T - Love Quotes Flashcards
A1 S1 - thrust
A1 S1 – SAMPSON
‘women being the weaker vessels are ever thrust to the wall’
Sexual innuendo – love is a sexual encounter but nothing else
A1 S1 - smoke
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
A1 S1 - cupid
ROMEO – ‘She’ll not be hit / With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit’
A1 S1 - chastity
‘in strong proof of chastity well-armed’ Rosaline has sworn off sex and boys, so he has no chance of winning her heart
A1 S2 - sun
A1 S2 – ROMEO
‘The all-seeing sun / Ne’er saw her match since the world first begun’
A1 S5 - torches
jewel
A1 S5 – ROMEO
‘O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!’
‘rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear’
A1 S5 - profane
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
A2 S2 - east
A2 S2 – ‘It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.’
A2 S2 - light
stony
A2 S2 – ROMEO
‘With love’s light wings did I o’er perch these walls’
‘For stony limits cannot hold love out’
A2 S2 - swear
A2 S2 – JULIET
‘Do not swear at all. / Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,’
A2 S4 - drivelling
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
A2 S6 - excess
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
a4 s1 - leap
A4 S1 – JULIET
‘O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,’
She does not want to betray Romeo
a5 s3 - apothecary
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)
