romeo and juliet quoted Flashcards
what’s the sun quote
“But, soft, what light through yonder windows break? It is the East and Juliet is the sun.” - Romeo
light takes away attention from other things
Juliet is attracting romeo from the very beginning
Light is a symbol for hope and positivity and all things good
Juliet becomes a symbol of hope
When light is gone, life is bad.
rose quote
“That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Roses have thorns
Roses are beautiful but closer they get they eventually gets hurt until they also is no more
Roses vs name: true nature remains unchanged
what is love is hevay and light quote
Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1)
who said violent quote
“These violent delights have violent ends” - Friar Laurence act 2 scene 6
first violent delight linked with hastiness and quick pleasure.
second violent has connotations of the consequences they face, leading to their ultimate death
a plague quote
“A plague o’ your houses!” - Mercutio
(foreshadowing)
this is when things start to go down hill really quick.
an illness can affect one person, but a plague affects everyone.
even after they die, they are still affecting everyone
baggage quote
“Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!” - Lord Capulet
Goes from nice to being aggressive
Capulet is a victim of patriarchy and wealth, forcing his daughter to marry
dramatic irony where
“reason that i have to love thee”
- romeo after being married to juliet and tybalt comes to fight him.
dramatic irony bc we know he was just married
what does mercutio do
Interestingly, Mercutio speaks in prose when he’s with his friend Benvolio in Act 3 Scene 1, but switches to verse when Tybalt arrives.
shows how mercutio, being a comedic character, still has his serious moments
fate quote from the prologue
“a pair of star cross’d lovers take their life”
shows how they cross and fall in love then cross pass.
take their life, maybe literally with suicide, but their families also take their life: their freedom of being together.
mercutio quotes
“if love be rough with you, be rough with love”
“a plague o’ both your houses”
“O calm, dishonourable, vile submission” (means of romeo doesn’t fight he lost his honour)
superficial love quote
“young men’s love lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes” - act 2 scene 3
withdraw quote
“I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall” - Tybalt
friar quote about fickle love
young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes
rhyming emphasise how true it is
does romeo really love juliet
tybalt quote about gall
“Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting
I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall
Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall”
almost cartoony like villain - rhyming couplets
retreat is a loss of honour
plosive alliteration of patience perforce
flesh: predator
mercutio prick quote
prick love for pricking
plosive alliteration - aggressive
his view on love is only sexual
