Romeo

• What literary devices are present in the phrase "O brawling love! O loving hate!"?

  Juxtaposition and oxymoron
• What emotions does Romeo experience due to unrequited love for Rosaline?

  Confusion, melancholy, and lack of control
• How does Romeo's inexperience with love affect his behavior?

  He doesn't know how to handle it
• What does Romeo mean by "For beauty starved with her severity"?

  He prioritizes beauty, appearing superficial
• What is the contrast in the phrase "I have a soul of lead"?

  Between the concept of soul and heavy lead
• How does Romeo personify love in "I have a soul of lead"?

  He depicts love as a bully
• What does "Under love's heavy burden do I sink" imply about Romeo's emotions?


  His emotions control him
• What does the phrase "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars" suggest?

  He feels something bad will happen
• What is the significance of fate in Romeo's statement about the stars?

  It relates to the concept of star-crossed lovers
• What does the shared sonnet between Romeo and Juliet establish?

  • Their romantic connection
  • Semantic field of religion
  • Strength of their connection
  • Implies devotion and sincerity
• What do the phrases "two blushing pilgrims" and "Juliet is the sun!" suggest about their relationship?

  It indicates admiration and idealization
• How does the metaphor "Juliet is the sun" affect the perception of her beauty?

  It suggests her beauty is overwhelmingly bright
• “o brawling love! O loving hate!”

  -          Juxtaposition between the lines

  -          Oxymoron

  -          Unhappy, heightened emotions due to unrequited love for rosaline, causes confusion + melancholy + lack of control

  -          Romeo is inexperienced with love and doesn’t know how to handle it
• What does the phrase "she doth teach to burn bright" imply about Juliet?

  She inspires passion and intensity in Romeo
• What does the phrase "with love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls" suggest about Romeo's view of love?

  He believes love can overcome obstacles
• What does the phrase "I would I were thy bird" reveal about Romeo's feelings for Juliet?

  He is obsessive towards her
• What does "Then love-devouring death do what he dare" personify?

  It personifies death
• What does "It is enough I may but call her mine" imply about Romeo's attitude towards Juliet?

  It shows a sense of ownership
• What does "oh I am fortune's fool!" reveal about Romeo's perspective on fate?

  He sees himself as a victim of fate
• “For beauty starved with her severity”

  -          Romeo prioritises beauty

  Makes Romeo seem superficial
• What do the "walls" in "there is no world without Verona's walls but purgatory, torture, hell itself" symbolize?

  They symbolize Juliet and their love
• What does the action "[drawing his sword]" foreshadow in the play?

  It foreshadows Romeo's suicide
• What does "Nights candles are burnt out" imply about Romeo's emotional state?

  He feels a lack of love and light
• How does "Sun exhales" relate to Juliet's character?

  It foreshadows her death
• What does "I must indeed" reveal about Romeo's character flaws?

  His hamartia leads to his downfall
• What does "One writ with me in sour misfortunes book" reference?

  It references fate's control over him
• What does "For here lies Juliet" signify in the context of the play?

  It indicates a tragic moment for Romeo
• What does "Presence full of light" imply about Juliet's state?

  It suggests she is not truly dead
• What does "And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars" express about Romeo's desires?

  He wants to rid himself of misfortune
• How does Romeo's attempt to avoid fate affect the plot?

  It makes the occurrence of fate more inevitable
• “I have a soul of lead”

  -          Contrast between concept of soul + heavy physical lead

  -          Personifies love to appear like a bully
• “Under loves heavy burden do I sink”

  -          Emotions control Romeo

  -          Metaphor, struggling to move on and find happiness
• “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars”

  -          Feels something bad will happen by going to the party

  -          Mention of fate and star-crossed lovers
• “Juliet is the sun!”

  -          Suggests beauty is too bright

  -          Can relate to “hopeful lady of my earth” said by LC

  -          To much pressure

  -          Metaphor

  -          Contrasts “artificial night”

  -          Can’t live without Juliet

  -          “she doth teach to burn bright”

  -          Use of cosmic celestial imagery has an otherworldly elevated love view of Juliet.
• “with loves light wings did I o’erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out”

  -          Metaphor, angelic, cupid god of love, Romeo’s love and adoration for Juliet bring him to her

  -          Love is innocent 

  -          “walls” Romeo believes his love for Juliet can overcome physical and metaphorical boundaries that may try to prevent It

  -          “Loves light” alliteration
• “I would I were thy bird”

  Romeo is obsessive towards Juliet
• “Must be my convoy in the secret night”

  “Then love-devouring death do what he dare”

  -          Personifies death
• “It is enough I may but call her mine”

  -          Ownership, conventional attitude
• “oh I am fortunes fool!”

  -          Fate

  -          Portraying himself as a victim of fate
• “there is no world without Verona’s walls but purgatory, torture, hell itself”

  -          Verona’s walls mean Juliet

  -          Foreshadows fate and death since the returns to Verona