Significant Quotations Flashcards
O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!/ It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear–/ Beauty too rich for use, for Earth too dear!
Romeo: He just said similar things about Rosaline so it shows how fickle his love is. This is where he first falls in love with the way Juliet looks, which leads to them meeting. He also foreshadows her death.
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and refuse thy name
Juliet: She says this aloud because she thinks that she’s alone. Romeo over hears and they decide to be together in spite of their families.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ by any other name would smell as sweet
Juliet: she’s starting to defy her father and is making excuses for why their last names don’t matter.
From forth the fatal loins if these two foes/ A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life/ Whose misadventured piteous overthrows/ Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife
Chorus: summarizes the plot of the play before it even begins
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow/ That I shall say good night till it be morrow
Juliet: She’s already so in love. Her and Romeo are rushing way too fast into their relationship.
A plague on both your houses.
Mercutio: he’s dying because of the silly feud that he wasn’t even a part of.
Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!/ Dove feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!/ Despised substance of divine at show!/ A damned Saint, an honourable villian!
Juliet: she’s confused and struggling to understand how her love murdered her cousin and is expressing her emotions with oxymorons.
‘Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here,/ where Juliet lives; and every cat and dog/ and little mouse, every unworthy thing,/ live here in heaven and may look on her;/ but Romeo may not
Romeo: he’s so in love that he’s not thinking rationally. He’s letting his emotions get the better of him. Juliet needs him but he’s being a baby.
I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins/ That almost freezes up the heat of life.
Juliet: she’s having second thoughts about the sleeping potion and foreshadows her actual death.
Death is my son in law, death is my heir
Capulet: he’s saying how Juliet married death instead of Paris. This is an example of dramatic irony because Romeo (who’s actually his son in law) is dead in his own way.
Ah dear Juliet, why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe/ that unsubstantial Death is amorous?
Romeo: he thinks that Juliet is dead but he still loves her looks. She’s not actually dead and if only he knew than he wouldn’t kill himself.
For never was a story of more woe/ than this of Juliet and her Romeo
Prince: this is the conclusion and is very similar to the prologue. It shows that Juliet had power over Romeo and was in control of the relationship.
