Themes
fate - governs the lives of the characetrs
“from forth fatal loins of these two foes”, “a pair of star crossed lovers”
“defy the stars”, “juliet is the sun”
“i am fortunes fool”
“i fear too early,…, some consequence, yet hanging in the stars”
“O God, I have an ill-divining-soul!/methinks I see thee, now thou art below,/ A one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
nurse
“come back again”, “i can tell her age unto an hour”
“prettiest babe I e’er nursed”, “susan - god rest her soul”, “ladybird”, “lamb”
“i think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first”
friar
“wast thou with rosaline” “doting”
“within the infant rind of this small flower/poison hast residence, medicine power”
“holy man”
violence
“these violet delights will have violent ends”
“i plague on both your houses”
mercutio
“a plague on both your houses”
tybalt
“talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee”
“turn and draw”, “saucy boy”, blank verse
isolation
masculinity
“thy love hath made me effeminate”
love
“palm to palm as holy pilgrims kiss”
“juliet is the sun”
“thy love hath made me effeminate”
hate