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Romeo & Juliet Quotes Flashcards

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“peace! I hate the word, as I hate…

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hell, all Montagues and thee”

Tybalt - Act 1, Scene 1

Shows Tybalt’s fiery/violent character

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“Many a morning hath he (Romeo) there been seen, with…

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tears augmenting the fresh morning dew”

Montague - Act 1, Scene 1

Shows Romeo emotional nature from the first impression

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“O brawling love! O loving hate!.. bright…

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smoke, cold fire”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 1

Shows the confusing/overwhelming nature of his feeling when crushing on Rosaline

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“Tut, I have…

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lost myself”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 1

Shows love can be distracting/powerful

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“Nor ope her…

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lap to saint-seducing gold”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 1

Shows the nauture of love can be misunderstood

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“Ripe to be…

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a bride”

Capulet - Act 1, Scene 2

Shows way young women are objectified

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“I have a soul of…

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lead”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 4

Shows Romeo is dramatic/effeced strongly by his emotions

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“my mind misgives some…

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consequence yet hanging in the stars”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 4

Shows the inevitablity of fate

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“she doth teach…

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the torches to burn bright!”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 5

Shows Romeo’s love from first sight

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“I’ll not…

(Tybalt)

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endure him

Tybalt - Act 1, Scene 5

Shows his hot-headedness/short temper

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“my lips, two…

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blushing pilgrims”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 5

(& whole metaphor) Shows his playfulness

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“Give me my…

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sin again”

Romeo - Act 1, Scene 5

Shows his recklessness/how he’s guided by emotions

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“My only love…

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sprung from my only hate!”

Juliet - Act 1, Scene 5

Shows her bad luck/misfortune

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“It is the east and..

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Juliet is the Sun”

Romeo - Act 2, Scene 2

Shows the power of his love for here

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“Wisely and slow; they..

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stumble that run fast”

Friar Lawrence - Act 2, Scene 3

Shows Romeo’s recklessness that he ignores it

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“These violent…

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delights have violent ends”

Friar Lawrence - Act 2 Scene 6

Shows his more wise cautious stance on love

17
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“But lovest thee better than…

(To Tybalt)

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thou canst devise”

Romeo - Act 3, Scene 1

Shows his loving character

18
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“O, I am…

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fortune’s fool!”

Romeo - Act 3, Scene 1

Shows his misfortune

19
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“O serpent heart,…

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hid with a flowering face!”

Juliet - Act 3, Scene 2

Shows how love can be decieving

20
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“‘Tis torture, and not mercy, heaven..

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is here, where Juliet lives”

Romeo - Act 3, Scene 3

Shows how much he loves Juliet

21
Q

“go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or…

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I will drag thee on a hurdle thither”

Capulet - Act 3, Scene 5

Shows the unfair treatment of Juliet/women in general

22
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“My fingers…

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itch”

Capulet - Act 3, Scene 5

Shows threatening nature

23
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“Dash out…

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my desperate brains?”

Juliet - Act 4, Scene 3

Shows her overwhelming emotions

24
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“And with my child…

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my joys are buried”

Capulet - Act 4, Scene 5

Shows he does care about his child

25
Q

“I defy…

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you, stars!”

Romeo - Act 5, Scene 1

Shows he sees himself as a victim of fate

Powerful as by trying to defy it he actually brings about it

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“My poverty, but not…

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my will, consents”

Apothecary - Act 5, Scene 1

Shows how poor people are put into desperate situations

27
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“There is thy gold, worse…

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poison to men’s souls”

Romeo - Act 5, Scene 1

Shows negatives of money, but also Romeo’s wisdom or ignorance

28
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“Unhapppy…

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fortune!”

Firar Lawrence - Act 5, Scene 2

Shows the role fate plays

29
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“I’ll cram thee with…

Talking to the tomb

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more food!”

Romeo - Act 5, Scene 3

Shows the lack of value he thinks he has without Juliet

30
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“Death… hath had no…

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power yet upon thy beauty”

Romeo - Act 5, Scene 3

Shows he he still finds he beautiful, even when she is unconscious

31
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“Thus with a kiss…

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I die”

Romeo - Act 5, Scene 3

Shows how romantic he is even as he is dying

32
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“O happy…

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dagger!”

Juliet - Act 5, Scene 3

Oxymoron shows strength of love and lengths she will go to

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