romeo and juliet Flashcards
-Love and Passion r and j
“But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” - Romeo (Act 2, Scene 2)
“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” - Friar Laurence
(Act 2, Scene 6)
-Fate and Destiny r and j
“A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents.” - Friar Laurence (Act 5, Scene 3)
“Then I defy you, stars!” - Romeo (Act 5, Scene 1)
Conflict r and j
“O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! Alla stigmatic wounds, my body shall beg; that being dead, the manner of my death might give life to my story.” - Mercutio (Act 3, Scene 1)
“See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!” - Prince Escalus (Act 5, Scene 3)
Impulsiveness r and j
“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” - Friar Laurence (Act 2, Scene 6)
“O, I am fortune’s fool!” - Romeo (Act 3, Scene 1)
-Familial Relationships r and j
“O, I am fortune’s fool!” - Romeo (Act 3, Scene 1)
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” - Prince Escalus (Act 5, Scene 3)
-Fate vs. Free Will r and j
“A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents.” - Friar Laurence (Act 5, Scene 3)
“Then I defy you, stars!” - Romeo (Act 5, Scene 1)
Appearance vs. Reality: r and j
“Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!” - Juliet (Act 3, Scene 2)
“O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! Alla stigmatic wounds, my body shall beg; that being dead, the manner of my death might give life to my story.” - Mercutio (Act 3, Scene 1)
Death r and j
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” - Prince Escalus (Act 5, Scene 3)
“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” - Friar Laurence (Act 2, Scene 6)
Conflict Resolution r and j
“See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!” - Prince Escalus (Act 5, Scene 3)
“A glooming peace this morning with it brings; the sun, for sorrow, will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; some shall be pardoned, and some punished.” - Prince Escalus (Act 5, Scene 3)
Time r and j
“Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars!” - Romeo (Act 5, Scene 1)
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear; beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” - Romeo (Act 1, Scene 5)
