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aye me, s_ _ h_ _ _ _ seem l_ _ _

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aye me, sad hours seem long - romeo, 1.1, unrequited love, courtly love

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O b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ l _ _ , O l _ _ _ _ _ h_ _ _

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O brawling love, O loving hate - romeo, 1.1, says after seeing blood, close relationship between love and hate, possible Montague Capulet clan love.

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some c______ yet h______ in the s_____

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some consequence yet hanging in the stars - romeo

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b____ a______

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bright angle - romeo`

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with l____ l_____ w_____

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with loves light wings - romeo

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I am f_______ f_____

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i am fortunes fool - romeo

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i n_____ i______ thee, but l_____ thee

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i never injured thee, but loved thee - romeo

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my only _____, s____ from my o____ h____

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my only love, sprung from my only hate - juliet

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you k___ by the b____

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you kiss by the book - juliet

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it is too r___, too s____, too u_______

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it is too rash, too sudden, too unadvised - juliet

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i have b____ the m____ of l___, but not yet p______ it

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i have bought the mansion of love, but not yet possed it. - juliet

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P____ can i n____ be of what i h___

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proud can i never be of what i hate - juliet

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I do but k___ the p____

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i do but keep the peace - benvolio

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now, these h__ days, is the m__ b____ s_______

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now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring - benvolio

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What, d____ and talk of p____ ? I h___ the word as I h___ h___, all M______ and t____

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what, drawn and talk of peace? i hate the word as i hate hell, all montagues and thee - Tybalt

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To s____ him d___ i hold it not a s__

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to strike him dead i hold it not a sin - Tybalt

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O c___, d______, v___ s_______.

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O calm, dishonourable, vile submission - Mercutio

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My c___ is yet a s_____ in this w_____

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My child is yet a stranger in this world - lord cap

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She will be r_____ in all r_____ by me

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she will be ruled in all respects by me - lord cap

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H___ thee, young b_____, d_______ w______

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hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch - lord cap

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____, give leave a ____ ……____, come b___ a_____

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Nurse, give leave a while….. nurse come back again - lady cap

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I ____ the ___ were ____ to her ____

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I would the fool were married to her grave - lady cap

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A _____ on both your _____

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A plague on both your houses - Mercutio

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Thy ___ is ___

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Thy face is mine - Paris

25
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All are p______

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all are punished - price

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From forth the ____ ____ of these two ____ / A pair of ____-_____ _____ take their life

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From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life
Prologue
Destined to die

27
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Doth with their _____ ____ their parents’ _____

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Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife

Prologue

28
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Love is a ____ raised with the ____ of sighs

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Romeo says, “love is a smoke raised with the fumes of sighs” in act 1, scene 1 as he is grieving over the fact that Rosaline does not love him. He is saying that love is a smoke made of lovers’ sighs, meaning that fiery passion gives way to disappointed sighing. He goes on to say that this smoke clouds a lover’s judgment.

29
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Under love’s _____ ______ do I ___

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Under love’s heavy burden do I sink

Romeo is depressed because Rosaline doesn’t love him back

30
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Romeo, Oh Romeo, ______ art thou _____?

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Romeo, Oh Romeo, wherefore are thou Romeo?
JULEIT
MEANING- Why does he have to be a Montague?

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But He that ___ the ______ of my _____ Direct my ___

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But He that hath the steerage of my course Direct my sail!
Romeo 1.4
Metaphor comparing himself to a ship with God as the captain, God is steering him in the course of death.

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Then I ____ you, ____!

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Then I defy you, stars!
Romeo 5.1 finding out Juliet is ‘dead’
he is defying or rebelling against the fate Heaven has handed down to him. Romeo won’t accept his message that Juliet is dead.

33
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Did my ____ ____ til now? I never saw ____ ____ till this night.

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Did my heart love til now? I never saw true beauty till this night.
Romeo 1.5 about Juliet

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“It is the ___, and Juliet is the ___”

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“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”
Romeo 2.2
Romeo is looking up at Juliet’s window and the light comes on. He is saying that he is looking eastwards and seeing Juliet would be seeing the sun coming up in the east. He is referring to her beauty and all those things associated with the sun. This line is part of the longer “What light from yonder window breaks” soliloquy spoken by Romeo.

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Love ______ ____ do what he dare, It is enough I may but ____ her ____.

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Love devouring death do what he dare, It is enough I may but call her mine.
Romeo 2.6
Romeo is being naive here. He thinks nothing bad can happen now that he is married to Juliet. He thinks that love vows will destroy any consequences of their marriage.

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I do _____ I never _____ thee, but _____ ____ better than thou canst _____.

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I do protest I never injured thee, but loved thee better than thou canst devise.
Romeo refusing to fight Tybalt

37
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O _____ Juliet, thy ____ hath made me ______.

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O sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate.

38
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____ can I never be of what I ___, but thankful even for the ___ that is meant ____.”

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“proud i can never be of what i hate, but thankful even for the hate that is meant love.”

Juliet (act 3 scene 5) LOVE AND HATE - she isnt proud of what they have done, but she is thankful that they did it out of pure love.

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“Every more _____ for your cousin’s ____?”

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"Every more weeping for your cousin's death?"
Lady Capulet (act 3 scene 5) lack of sensitivity towards juliet.
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“what, still in ____?”

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“what, still in tears?”

Lord Capulet lack of sensitivity to Juliet

41
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“____ after look me in the ___ ___”

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“Never after look me in the face again”

Capulet (act 3 scene 5) HATE - threatening to disown her.

42
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‘____, we ____ thought us blest that god had lent us but this ___ ____, but now i see that one is __ ____.”

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‘Wife, we scarce thought us blest that god had lent us but this only child, but now i see that one is too much.”
Capulet (act 3 scene 5) HATE - opposite to previous statement

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“God in _____ ____ her.”

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“God in heaven bless her.”

Nurse defending Juliet

44
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my ____ is like to be my _____ bed

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my grave is like to be my wedding bed

J act1scene5 when she realises who R is, foreshadows

45
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You ____ by the ____

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You kiss by the book

J about R - Courtly love done right

46
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O swear not by the ____, the ______ ____

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O swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon

Juliets more practical attitude to love

47
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What’s in a ___? That which we call a ___/ By any other name would _____ as _____

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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet
Metaphor: compares rose smell to Montague name.
Means: name doesn’t matter- Romeo is still sweet.

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beautiful ____, a ____ saint, an _____ villain

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beautiful tyrant, a damned saint, an Honorable villain
Juliet after finding out R killed Tybalt
oxymorons
Juliets’s trying to deal with her emotions of love and hate that are coming at her all at the same time.

49
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These violent _____ have _____ ____

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These violent delights have violent ends

Friar Lawrence as a paternal figure, warning r&j

50
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She’s the ____ lady of my ___

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She’s the hopeful lady of my earth.

Lord C about Juliet to Paris

51
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Earth hath ______ all my ____ but she.

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Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she.

Lord C about Juliet

52
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Within her ____ of _____ lies my ______

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Within her scope of choice lies my consent
Lord C to Paris about J
Saying he wants her to agree too

53
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Am I the ____ here, or you?

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Am I the master here, or you?

Lord C telling Tybalt not to fight R

54
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___, go you…

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Wife, go you…
Lord C to Lady C
Commanding

55
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My fingers ___

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My fingers itch
LordC about J
Physical violence

56
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Young men’s ___ then lies not truly in their ____ but in their ____.

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Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.
Friar Lawrence Act 2 scene 3
idealistic love

57
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Happily met, __ ____ and __ ____!

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Happily met, my lady and my wife!
act 4 scene 1 paris about juliet
possessive

58
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I do but keep the ____.

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I do but keep the peace.

Benvolio

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