Romeo Flashcards
Pro
Before
Logue
Logue (speaking)
Prologue
An introduction
Sonnet
A poem with fourteen lines. 10 syllables per line. usually written in iambic pentameter, rhymes
Civil
Cultured and polite.
Star-crossed
faced with constant bad luck
Mis
Wrong
Oxymoron
When two contradictory terms are put together.
Unrequited Love
One sided love
Dis
Away
Disposition
Mind or attitude
Valiant
Brave.
Extended metaphor
a long metaphor (several lines).
Consent
To allow for do something.
Fate
Destiny, out of your control.
Free will
Ability to make your own choices.
Inversion
rearranging of words
Archaic language
Words used today with different meanings
Omission
Taking out words to creating rhymes
Petrarchan Love
Lover is melancholy
Anti-sex
Lover wants to be alone
Unreturned love
Classical Allusion
an indirect reference to something from Greek/Roman mythology
Biblical Allusion
an indirect reference to something from the Bible
Pun
play on words, usually with sound
Light Imagery
Paradox
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement but is actually true
“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace”
The prince says this in act 1 after the street fight.
Why does the Prince refer to them as having “purple fountains”
They are seen as royalty and shouldn’t be fighting.
“Three civil brawls bred of an airy word”
Fights broke out because of dumb things.
“If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”
They are being told by the chief to not fight or they will be killed.
“loving hate”
Contradictory
“heavy lightness”
Contradictory
“feather of lightness”
Contradictory
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.”
Using sunlight to describe Juliet
Speaker: Romeo
“O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!”
Desire
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,”
Why does he have to be a Montague.
Give up name.
“O, be some other name belonging to a man.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.
Desire, some concern.
“My ears have yet not drunk a hundred words of thy tongue’s uttering,”
They still haven’t even heard each other a lot.
“If they do see thee, they will murder thee.”
If they catch Romeo trespassing they will kill him.
“Therefore pardon me, and not impute this yielding to light love,”
“I have no joy of this contract tonight.
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say “It lightens.” Sweet, good night. This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”
Concerned, too quick.
“O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, being night, all this is but a dream.”
Juliet is very concerned, but Romeo has less concerned.
“If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, by one that I’ll procure to come to thee,”
Let me know if we can get married tomorrow.
prefix: post
“behind” “after” “later”
cunning
skill employed in a shrewd
peril
danger
vow
to make a promise
imagery
Imagery is a type of figurative language that appeals to the senses
dramatic irony
When the audience knows something the actors on stage do not
dishonorable
lacking honor, shameful
valor
Strength of mind or spirit
woe
Great sorrow or distress
slander
The utterance of false charges which damage another persons reputation
prevail
To succeed
abhorred
Loathed utterly
What would Juliet rather do than marry Paris?
Suicide
What is Friar Lawrences plan?
Give her a potion to make her appear dead so Romeo can take her.
“Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none.”
Romeo says this because they are now family.
“O calm dishonorable, vile submission!”
Mad because Romeo won’t fight.
“Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
Mercutio is mad because Romeo interfered with the fight.
“A plague o’ both your houses!”
Horrible insult during time of plagues.
“O sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate”
Should have been there.
“O, I am Fortune’s fool!”
Upset because of all the bad things.
“O serpent heart hid with a flow’ring face! did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?”
Juliet thinks Romeo is bad under the good.
“Here’s to my love. [Drinking] O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.”
Romeo is drinking the poison and killing himself next to Juliet.
“I’ll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of holy nuns.”
Friar Lawrence is saying how he will hide Juliet.
“I dare no longer stay.”
Friar Lawrence leaves and leaves her there.
“O, happy dagger,”
Juliet stabs herself with a knife.
“O brother Montague, give me thy hand. This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more can I demand.”
They are making up.
“Some shall be pardoned, and some punished.”
Some stories end good, and some end badly.
