Key Quotes From Act 5 Flashcards
“Nothing can be ill, if she be well.” - Romeo
Even while Romeo is exiled, he is completely obsessed with his love for Juliet.
He feels that everything in life will eventually be alright as long as Juliet is okay.
“Never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” - Prince
The final line of the play summaries the tragedy of the story.
The Prince highlights how the constant fighting between the Montagues and Capulets has caused the untimely deaths of two characters who just wanted to love one another.
Their story is also ‘full of woe’ because fate kept conspiring against them. In the Prologue, Romeo and Juliet were fated to fall in love and be together. Yet, they were also fated to die because of the fued between their families.
This story is tragic as they had no control over their ‘death-mark’d’ fates.
“Stop thy unhallow’d toil, vile Montague! / Can vengeance be pursued further than death?”
When Paris sees Romeo breaking into the Capulet tomb, he thinks that Romeo is trying to desecrate Juliet’s body.
He also thinks that Romeo hates the Capulets that much that he wants ‘vengeance’ after she is already dead.
He also thinks that Romeo is the overall cause of Juliet’s death, and uses the adjective ‘vile’ to describe him.
“Wilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy!” - Romeo
Romeo tried to avoid fighting Paris, but he refuses to back down.
This shows Romeo’s personality has changed since Act 1. Romeo rises to the challenge and agrees to fight Paris.
Romeo uses the insulting noun ‘boy’ to disrespect Paris.
‘O happy dagger! This is thy sheath.’
Juliet grabs Romeo’s dagger after she wakes up, as she sees Romeo dead beside her.
She used the adjective ‘happy’ to describe it, as she believes that the dagger will ultimate bring her happiness (reunited with Romeo).
She talks to the dagger, she says that her body is it’s sheath. This suggests she must drive it into her body, where it belongs, to end her life.
