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quotes to remember and understand
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“You kiss by the book.”
🡺 Juliet playfully teases Romeo, showing her wit. It means he kisses perfectly, almost like he learned it from a book. This moment begins their intense, fast-paced love.
“My only love sprung from my only hate!”
🡺 Juliet is shocked to find out Romeo is a Montague. This quote shows the central conflict between love and hate and her emotional turmoil.
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
🡺 Juliet is not asking where he is, but why he has to be Romeo (a Montague). She wishes he had a different name. This quote shows the power of identity and family loyalty in the conflict.
“Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee.”
🡺 She drinks the potion to be with Romeo. This shows her bravery and determination, and the tragic path her love leads her on.
“O happy dagger! This is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die.”
🡺 Juliet kills herself with Romeo’s dagger. She uses personification to call the dagger “happy,” because it will reunite her with Romeo in death.
“Love is a fire. It started warm, but now it burns everything in me.”
Extended Metaphor - A metaphor that continues over several lines to build depth.
Juliet compares love to fire: at first comforting, but now dangerous and painful. It shows how her feelings have changed.
“I waited for the truth. I waited for peace. I waited for him.”
Anaphora - Repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of several lines.
Repetition of “I waited” builds rhythm and emotion. It shows longing and disappointment.
“He broke my heart. She broke my trust. They broke me.”
Epiphora - Repeating a word or phrase at the end of sentences.
The repetition of “broke” at the end of each line builds intensity and heartbreak.
“He is my joy and my pain.”
Antithesis - A contrast of two opposite ideas in one sentence.
“Joy” and “pain” are opposites. Putting them together shows Juliet’s emotional conflict.
“O Romeo, do you even know what you’ve done to me?”
Apostrophe - Speaking to someone or something that isn’t there.
Juliet talks directly to Romeo even if he’s not there. It shows how much he fills her thoughts.
“I cried and screamed and broke and still, no one came.”
Polysyndeton - Repeating “and” or other conjunctions to create a dramatic list.
Repeating “and” adds intensity, like the emotions are piling up.
“He came, he saw, he ruined everything.”
Asyndeton - Leaving out “and” to speed up the sentence.
Without “and,” the line feels fast and sharp — shows how quickly things went wrong.
“The stars have cursed us from the start.”
Allusion - A reference to another famous idea, story, or figure.
Refers to “star-crossed lovers” — adds a tragic, fated feeling to Juliet’s words.
“If only I had stopped him sooner…”
Ellipsis - A sentence that trails off to show emotion or silence.
The unfinished thought shows regret and sadness without saying it directly.
“To love him is to suffer. To leave him is to die.”
Parallelism - Repeating a sentence structure for rhythm and contrast.
The sentence patterns match, creating a rhythm and showing how both choices feel painful.
“His name is a wound I can’t heal.”
Metaphor - Saying something is something else to show emotion or meaning.
Juliet compares Romeo’s name to a wound, showing her pain is deep and constant.
“This pain is like fire under my skin.”
Simile - Comparing two things using “like” or “as.”
The pain of love feels hot and uncontrollable — very intense.
“Beautiful disaster.”
Oxymoron - Two opposite words together to show conflict or confusion.
Juliet feels torn: her love is amazing but has caused destruction.
“The night listens to my tears.”
Personification - Giving human feelings or actions to something non-human.
Juliet feels like even the night understands her sorrow.
“I’d die a thousand times to hear his voice.”
Hyperbole - Exaggeration to show strong feelings.
This shows just how much she misses Romeo — it’s dramatic but emotional.
“How can I love someone I should hate?”
Rhetorical Question - A question that doesn’t need an answer — used to reflect or express emotion.
Shows her inner conflict clearly and dramatically.
“Gone. Gone. Gone.”
Repetition - Saying the same word or phrase again to build emotion or rhythm.
Repeating the word makes the loss feel heavy and real.
“Foolish fights fuel fear.”
Alliteration - Repeating the same first sound in words close together.
The repeating ‘f’ sound adds rhythm and emphasis.
“The silence wrapped around me like a cold blanket.”
Imagery - Describing something so clearly that the reader/listener can picture or feel it.
Helps the audience feel Juliet’s loneliness.
“He gave me love… and took away my peace.”
Juxtaposition - Placing two opposite ideas close together to highlight contrast.
Shows how Romeo is both her comfort and her pain.