the prince

Question 1

Purple fountains issuing from your veins

Answer 1

The colour ‘purple’ represents their royalty and higher class during the Elizabethan period, therefore showing the high rank of the two families. This shows that they are not behaving how they should according to their status.

Question 2

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill

Answer 2

Imagery of death as a warning to Romeo if he returns to Verona after being exiled.

Question 3

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo

Answer 3

Adjective ‘woe’ - quote summarises the play for the audience.