Romeo + Juliet Quotes

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  • Created on: 09-05-17 18:18

"A pair of star-crossed lovers"

- Prologue

- Elizabethan era, originally thought Sun and moon orbited the Earth until the Cassiopeia supernova

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"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word"

- Tybalt

- Act 1 Scene 1

- Rhetorical question

- Aggression

- Juxtaposition of 'peace' and 'hate'

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"Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and

refuse thy name"

- Juliet

- Act 2 Scene 2 (a.k.a Balcony Scene)

- Context: Patriarchal society - emphasised her intense love for Romeo

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"These violent delights have violent ends And in

their triumph die, like fire and powder"

- Friar Lawrence

- Act 2, Scene 6

- Foreshadowing

- Simile = Strong imagery

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"You shall find me a grave man"

- Mercutio

- Ironic pun

- Act 3, Scene 1

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"When he's found, that hour is his last"

- Prince

- Foreshadowing

- Dramatic irony

- Act 3, Scene 1

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"Bid me leap, rather than marry Paris"

- Juliet

- 'leap' = freedom

- Act 4, Scene 1

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"Then I defy you, stars!"

- Romeo

- Exclamatory sentence

- Reference to 'star-crossed lovers'

- Act 5, Scene 1

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"The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head"

- Prince Escalus

- Pathetic fallacy

- Act 5, Scene 3

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"Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace"

- Prince Escalus

- Foreshadowing

- Act 1, Scene 1

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