RJ Quotes - Romeo Flashcards
What is the 1st why for Romeo and why?
Shakespeare argues that fate may often be self inflicted, brought about by a failure to recognise our own flaws or moderate our behaviour
He makes many impuslive decisions that may be self-inflicted - he leads his own death. If he followed his family’s demands marrying a montague, he wouldn’t have had a tragic death. Independant, rowdy, creating his own faith
What is the 2nd why for Romeo and why?
Through the use of dramatic irony, shakespeare provides the audience a platform to interrogate the actions of each character and identify how particular decisions lead to tragic outcomes, perhaps in the hope this growing awareness of the correlation between action and reprocution will prompt the audience to be mindful when making their own decisions
Romeo decisions lead to his own fate, killing tybalt lead to his own banishment
What is the 3rd why for Romeo and why?
Romeo and juliet serves as a warning to the audience against dreaming and behaving impulsively without properly considering actions and their potential consequences
Romeo’s impulsive behaviour is evident throughout the play, from declaring his love for rosaline to swiftly moving onto juliet.
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“A pair of star-crossed lovers”
Prologue
Highlights the theme of date and inevitability of death due to their forbidden love
Foreshadows fate
What are adjectives to describe romeo?
Young
Passionate
Impulsive
Romantic
Naïve
What themes are relevant to romeo?
Love
Fate
Conflict
Death
Youthfulness
Foreshadowing
Unrequited love - rosaline
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love, why then. O brawling love! O loving hate!”
Act 1 Scene 1
Romeo expresses the contradiction of love and hate, reflecting the conflict between the Montague’s and capulets and ow their love is entwined with violence and enemity
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“Is she a Capulet? O, dear account! My life is my foe’s debt!”
Act 1 scene 5
Romeo immediately realises the tragic irony that Juliet belongs to the enemy family, setting and foreshadowing the theme of love and conflict with family loyalty and fate
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“But soft! What light through yonger window breaks? It is east, and Juliet is the sun… it is my lady, O it is my love! O, that she knew she were”
Act 2 scene 2
Romeo idealises juliet, comparing her to the sun, emphasising the youthful and irrational intensity of his love and longing for her, despite their families enemities
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, warning of thy love”
Act 2 scene 2
Romeo expresses his beliefs that dying at the hands of his familys enemies would be preferable to living without Juliet’s love, emphasising impulsive and youthful devotion
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“O, I am fortune’s fool!”
Act 3 Scene 1
Romeo laments (mourns) his fate after killing tybalt. Victim of fate that he is recognising and that his passionate actions lead to inevitable consequences
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“Is it even so? Then i defy you stars!”
Act 5 scene 1
Romeo says this after hearing the news of Juliet’s death, rejecting fate, taking control of his destiny by suicide
When was this quote states and why is it important to the themes relevant to romeo:
“O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss, i die”
Act 5 scene 3
Romeo’s death is a result of fate and miscommunication. The culmination of death and unrequited love as he ends his life after believing juliet is dead
