Romeo and Juliet

• oxymoron to show romeos confusing love for rosaline


  "o brawling love, o loving hate "
• what poetic technique does romeo use to show his love for Rosaline

  iambic pentameter
• how do Romeos emotions change when he sees Juliet in A1S5


  goes from being depressed and melancholy to finding joy and happiness.
• quote showing romeos love for Juliet is more than just physical 


  my love is deep; the more i give thee
• Romeos love matures in A1S5
• Romeo refers to juliet as the what ?


  "Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon "
• Romeo was reluctant to fight Tybalt due to his loving / caring nature


  "i never injuried thee but love thee better than thou canst devise"
• romeo takes on a more agressive persona after Tybalt kills mercutio


  " and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now "
• romeo relays the effect of fate on the play in A3S1


  "o, i am fortunes fool "
• Romeo is shown as immature and selfish in his response to being exiled 


  he describes banishment as "torture not mercy" implying he would rather die
• Romeo is impulsive and hot-headed ( hamartia ) 


  "th' exchange of thys loves faithful vow for mine" he is wanting to marry juliet less than 12 hours after meeting her

  "and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now"
• A3S4 Romeo wants to be put to death to spend eternity with Juliet, this shows commitment and maturity


  "let me be tane, let me be put to death"
• A1S3 Juliet is portrayed as obedient. 


  she refers to her mother as madam "madam i am here"

  "I'll look to like, if looking liking move" she will consider marrying Paris for her parents
• Juliet falls in love with Romeo A1S5 and kisses him ( this would have been sinful in the Elizabethan era. this shows disobedience 


  "my only love sprung from my only hate " oxymoron
• Juliet is trying to be good and innocent at the party. showing she is still slightly obedient towards her parents.


  "for saints have hands pilgrims do touch" suggesting simply holding hands "
• during Juliet's soliloquy she is lamenting that Romeo is a Montague trying to persuade herself she is not in love with him


  "o romeo romeo wherefore art though romeo "

  "and for they name, which is no part of thee"
• Juliet shows immaturity when deciding to marry Romeo 


  "if that thy bent of love be honourable [] thy purpose marriage"
• Juliet shows her confusion of who to mourn after Tybalts death through a series of oxymorons


  "o dammed saint, an honourable villain "
• Juliet is sad she will not get to spend her wedding night with Romeo


  "but i am a maid die maiden-widowed"
• A3S5 Juliet refused to marry Paris infront of her parents showing her disobedience 


  "[when i marry] i swear it will be romeo" implying she would rather marry their sworn enemy than Paris.
• Juliets relationship with Paris is cold


  she speaks to him in short sentences showing no interest

  she states she would rather kill herself than marry him
• she was made (destined ) to kill her self

  "O happy dagger this is thy sheath"
• friar Lawrence is hopeful the marriage between romeo and Juliet will end the family feud


  "to turn your households rancour into pure love"
• Romeo and Friar Lawrence have a close father and son like relationship


  they speak in rhyming couples around each other

  Romeo refers to him as "father"
• Friar Lawrence foreshadows romeo and Juliet's death


  "these violent delights have violent ends"
• A3S3 Friar Lawrence adresses Romeo ad "my dear son"


  shows their close relationship
• Friar Lawrence grows a close relationship with Juliet 


  he adresses her as "daughter"
• Friar shows littel greid for Juliet in A4S5


  He knows she's just asleep
• Tybalt is shown as violent from the very start A1S1


  "look upon thy death"
• Tybalts views on peace 


  "peace! u hate the world as i hate hell "
• Tybalts first response to Romeo at the Capulet party is to attack


  "fetch me my rapier boy "
• A3S1 tybalt wants to fight so provokes Romeo


  he calls him a "villain"

  "therefore turn and draw "
• Mercutio is unromantic instead is quite sexual and derogatory towards women 


  "her fine foot straight leg and quivering thigh"
• Mercutio is quite aggressive he sees Romeo's refusal to fight as dishonourable 


  "dishonourable, vile submission"
• Mercutio is quick-witted


  he describes his fatal wound as a "scratch"
• Mercutio matures as he recognises the devastation the family feud can cause


  "a plague O' both your houses "
• Mercutio shows immaturity at the start of the play 


  makes lewd comments
• Benvolio is a keeper of peace, he tries to break the fight in A1S1


  "part fools"
• Bnevolio is good friends with Romeo


  " I'd rather weep at they good hearts oppression" showing care
• "i would the fool married to her grave" Lady Capulet