romeo and juliet - act 1 Flashcards
Did my heart love til now? Forswear it sight! / for I ne’er saw true beauty til this night. - Romeo SCENE 5
completely forgot about rosaline
irony that R was obsessed with Rosaline in the last scene
romeo is fickle
“my only love is sprung from my only hate - Juliet SCENE 5
links to ancient grude
disbelief that the only boy she loved turned out to be her enemy
juxtaposition (hate vs love)
“If he be married, / My grave is like to be my wedding bed - Juliet SCENE 5
Foreshadowiing, her wedding will lead to her death.
“too rough, too rude, too boisterous and pricks like thorn”
- ROMEO SCENE 4
Metaphors
“too” emphasises romeo’s view of love
love can result in pain
rose - love
“some consequence, yet hanging in the stars … By some vile forfeit of untimely death” - romeo scene 4
huge foreshadowing
celestial imagery
fate in power
“she hath not seen the change in fourteen years”
juliet is too young
“it is an honour i dream not of” - juliet scene 3
doesnt think of marriage
recognises its an honour
mature
“my child is yet a stranger in the world” - lord capulet scene 2
possesive over juliet
wants to be in control over her longer
cares about her
shows she is too young
not mature
doesn’t want to let go of juliet
“she is the hopeful lady of my earth” -Lord C scene 2
his only hope
only daughter
she is precious to him because he has no other heir
“she is the hopeful lady of my earth” -Lord C scene 2
his only hope
only daughter
she is precious to him because he has no other heir
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, - prologue
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life … Do with their death bury their parents’ strife. - prologue
