Romeo And Juliet - Quotes Flashcards
1
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A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life
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- prologue -stars control their relationship, will end badly
- by saying this in prologue this creates impression that the play is controlled by fate, creates tension as audience knows their happiness and love cant last
- the end of this line “life” rhymes with the next line “strife” - linking their life and the feud together, shakespeare creates this link to show the feud plays an important role in their deaths while also ending the feud
2
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Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days
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- nurse says this to juliet before going to capulets party to meet paris
- suggests nurse is keen for juliet to be happy - she wants her to enjoy life (contrasts with lady capulet who doesnt care for juliets happiness but the money and business arrangement side)
- also suggests the close relationship between the nurse and juliet - not afraid to make vulgar jokes or tease juliet
3
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My only love sprung from my only hate
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- after juliet found out romeo is a montague - only love meaning romeo who she has just fallen for and only hate being the montague family due to the feud
- repetition of only emphasises how juliet has only one love and only one hate, highlighting how serious the situation is - emphasises frustration at her own misfortune
- these opposites create a sense of confusion and conflicted feelings she has for romeo
4
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It is the east, and juliet is the sun
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- describes juliets windwo as the east as the sun rises in the east, it is late at night making romeos words more fitting, suggesting the light from juliets window is the sun in his darkness
- by comparing juliet to a celestial object he implies she is too perfect to be human, could also suggest juliet, like the sun, is a source of light and hope
5
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A rose, by any other word would smell as sweet
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- a rose will always smell pleasant regardless of the name it is described by - even though romeo has montague name, he is still romeo
- rose is a symbol for love and beauty, reflecting juliets love for romeo, however theyre also thorny and can cause pain, foreshadowing the fact their love does end in pain
6
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To turn your households rancour to pure love
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-friar lawrence suggeststhat romeos marriage to juliet will lead to peace between the families
- rancour means hatred
- this was realistic as their love did end the feud, not in the way friar lawrence had hoped
- also unrealistic as the fued was too strong, without the deaths the two families wouldnt have made peace
7
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For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring
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- bnevolio says this as people get angry and violent in hot weather
- ominous and a foreboding atmosphere, later on in this scene tybalt confronts mercutio and kills him, romeo then kills tybalt
- by linking the violence to the unpredictable changing weather, shows how the characters are prone to sudden changes, the fact they can be influenced by something such as the eather this shows how volatile they are
8
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Fire eyed fury
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- Romeo says this to tybalt after he killed mercutio - repeated f sound sounds as if his words are being spat - personification of fury (as it has eyes) suggests it has a mind of its own and is uncontrollable
- his fury and anger now contrasts with his mood earlier on where he was expressing the love he has for tybalt - he is easily influenced, reflects how complex and contradictory he is
9
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Dove feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb
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- juliet talking to romeo after she found out he killed her cousin tybalt
- conflicted feelings (use of oxymorons) towards him as she still loves him
- romeo prior compared juliet to a dove, people connote the opposite of a dove with a raven, symbolising death, the confusion in their relationship
10
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Death is my son in law, death is my heir
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- capulet says this after finding out about juliets ‘death’- there is now no one to carry his legacy as juliet was his only child
- repetition of death emphasises his grief and disbelief of what has happened
- foreshadows romeos death as he is capulets real son in law
11
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O happy dagger…this is thy sheath
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- juliet speaking before she kills herself - now that romeo has died she is ‘happy’ to die with him - happy could also meen fortunate so she is lucky to have found a way out
- short sentence shows she is hurrying, increases the pace of the play, hightening tension for audience
- refers to her body as the “sheath” (where the dagger is kept) - it belongs in her as sheaths are designed for them, emphasises how juliet was fated to die, she fulfils her destiny
12
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A glooming peace this morning with it brings
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- prince says this line at the very end of act 5 - he is the last character to speak in the play
- symbolic - morning is traditionally a new beginning - new peace between families, new chapter
- although there is finally peace it has been achieved at a tereible cost, morning of new light has been overshadowed by grief because of the tragic deaths
