer 8

• their family names are everything
• them denying their family names shows Romeo and juiliet don’t care about their family names as the whole play everyone is fighting because of the other peoples family names.

Question 9

“For this Alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ Roncour to pure love.” (Act 2 scene 3) (Friar Lawrence)

Answer 9

• the love is a sacrifice as Romeo and Juliet are sacrificing themselves for their families to unite.
• it shows us how the family didn’t care for the individuals but for the family reputation

Question 10

“That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” (Juliet) (Act 2 Scene 2)

Answer 10

• juiliet states here that the name of a rose means nothing
• which in context she says this about the two families and how the families names mean nothing to her as it doesn’t stop her love for Romeo
• she believes that it is wrong to not love each other just because they are from different named families.
• inferiorating the families and belittling them.