Romeo&Juliet Flashcards
Familial love- “It is an honour that i dream not of.” (J)
- Very dutiful (honour) always does what her parents want
- Young, not think about marriage CONTEXT- GIRLS GOT MARRIED AS SOON AS PERIODS STARTED. SHE MAY DISAGREE WITH THAT
- Youth emphasises the tragedy but also makes audience feel sorrow for her because she was not able to spend her life with her true love.
- Romeo’s honour when he had to kill Mercutio, they both find honour important
Familial love and Nurse- “if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill .”
= if u mis treat her i will punish you
1. Nurse shows parental side for her charge.
2. Emphasises the coldness of her mother
^^ CONTEXTUALLY MUMS WEREN’T CLOSE TO THEIR DAUGHTERS.
3. This then emphasises how isolated Juliet is, because she doesn’t have the closeness with her actual family
4. It shows how similar R&J’s situation is as they both aren’t close to their family
Fam -“ No, truly, sir; not a penny” nurse)
- Wont take money shows that the relationship with her and J is more familial then servitude
Spiritual+ romantics love - “this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims” (R)
- He’s unworthy of her, true love caused him to be altruistic.
- Closeness
- Religious imagery- shows they share a unison of two perfect souls. FORESHADOWS that after death they will be heaven/ never ending love
- They met so Romeo could be cured from courtly love
- Negative- Romeo is worshipping Juliet rather it should be God, could foreshadow the tragic end
- “Kiss” sexual desire but their is also true love(placement). Maturity
- “Kiss” R+J’s quatrain end in “kiss” both want the desire
Spiritual love -“ call me but love, and I’ll be new baptiz’d” (R)
- Spiritual element of their love
- He’s reborn/ new life
- Purity, innocence
- religious imagery- their love will last even after death in heaven
- Baptised in his love for her
Fate + free will
“A plague a both your house” (m)
- Curses families- reason why everything goes wrong
- Most loving character does - audience is shook
- Only serious thing he says in the whole play
Light and death- “candle- holder” (r)
- Knowledge-J
- Sees J as light and purity
- Enlightenment when he sees J
Light and death- “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (R)
- Light in his dark life
- Beauty/ purity
- Light will never go as love never ends
- Light= truth of their love
- “Teach” maturity, intellect
Romantic love- “it is my lady: O, it is my love!
O that she knew she were!
She speaks, yet she says nothing. What of that?
Her eye discourses; i will answer it.” (R)
- Her eyes say so much
- He understands her even when she doesn’t talk= true love
- “My” proud that she is his
- “O” emphasises desire :. Love is complete and absolute
Sexual love- “prick love for pricking, and you beat love down. Give me a case to put my visage in” (m)
- Deliberately bawdy emphasises their youth/ purity
- Shows Mercutio is the fun, lively character causes the audience to be shocked when he dies
- No on understands true love except for J and R. Causing it to be more tragic when they die
Sexual love -“ Oh that i were a glove upon that hand,
That i might touch that cheek!”
- Wants to touch her, but is mature about it unlike Mercutio who deals with sexual desires in a bawdy way
- Contrast from Mercutios speech, Romeo is different from a regular teenage lover.
- True love has made him mature
Life, death violence -“what noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!” (Capulet)
- Heavily steeped in conflict
- Violence goes for all statuses
- This is symbolic because it shows how corrupt they’re become (ancient grudge)
Courtly love- “O, she is rich in beauty; only poor
That, when she dies, with beauty dies her store.”
- Classic trop - girl will die chaste
- Romeo’s upset that Rosaline is a virgin
- Kids will be good looking
- Narcissistic, cares about looks
Courtly- “he that is strucken blind cannot forget” (R)
- Almost like a severe punishment that he can’t be with Ros -> Petrachan hyperbole
- Ros becomes more pretty when he looks at others, shallow and empty - all he sees are her looks
Romantic love -“It is my lady, O it is my love… She speaks, yet she says nothing… Her eye discourses; i will answer it.”
- O= emphasises desire
- eyes have so much to say
- he can understand her without her even saying anything= true love
