C - Romeo Quotes Flashcards
A1 - young
long
‘Is the day so young?’ (A1 S1)
‘Ay me, sad hours seem long’ (A1 S1)
Love for Rosaline
A1 - fume
A1 S1 – ‘Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sights’
A1 - Cupids
A1 S1 - ‘She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow’
A1 S1 – ‘She hath Dian’s wit’
Cupid – was mischievous – would shoot his arrow and get people to fall in love. This means that Rosaline will not be ‘hit’ to fall in love with Romeo
A1 - LC
brags
A1 S5 - LORD CAPULET - ‘Verona brags of him / To be a virtuous and well governed youth’
A1 - torches
jewel
A1 S5 – ‘O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!’
A1 S5 – ‘Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear’
A1 - profane
‘If I profane with my unworthiest hand’
A1 - shrine
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this’ (A1 S5)
What is the significance of the use of the Petrarchan sonnet?
It allows Romeo to express his courtly / Petrarchan love (love at first sight)
A2 - sun
‘It is the east and Juliet is the sun’(A2 S2)
Juliet is ethereal – she is impossibly perfect (sun)
A2 - forgotten
A2 S3 – ‘I have forgotten that name, and that name’s woe’
Forgotten Rosaline’s love so quickly
A3 - none
A3 S1 – ‘Villain am I none’
A3 - tender
A3 S1 – ‘good Capulet, which name / I tender as dearly as mine own’
A3 - fool
A3 S1 – ‘O, I am fortune’s fool!’
A3 - banishment
A3 S3 – ‘called death banishment’
A3 - dark
A3 S4 – ‘more light and light, more dark and dark our woes’
