Romeo & Juliet Flashcards
Romeo - Changeable [Romeo]
Romeo: “Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now”
After Mercutio is killed, he gets angry.
Romeo - Passionate [Romeo]
Romeo: “With love’s light wings did I o’er-perch these walls;
For stony limits cannot hold love out,”
Climbs orchard wall, risking life.
Juliet - Devoted to Romeo [Juliet]
Juliet: “My bounty is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep. The more I give to you
the more I have as both are infinite”
Can be seen as both strength and weakness.
Juliet - Naive & obedient near start [Juliet]
Juliet: “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move;
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly”
Only looks at Paris when her mum tells her to
Juliet - Rebels after meeting Romeo [Juliet]
Juliet: “Oh bid me leap, rather than marry Paris
From off the battlements of any tower,”
Refuses to marry Paris, as her father wishes.
Destructiveness of love [Prince]
Prince: “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love”
R&J die, indirectly, because of their love.
Plot Device - Party invitation [Servant / Benvolio]
Servant: “God gi’ god-den. I pray, sir, can you read?”
Benvolio: “Go thither, and with unattainted eye
Compare her face with some that I shall show”
Plot Device - Letter to Romeo [Friar]
Friar J: “I could not send it - here it is again -
Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,
So fearful were they of infection.”
Travel was harder & risky at the time.
Theme - Age vs Youth [Juliet]
Juliet: “Had she affections and warm youthful blood,
She would be swift in motion as a ball”
Nurse is slow because she is old
Setting [N/A]
Renaissance Verona - Girls marry young, women seen as property, travel difficult.
Theme - Fate [Romeo]
Romeo: “I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date”
Romeo predicts his own death early in the play
First Meeting - Realisation [Juliet]
Juliet: “My only love sprung from my only hate,
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!”
Forcefulness of love
Theme - Hate [Tybalt]
Tybalt: “What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee”
Tybalt’s dedication to the feud.
Theme - Death [Tybalt]
Tybalt: “Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.”
Theme - Individual vs society [N/A]
Feud, Patriarchy, Law, Religion all go against R&J
