AT3 Quotes Flashcards
(6 cards)
Quote 1
Quote: when Romeo states “with love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls.”
Technique: Romeo metaphorically says love is “light wings” as Romeo depicts love as his freedom.
Quote 2
Quote: as Romeo blames his love of Juliet as the reason of his cowardice when stated “Thy beauty hath made me effeminate”
Technique: William masterfully uses an Allusion to say that Juliet’s looks had made Romeo “effeminate” making it seem as Romeo’s love of Juliet is making him weak and unmanly.
Quote 3
Quote: when within the audio excerpt Tyablt announces
“thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here”
Technique: Shakespeare enhances this line with dramatic irony of Tybalt’s naming of Romeo of a “wretched boy” post to murdering Mercutio and putting his family at risk of execution.
Quote 4
Quote: prince statement “your life shall pay the forfeit of the peace”
Technique: hyperbolising the consequences of their actions and foreshadowing future events between the two noble families and their inevitable consequence for overlooking the warnings of royalty.
Quote 6
Quote: when the Nurse suggests to Juliet that “I think it best you married with the county”
Technique: foreshadowing how all future consequences, plans and actions could’ve all been avoided if Juliet had listened to her elders.
Quote 5
Quote: when Romeo attempts to tell “Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up”
Technique: Shakespeare uses Mercutio’s “rapier” to symbolise how the conflict and violence between the two could have been negated if Mercutio had heard Romeo’s voice in this scene.
