ROMEO AND JULIET QUOTES

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Juliet on fate and must
"What must be shall be."
Juliet says this on her upcoming marriage to Paris. It is her giving up and allowing her to succumb to what she thinks fate has set out for her
quote on why fate killed Romeo and Juliet
"Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love" - prince
- The reason fate killed them was because of the hate the families felt for each other
Romeo on fate and stars (yoke)
"and shake the toke of inauspicious stars"
- trying to change fate
nurse giving sexual innuendos
"though his face be better than any mans, yet his leg excels all men's"
nurse being protective over Juliet when she Romeo says he will marry her
"If you should lead her in a fools paradise, as they say it were a very gross kind of behaviour"
nurse knowing juliet
"Faith, I can tell her age unto the hour"
- Loves Juliet like a daughter
Lady capulet to the nurse about where Juliet is 
"Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me."
- the nurse is nameless showing her personal life is not important
- dehumanised
Who does the nurse represent
Juliets childhood
background info on the nurse
She is a widow and a mother to a dead daughter
Benvolio being a good friend to Romeo after Tybalt is killed 
"Romeo, away, begone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed. The prince will doom thee death"
- Protective of Romeo
- Imperative shows urgency
- Attempts to protect Romeo
Benvolio being perceptive - act 3 
"What, art thou hurt"
- He is aware of the repercussions of violence. He is not caught up in the heat of the moment
- Concerned friend to Mercutio
Benvolio on not fighting in public - act 3
"Either withdraw unto some private place, or reason coldly of your grievances. Or else depart. All eyes gaze on us"

- Law abiding nature
- Cowardly
Benvolio being peaceful but cowardly before meeting the Capulets - act 3
"I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire. The day is hot, the Capels are abroad. And if we meet we shall not 'scrape a brawl, For now, these hot days is the mad blood stirring"

- Peaceful but maybe cowardly
- Law abiding , respects alterity
Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party 
"Go thither, and with untainted eye compare her face with some that I shall show and make thee think they swan a crow"
- Supportive friend trying to help Romeo get over his heartache
- Repeated use of the pronoun 'I' suggests that Benvolio will go out his way to help his friend
Benvolio being nice to Romeo - Act 1 scene 1
"what sadness lengthens Romeo's hours"
- Benvolio is a caring friend
background info on Benvolio
- Montague
- Romeos cousin and friend
- Peaceful (his name suggests it)
- Benvolio means good will.
What does Benvolio represent
The adult world
Benvolio on keeping the peace (swords)
"Part fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do"
- Peaceful character
- Imperative "part"
- Associates violence with idiocy
Benvolio telling the truth 
"O noble prince I can discover all". The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl"
- He tells the truth and is willing to do so even if it puts Romeo in a tough position
Benvolio on peace
"I do but keep the peace"
- He tries to avoid conflict and do the right thing and stay out of trouble. Opposite of Tybalt
Nurse being affected
"Thou Leav'st a heart ache here that will not depart"
Nurse on Juliet being very pretty
"Thou was the prettiest babe that e'er I ever nursed
Nurse warning Juliet about men - act 3
"there is no trust, no faith, no honesty in men"
Nurse when she find out Juliet is dead- act 4 
Never was seen a black a day as this!
- Incredibly distressed shown by repetition of O and use of commas- the metaphor also shows she is so sad that the day has turned black
Friar Lawrence after Juliet's fake death
"Now heaven hath all, And all the better it is for the maid"
- manipulative
Friar Lawrence being harsh to Romeo to make him toughen up - act 3
"thy tears are womanish"
Friar Lawrence to Romeo after being exiled - act 3 
"A gentler judgement vanished from his lips, not a bodys death but bodys banishment"
Friar Lawrence offering advice to Romeo Act 2 
"therefore, love moderately. Long doth so"
Romeo just before killing himself (rest)
"O, here I will set up my everlasting rest"
- Determined to die. everlasting shows he is sure
- Confident using declarative "will"
- Metaphor suggests he wants to free himself from his misfortune
Romeo taking the drugs that kill him - act 5
"thy drugs are quick, and thus with a kiss, I die"
- Adjective quick shows his rash anture
Romeo after being banished (Verona)
"There is no world without Verona walls but purgatory, torture, hell itself"
- Religious imagery
Romeo after being banished (death)
"Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say death"
- emotional
- impulsive
- doesn't want to live without Juliet
Romeo when he sees Juliet - act 1
"o, she doth teaches the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night"
- Hyperbolic metapahor
- Use of rhyme emphasises his romantic nature
- Consumed by passion
What does Romeo symbolise
caricature of a Petrarchan lover
Romeo being loving and calling Juliet beautiful - act 1 
"did my heart love till now? I never saw true beauty till this night"
Friar on women 
"woman may fall where there is no strength in men"
Rriar on Romeo being his son
"my good son"
Sampson on weapons 
"draw ur Naked weapon"
romeo to juliet about death (in his pants)
"come death and welcome. Juliet hath willed it so"
Romeo on love made him weak 
"thy love hath soften thy valour's steel"