T - Sex Quotes

Question 1

A1 - sexual innuendo

Answer 1

‘women, being the / weaker vessels are ever thrust to the wall’

Question 2

A1 - maidenheads

Answer 2

SAMPSON
‘Ay the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads’

Sampson and Gregory equate sex with violence and aggression. Here, Sampson crudely puns on the term “maidenhead” (virginity) when he equates sword fighting with men with raping women.

Question 3

A1 - lie, presses

Answer 3

A1 S4
MERCUTIO
when maids lie on their backs,
That presses them and learns them first to bear,

Sexuality is also interpreted as oppressive, with Queen Mab – the love-fairy – weighing down virgins while they sleep.

Question 4

A2 - blind

Answer 4

A2 S1
MERCUTIO
If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.

Love is ridiculous if blind

Question 5

A3 - lose

Answer 5

A3 S1
JULIET
‘how to lose a winning match’

Question 6

A3 - lose

Answer 6

A3 S1
JULIET
‘how to lose a winning match’

lose virginity - win husband