Romeo & Juliet - Quotations Flashcards
Romeo shows how naive and idealistic he is when describing how he got into Juliet’s garden.
‘With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls’`
Juliet juxtaposes Romeo with the feud between their families and uses a natural image to show that love and hate are closely bound.
‘My only love sprung from my only hate’
Juliet criticises Romeo’s impulsive nature by using a tricolon to show how overwhelmed she is.
‘It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden.’
Juliet uses a metaphor to show how rich she feels to have Romeo’s love although she has not slept with him yet.
‘I have bought the mansion of love, but not yet possessed it.’
Tybalt expresses that he believes that killing Romeo would not be going against the law or against God and that family honour is more important.
‘To strike him dead I hold it not a sin’
Lord Capulet shows a patriarchal attitude and implies that he has complete control over Juliet
‘She will be ruled in all respects by me’
Lord Capulet wishes his daughter dead and uses a tricolon to emphasise his rage
‘Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch!’
Lady Capulet uses imagery of death to disown Juliet when she refuses to marry Paris. (Foreshadows the fact that Juliet will die through her marriage to Romeo).
‘I would the fool were married to her grave’
