T - Love Quotes Flashcards

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A1 S1 - thrust

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A1 S1 – SAMPSON
‘women being the weaker vessels are ever thrust to the wall’

Sexual innuendo – love is a sexual encounter but nothing else

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A1 S1 - smoke

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A1 S1 – ROMEO
‘Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sights’
‘a fire sparkling in lovers eyes’

ANALYSIS
‘smoke’, ‘fire’
Strong words, describe love as strong

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A1 S1 - cupid

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ROMEO – ‘She’ll not be hit / With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit’

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A1 S1 - chastity

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‘in strong proof of chastity well-armed’ Rosaline has sworn off sex and boys, so he has no chance of winning her heart

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A1 S2 - sun

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A1 S2 – ROMEO

‘The all-seeing sun / Ne’er saw her match since the world first begun’

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A1 S5 - torches

jewel

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A1 S5 – ROMEO
‘O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!’
‘rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear’

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A1 S5 - profane

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A1 S5 – ‘If I profane with my unworthiest hand / This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this’

Holy shrine – religious imagery
This takes the form of a sonnet to show their love is not conventional

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A2 S2 - east

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A2 S2 – ‘It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.’

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A2 S2 - light

stony

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A2 S2 – ROMEO
‘With love’s light wings did I o’er perch these walls’
‘For stony limits cannot hold love out’

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A2 S2 - swear

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A2 S2 – JULIET

‘Do not swear at all. / Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,’

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A2 S4 - drivelling

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A2 S4 MERCUTIO
‘this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole’

Mercutio believes love is ridiculous

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A2 S6 - excess

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A2 S6 – JULIET
‘But my true love is grown to such excess / I cannot sum up half my wealth’

Their love is so great that it can no longer be expressed in words

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a4 s1 - leap

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A4 S1 – JULIET
‘O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,’

She does not want to betray Romeo

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a5 s3 - apothecary

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A5 S3 – ROMEO
‘O true apothecary, / Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.’

Romeo chose to commit suicide so that he could be with Juliet (who he believed was dead)

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