Romeo and Juliet quotations Flashcards
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘O ______ love, o ______ _____’
‘O brawling love, o loving hate’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘O brawling love, o loving hate’
Act 1 scene 1 - Romeo speaking to Benvolio.
He is talking about his unrequited love for Rosaline (she doesn’t love him back).
Technique: Oxymoron
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘some _________ yet _____ ____ the ______’
‘some consequence yet hanging in the stars’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘some consequence yet hanging in the stars’
Act 1 scene 4 - Romeo speaking just before they go to the Capulet party.
He is worried about going because he has had a dream that something bad will happen as a result.
Technique: foreshadowing.
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘It is the _____ and Juliet is the ____’
‘It is the east and Juliet is the sun’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘It is the east and Juliet is the sun’
Act 2 scene 2 - Romeo is speaking about Juliet who doesn’t know he is there yet.
He is saying that she is beautiful and he already feels he cannot live without her - like the sun.
Technique - Metaphor
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘with love’s ____ ____ did I _______ ____ _____’
‘with love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘with love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls’
Act 2 scene 2 - Romeo speaking to Juliet in the Orchard scene.
He is saying that his love for her allowed him to fly over the high walls of her home.
Technique - Metaphor
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘I ___ _______ fool’
‘I am fortune’s fool’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘I am fortune’s fool’
Act 3 scene 1 - Romeo.
Romeo has just killed Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio’s death. Benvolio tells Romeo he must leave Verona because the Prince will kill him if he finds him.
Romeo blames fate.
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘My only _____ sprung from my only ______’
‘My only love sprung from my only hate’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘My only love sprung from my only hate’
Act 1 scene 5 - Juliet
The Nurse has just told Juliet that Romeo is a Montague. She realises too late that she is supposed to hate him because of the feud.
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘too ____, too ______, too ________’
‘too rash, too unadvised, too sudden’
Who says this quotation? When and why do they say it?
‘too rash, too unadvised, too sudden’
Act 2 scene 2 - Juliet to Romeo.
She is saying that their declarations of love are happening too fast.
Technique - Tricolon
Fill in the blanks of this quotation:
‘I have ______ the _______ of love but not __________ it’
‘I have bought the mansion of love but not possessed it’
