Romeo + Juliet Flashcards
‘A pair of star crossed lovers take their life’
Prologue
Star crossed suggest the idea of destiny.
‘Turn thee, Benvolio and look upon thy death’
Tybalt said
Act 1
Theme: conflict
‘By the stock and honour of my kin, I hold it not a sin to strike him dead’
Tybalt said to lord capulet at the party
Theme: honour and conflict
‘My only love strung from my only hate ‘
Juliet said about Romeo
At the capulet party
Theme: love
Act 1 scene 5
‘It is the east and Juliet is the sun ‘
Romeo said about Juliet
Metaphor
Saying Juliet is the centre of everything and his life revolves around her
Theme: love
Blank verse ! ( verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters.)
‘Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wrench’
Lord Capulet to Juliet after she refused to marry Paris
Theme: honour
‘Either thou or I, or both, must go with him ‘
Romeo following the honour code by avenging Mercutio and killing Tybalt
‘But love thee better than thou canst devise’
Theme: love
‘Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, i drink to thee’
Juliet drinking the potion in bed to trick her family into believing she was dead.
Theme : love
‘Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love ‘
Said by the prince to the capulet and montague families
Believes that god controlled there fate
Blames their children’s deaths on their hatred between each other
What does Tybalt say to Benvolio about peace?
‘What, drawn and talk of peace ? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues…’
Expressing the theme: conflict, honour
How does Benvolio try keep the peace in act 1 scene 1 ?
‘Put up your swords, you know not what you do ‘
Presents Benvolio as the peace keeper in the play
Tells them to put away there swords and keep the peace
What does Sampson do to provoke the capulets in scene 1 act 1 ? ( fight scene )
’ I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them if they bear it ‘
Shows that the families want to fight
Theme: conflict, honour
What are the 5 key themes in Romeo and Juliet ?
- Family
- Fate/destiny
- Love
- Conflict / honour / death
- Religion
What technique runs throughout the play ?
Dramatic irony
Why did Shakespeare use it ?
Keeps the audience engaged as they know that Romeo and Juliet die, however they don’t know when ?
