English I H: Famous Quotes from R&J - Sandt

Lady Capulet

“I would the fool were married to her grave!” — She's cruel when Juliet refuses to marry Paris.

Lady Capulet

“Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word.” — She rejects Juliet during her moment of need.

Juliet Capulet

“My only love sprung from my only hate!” — She realizes Romeo is a Montague.

Juliet Capulet

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” — She questions why names should matter in love.

Juliet Capulet

“Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.” — Her final decision to die with Romeo.

Juliet Capulet

“Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars.” — Her passion for Romeo is eternal.

Lord Capulet

“Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!” — Furious at Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris.

Lord Capulet

“She’s the hopeful lady of my earth.” — He sees Juliet as his only hope early in the play.

Lord Capulet

“Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir.” — He grieves Juliet’s “death.”

Tybalt

“What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word.” — He loves violence and despises Montagues.

Tybalt

“Now by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” — He wants to kill Romeo just for showing up.

Paris

“Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it.” — Paris believes he owns Juliet’s beauty.

Paris

“Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.” — Paris mourns Juliet at her tomb.

Nurse

“He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead!” — She confuses Juliet when telling her about Tybalt’s death.

Nurse

“What a jaunce have I!” — She playfully delays Romeo’s message to Juliet.

Nurse

“Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.” — She supports Juliet’s desire for love and marriage.

Nurse

“I think it best you married with the County.” — She betrays Juliet by recommending Paris.

Peter

“I am so vexed that every part about me quivers.” — Peter gets overwhelmed, used for comic relief.

Peter

“Musicians, O musicians, ‘Heart’s ease’…” — He jokes with the musicians after Juliet’s death.

Lord Montague

“Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow…” — He’s concerned about Romeo’s sadness.

Lord Montague

“O thou untaught! what manners is in this?” — Reacting to Romeo’s death.

Lady Montague

“O, where is Romeo? Saw you him today?” — She worries about Romeo after the brawl.

Lady Montague

“Grief of my son’s exile hath stopp’d her breath.” — She dies of heartbreak.

Romeo Montague

“Thus with a kiss I die.” — His final line as he takes poison.

Romeo Montague

“O, I am fortune’s fool!” — He feels fate is playing with him.

Romeo Montague

“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls.” — Love gave him the courage to climb Juliet’s balcony.

Romeo Montague

“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!” — He falls for Juliet instantly.

Benvolio

“I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword.” — He tries to prevent fights.

Benvolio

“Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do.” — He urges peace in Act I.

Balthasar

“Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument…” — He tells Romeo of Juliet’s fake death.

Balthasar

“I do beseech you, sir, have patience.” — He pleads with Romeo to calm down.

Mercutio

“A plague o’ both your houses!” — He curses both families after being stabbed.

Mercutio

“If love be rough with you, be rough with love.” — He mocks Romeo’s lovesickness.

Mercutio

“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” — Dark pun as he’s dying.

Prince Escalus

“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” — He warns both families.

Prince Escalus

“All are punished.” — His final judgment after the deaths.

Friar Lawrence

“These violent delights have violent ends.” — He warns about the danger of rushing love.

Friar Lawrence

“Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” — Advice to Romeo before marriage.

Friar Lawrence

“Unhappy fortune!” — When he realizes the letter never reached Romeo.

Friar John

“I could not send it—here it is again.” — He failed to deliver the letter due to quarantine.

Apothecary

“My poverty but not my will consents.” — He sells poison to Romeo because he’s desperate.

Apothecary

“Put this in any liquid thing you will, and drink it off…” — He gives Romeo the poison.