Romeo Key Quotes (R+J) Flashcards
When Romeo first sees Juliet (Act 1, Scene 5)
“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”
Metaphor for R+J’s relationship as a whole (Act 1 Scene 5)
“Then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, they pray”
Oxymorons showing how Romeo is confused (Act 1, Scene 1)
“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health”
Romeo’s materialistic view of women (Act 1, Scene 1)
“Oh, she is rich in beauty, only poor
That when she dies, with beauty dies her store.”
Romeo is afraid things will happen if they go to the ball (Act 1, Scene 4)
“I fear too early, for my mind misgives;
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin.”
Romeo compares Juliet to the Sun (Act 2, Scene 5)
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
Romeo’s description of how he got to Juliet’s balcony (Act 2, Scene 2)
“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,
For stony limits cannot hold love out.”
Romeo blaming his love for Juliet for making him weak (Act 3, Scene 1)
“Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper softened valor’s steel!”
Romeo refusing Juliet’s death (Act 5, Scene 1)
“I defy you, stars!”
How Romeo feels about love at the beginning of the play (Act 1, Scene 4)
“Under love’s heavy
burden do I sink.”
Romeo using celestial imagery to describe Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2)
“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
“Bright angel”
Romeo when Tybalt dies (Act 3, Scene 1)
“Oh I am fortune’s fool!”
Romeo wanting to avoid conflict with Tybalt (Act 3, Scene 1)
“I do protest I never injured thee, but loved thee better than thou canst devise.”
