Romeo + Juliet Quotes Flashcards

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My only love…

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“My only love sprung from my only hate.” - Juliet

Act 1 Scene 5

At the party, Juliet finds Romeo is a Montague

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A plague…

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“A plague O’ both your houses.” - Mercutio

Act 3 Scene 1

After Mercutio is stabbed, he blames both the Capulets and Montegues

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O’ I am…

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“O’ I am fortune’s fool!” - Romeo

Act 3 Scene 1

Once Romeo is banished to Mantua after killing Tybalt, he blames fate for his actions again.

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They have made…

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“They have made worms’ meat of me!” - Mercutio

Act 3 Scene 1

This shows how Mercutio feels powerless

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Romeo slew Tybalt…

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“Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live.” - Lady Capulet

Act 3 Scene 1

Lady Capulet wants revenge for the death of her nephew, Tybalt, and believes banishment is not enough

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Either thou or I…

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“Either thou or I or both must go with him.” - Romeo

Act 3 Scene 1

Romeo expresses to Tybalt how someone else will die and join Mercutio.

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My will to her…

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“My will to her consent it but a part.” - Lord Capulet

Act 1 Scene 2

As Lord Capulet speaks to Paris, he says that he feels it’s important Juliet will have a say in whether she marries him.

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I hate…

(Tybalt)

Microquote

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“I hate the word,” (Peace) - Tybalt

Act 1 Scene 1

Tybalt speaks with some Montague servants and Benvolio

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Arise fair sun…

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“Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon.” - Romeo

Act 2 Scene 2

Romeo uses juxtapostitions the remind the audience that their love is doomed

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It is too rash…

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“It is too rash, too unadvis’d, too sudden, too like the lighting”

Act 2 Scene 2

Juliet feels that their relationship may be going to quickly

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These violent…

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“These violent delights have violent ends” - Friar Lawrence

Act 2 Scene 6

Friar Lawrence warns of the dangers of this fast marriage

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The sweetest honey…

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“The sweetest honey is loathesome in its own deliciousness” - Friar Lawrence

Act 2 Scene 6

He makes a point to “Love moderately” and that too much of anything is deadly

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13
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Hang thee…

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“Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!” - Lord Capulet

Act 3 Scene 5

Juliet refuses to marry Paris and Lord Capulet is not impressed, this represents the patriachal society around this time.

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14
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Then I..

(Romeo)

Microquote

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“Then I defy you, stars!” - Romeo

Act 5 Scene 1

Romeo is given the news by Balthazar that Juliet is dead

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Death, that hath…

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“Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath.” - Romeo

Act 5 Scene 3

He shows that all of his delight in his life will soon be gone as he is with the dead bodies of Paris, Tybalt and supposedly Juliet

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Shall I speak…

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“Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?” - Juliet

Act 3 Scene 2

In this siloliquy, Juliet is put in a difficult position where she finds her new husband his killled her cousin (Tybalt)

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Shake the…

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“Shake the yolk of inauspicious stars.” - Romeo

Act 5 Scene 3

Finally he explains that his death will be to release the burden of his unlucky fate. Inauspicious - unfavourable.