Romeo & Juliet Quotes Flashcards
(32 cards)
“peace! I hate the word, as I hate…
hell, all Montagues and thee”
Tybalt - Act 1, Scene 1
Shows Tybalt’s fiery/violent character
“Many a morning hath he (Romeo) there been seen, with…
tears augmenting the fresh morning dew”
Montague - Act 1, Scene 1
Shows Romeo emotional nature from the first impression
“O brawling love! O loving hate!.. bright…
smoke, cold fire”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 1
Shows the confusing/overwhelming nature of his feeling when crushing on Rosaline
“Tut, I have…
lost myself”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 1
Shows love can be distracting/powerful
“Nor ope her…
lap to saint-seducing gold”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 1
Shows the nauture of love can be misunderstood
“Ripe to be…
a bride”
Capulet - Act 1, Scene 2
Shows way young women are objectified
“I have a soul of…
lead”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 4
Shows Romeo is dramatic/effeced strongly by his emotions
“my mind misgives some…
consequence yet hanging in the stars”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 4
Shows the inevitablity of fate
“she doth teach…
the torches to burn bright!”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 5
Shows Romeo’s love from first sight
“I’ll not…
(Tybalt)
endure him
Tybalt - Act 1, Scene 5
Shows his hot-headedness/short temper
“my lips, two…
blushing pilgrims”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 5
(& whole metaphor) Shows his playfulness
“Give me my…
sin again”
Romeo - Act 1, Scene 5
Shows his recklessness/how he’s guided by emotions
“My only love…
sprung from my only hate!”
Juliet - Act 1, Scene 5
Shows her bad luck/misfortune
“It is the east and..
Juliet is the Sun”
Romeo - Act 2, Scene 2
Shows the power of his love for here
“Wisely and slow; they..
stumble that run fast”
Friar Lawrence - Act 2, Scene 3
Shows Romeo’s recklessness that he ignores it
“These violent…
delights have violent ends”
Friar Lawrence - Act 2 Scene 6
Shows his more wise cautious stance on love
“But lovest thee better than…
(To Tybalt)
thou canst devise”
Romeo - Act 3, Scene 1
Shows his loving character
“O, I am…
fortune’s fool!”
Romeo - Act 3, Scene 1
Shows his misfortune
“O serpent heart,…
hid with a flowering face!”
Juliet - Act 3, Scene 2
Shows how love can be decieving
“‘Tis torture, and not mercy, heaven..
is here, where Juliet lives”
Romeo - Act 3, Scene 3
Shows how much he loves Juliet
“go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or…
I will drag thee on a hurdle thither”
Capulet - Act 3, Scene 5
Shows the unfair treatment of Juliet/women in general
“My fingers…
itch”
Capulet - Act 3, Scene 5
Shows threatening nature
“Dash out…
my desperate brains?”
Juliet - Act 4, Scene 3
Shows her overwhelming emotions
“And with my child…
my joys are buried”
Capulet - Act 4, Scene 5
Shows he does care about his child
