Romeo and Juliet Quotes - Characters - Flashcards in GCSE English Literature

Romeo (Act 1, Scene 1)

"Here's much to do with hate, but more with love:/Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate." - Love and hate are linked throughout play, indicated conflict between them.

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Romeo (Act 1, Scene 4)

"He hath the steerage of my course/Direct my snail." - Is Romeo taking control of his life or has he fallen victim to the inevitability of fate?

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Romeo (Act 2, Scene 2)

"Juliet is the sun./Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon." - Juliet is more than just a beautiful woman but also a powerful sun who brings warmth and light to the world.

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Romeo (Act 2, Scene 6)

"Then love-devouring Death do what he dare,/It is enough I may but call her mine." - Romeo believes that his love for Juliet is above earthly feelings - not even death will separate them.

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Romeo (Act 3, Scene 1)

"Away to heave, respective lenity,/And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now." - Romeo sees hate as more powerful than love. Only violence can redeem his honour?

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Romeo (Act 3, Scene)

"O, I am fortune's fool." - Romeo repeatedly given over his destiny to fate and finally realises that it is playing with him."

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Romeo (Act 5, Scene 1)

"O mischief, thou art swift/To enter in the thoughts of desperate men." - After deciding to kill himself by Juliet's side, Romeo thinks about how quickly people turn to destructive behaviour when situations become dire.

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Romeo (Act 5, Scene 3)

"Thou art detestable maw, thou womb of death,/Gorged with the dearest morsel of earth." - Romeo chooses not to focus on Juliet in heaven, but on the horrific pain of his loss.

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Chorus (Prologue)

"The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love." - Romeo and Juliet on a pre-determined journey that will end in death - love will not overcome this.

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Capulet (Act 1, Scene 2)

"Behold this night/Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light." - Ironic statement as Romeo and Juliet are indeed 'stars', who are currently 'earth-treading' will make it to 'heaven light'.

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Capulet (Act 3, Scene 5)

"And you be mine, I'll give you to my friend;/And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets." - When Juliet rejects Paris, Capulet turns against her and claims she can die in the streets if she refuses to obey.

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Tybalt (Act 1, Scene 5)

"This intrusion shall,/Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest gall." - Audience watches Tybalt promise to poison Romeo's future happiness with Juliet.

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Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2)

"I have no joy of this contract tonight,/It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,/Too like the lightning." - Love is intense, Juliet aware of the problems that will arise from acting too quickly.

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Juliet (Act 3, Scene 2)

"An impatient child that hath new robes/And may not wear them." - Against violence and death in the surrounding scenes, we see a quiet, intimate scene of excitement for the future.

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Juliet (Act 3, Scene 5)

"It is the lark that sings so out of tune,/Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps." - Normally beautiful lark is now a painful reminder of what the future holds after Romeo and Juliet spend the night.

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Juliet (Act 4, Scene 1)

"Come weep with me, past hope, past cure, past help." - Juliet not looking for divine intervention from the Friar but believes her situation is helpless.

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Juliet (Act 4, Scene 1)

"I will do it without fear or doubt,/To live an unstained wife to my sweet love." - Juliet is bravely taking action to be with the man she loves and remain pure.

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Juliet (Act 4, Scene 3)

"My dismal scene I needs must act alone." - Juliet at her lowest point with no one to turn to, not even the Nurse.

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Friar (Act 2, Scene 3)

"Within the infant rind of this weak flower/Poison hath residence, and medicine power." - Friar highlights that in nature things often contain both the power to harm and power to heal.

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Friar (Act 2, Scene 3)

"For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn you households' rancour to pure love." - Friar sees the purity of Romeo and Juliet's love and the potential end to the feud.

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Friar (Act 5, Scene 3)

"A greater power than we can contradict/ Hath thwarted our intents." - The Friar, a man of God, admitted defat and has decided their plan would not succeed.

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Nurse (Act 4, Scene 5)

"O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! / Most lamentable day, most woeful day." - Believing Juliet to be dead, the Capulet family display their grief, but none like the Nurse.

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Balthasar (Act 5, Scene 1)

"Your looks are pale and wild, and do import/Some misadventure." - As Romeo is told the news of Juliet's supposed death, he looks out of control.

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Prince (Act 5, Scene 3)

"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,/That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love." - Prince highlights the painful irony that the feud between Capulet and Montague didn't just lead them to lose their children, but their love.

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