RJ QUOTES

Love: Juliet, A1:5, Metaphor - Juliet falling in love with Romeo. Expert

"You kiss by the book."

Conflict/Love: Romeo, A3:1, Metaphor/Imagery, Blaming Juliet - Making him week and compromising courage. Internal conflict between love and honour

“Thy beauty hath made me effeminate. And in my temper soften’d valours steel”

Fate: Romeo, A5:1, Metaphor - Romeo rejects influence of fate (stars). Takes control of own destiny. Rather die than live without Juliet

“I defy you stars!”

Love: Juliet, A1:5, Family Background Conflict - Realization of family ties in love.

"My only love sprung from my only hate."

Love: Juliet, A2:2, Questioning Names - Love transcends family identities.

"What’s in a name? That which we call any rose would smell as sweet."

Love: Juliet, A2:2, Expression of Love - Depth of her affection for Romeo.

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea."

Love: Juliet, A2:2, Directive to Romeo - Seeking commitment from him.

"If that thy bent of love be honourable, thy purpose marriage."

Love: Romeo, A1:5, Admiration - His view on Juliet's beauty.

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!"

Love: Romeo, A2:2, Rejection of Rosaline - Leaving past love behind for Juliet.

"Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon."

Love: Romeo, A2:2, Divine Forces - Love's strength compared to supernatural.

"With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls."

Love: Romeo, A1:5, Rhetorical Question - Realization of true love.

"Did my heart love till now?"

Love: Romeo, A1:1, Love's Pain - Describing suffering from love.

"Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs."

Fate: Romeo and Juliet, Prologue, Destined to be together

"Star-crossed lovers."

Fate: Romeo and Juliet, Prologue, Death-marked Love - Their love destined for tragedy.

"Death-marked love."

Fate: Romeo, A3:1, Foreshadowing - Predicting fate and consequences.

"By some vile forfeit of untimely death."

Fate: Romeo, A3:1, Blaming Fate - Feeling controlled by destiny.

"O, I am fortune’s fool!"

Fate: Romeo, A5:1, Rejecting Fate - Defiance of destiny before his death.

"And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars."

Fear: Juliet, A4:1, Fear of Fake Death - Anxiety about being buried alive.

"What if when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time?"

Conflict: Friar Laurence, A2:3, Caution - Advising carefulness in actions.

"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."

Conflict: Friar Laurence, A2:6, Predicting Tragedy - Warning against intense emotions.

"These violent delights have violent ends."

Conflict: Mercutio, A3:1, Curse - A dying curse reflecting feud's implications.

"A plague a’ both your houses!"

Conflict: Tybalt, A1:1, Hatred for Peace - Love for conflict and violence.

"Peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell."

Conflict: Tybalt, A1:5, Villain Labeling - Demonstrating animosity towards Romeo.

"Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain."

Conflict: Prince, A1:1, Ultimatum - Enforcing order in the streets.

"If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

Conflict: Prince, A3:1, Banishing Romeo - Punishment for his actions.

"Let Romeo hence in haste, else when he is found, that hour is his last."

Conflict: Mercutio, A3:1, Condemnation - Criticism of Romeo's behavior.

"O calm, vile, dishonourable submission!"

Conflict: Capulet, A1:1, Eagerness for Conflict - Ready for violence.

"What noise is this? Give me my long sword."

Family: Juliet, A2:2, Defiance - Commitment to love over family loyalty.

"Deny thy father and refuse thy name."

Family: Romeo, A1:1, Paradox - Complex emotions in love and hate.

"Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love."

Family: Juliet, A3:5, Refusal of Marriage - Defiance against family expectations.

"Proud I can never be of what I hate."

Family: Capulet, A3:5, Objectifying Juliet - Treating her as a possession.

"Speak not; reply not; do not answer me."

Family: Capulet, A5:3, Mourning - Reflecting on the costs of their feud.

"Poor sacrifices of our enmity."

Family: Capulet, A5:3, Reconciling with Montague - A truce following tragedy.

"O brother Montague, give me thy hand."

Family: Nurse, A3:5, Disownment - Reflecting betrayal towards Juliet.

"Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee."

Family: Lady Montague, A1:1, Concern - Care for Romeo.

"O, where is Romeo? Saw you him today?"

Family: Nurse, A1:3, Affection - Caregiving relationship to Juliet.

"What lamb? What ladybird!"

Marriage: Paris, A1:2, Persuasion - Stressing youth in marriage discussions.

"Younger than she are happy mothers made."

Marriage: Paris, A4:1, Dramatic Irony - Ignorance about Juliet's real marriage.

"Happily met, my lady and my wife."

Marriage: Capulet, A3:4, Arranging Marriage - Insistence on Juliet's marriage to Paris.

"O’ Thursday let it be."

Marriage: Nurse, A3:5, Encouragement - Reflecting betrayal in supporting Paris.

"I think you are happy in this second match."

Marriage: Friar Laurence, A2:3, Hope for Peace - Aiming for reconciliation through marriage.

"For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love."

Marriage: Juliet, A1:3, Reluctance - Disinterest in marriage proposals.

"It is an honour that I dream not of."

Death: Romeo, A5:3, Final Words - Indicating tragic end.

"Thus with a kiss I die."

Death: Romeo, A5:3, Amazement by Juliet - Love enduring even in death.

"Death hath had no power yet upon thy beauty."

Death: Juliet, A5:3, Call to Dagger - Reflecting despair.

"O happy dagger – let me die!"

Death: Prince, A5:3, Blaming Families - Accountability for the tragedy.

"Capulet, Montague! See what a scourge is laid upon your hate."