Juliet Quotes

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Juliet Quotes

Juliet Quotes

  • The orchard walls are high and hard to climb,
    And the place death, considering who thou art,
    • Juliet Realises the risk both of the blooming relationship but of Romeo's literal pressence in the Orchard.
    • "Orchard," represents love
    • "High and Hard," realising love is not easy.
    • "h," alliteration = sounds like heavy breathing accentuating how hard the task is
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  • "My only love Sprung from my only hate,"
    • Recognises the danger of her love unlike Romeo.
    • Understands that love is dsngerous considering who here parents are.
    • Her language and shock makes it seem like fate is in control.
  • "" 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy,"
    • Young lovers being able to look past the name and break the "ancient grudge.
  • "Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say "ay,"
    • Knows the courtly aspect of their love wants to make sure he loves her
    • Kniws what young men are like - seems sexual love is normal
    • Adience doubts Romeo's language because of past and language.
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  • "O, swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon,"
    • She wants Romeo to be firm and does not want him to swear bcs his language hints he is not telling the truth
  • "Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse, tell me, what says my love?"
    • Even though she is sweet talking the nurse to find out about Romeo, it shows how close they are.
    • Also she trust the nurse enough to disclose her feelings for romeo to her
  • "O serpent heart hid with a flowering face,"
    • She learns that Tybalt was killed by Romeo.
    • Hate and the conflict has the threatened the love between them and planted doubt in Juliet's mind.
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  • "Beautiful Tyrant, fiend angelical, Dove-feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb."
  • "A Damned Saint, an honourable villain.
    • Juliet has just found out Romeo has killed Tybalt without knowing the full story.
    • Use of oximorons shows confusion, this is not the Romeo she knows.
    • She feels like she wants to hate him but cant
  • "O fortune, fortune, all men call thee fickle."
    • Understands the importance of fate
    • knows that is is at play within their lives
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  • "I Shall never be satisfied with romeo, till i behold him - dead-"
    • Irony because she has to lie to lady capulet.
    • shows how much shes missing him
  • "He shall not make me there a joyfull bride."
  • "I will not marry yet, and when i do, i swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know i hate, Rather than Paris.
    • She refuses to marry paris
    • her mention of romeo was to stress a point but in reality it is irony and she is telling the truth.
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