r+j

• DEATH

  look upon thy death (pers tybalt) 1,1

  if he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed 1,5

  love devouring death do what he dare 2,6

  thou art wedded to calamity 3,4

  Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb 3,5

  make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies 3,5

  i would the fool were married to her grave 3,5

  Death is my son in law, Death is my heir

  i dreamt my lady came and found me dead.. but breathed such life with kisses in my lips that I revived and was an emperor 5,1
• LIGHT/DARK

  she doth teach the torches to burn bright 1,5

  when i shall die, take him and cut him out into little stars + he will make the face of heaven so fine 3,2

  if love be blind, it best agrees with night 3,2

  more light and light, more dark our woes

  for here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes this vault a feasting presence full of light
• FATE

  some vile forfeit of untimely death 1,4

  he that hath the steerage of my course.. direct my sail! 1,4

  be fickle fortune 3,5

  then i defy you stars! 5,1

  unhappy fortune 5,3
• Capulet she lov’d her kinsman Tybalt dearly/well, we were born to die.” 3, 4

  I think she will be rul’d 3,4

  Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; 3,5

  you be mine, ill give you to my friend;/ an you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets. 3,5

  My heart is wondrous light,/ same wayward girl is so reclaim’d. 4,2

  Death lies on her like an untimely frost/ upon the sweetest flower 4,5

  There she lies/(…) deflowered by him. 4,5

  O brother Montague! Give me thy hand. 5, 3
• Juliet

  Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low, as are dead in the bottom of the tomb” 3,5

  “Be not so long to speak, I long to die” Act 4:1 – Repetition/ Pun

  “Rather than marry Paris, bid me lurk where serpents are, chain me with roaring bears.” –hyperbole

  Henceforward I am ever ruled by you 4,2 (after secretly securing the sleeping drug!)

  questions O happy dagger –let me die! 5,3
• Juliet's love

  You kiss by the book” Act 1:5 – metaphor – falling in love with RomeoMy only love sprung from my only hate” Act 1:5 – juxta My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep –the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.” 2,2- Hyperbole / simile If that thy bent of love be honourable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow.” 2,2 – directive What’s in a name? That which we call any rose would smell as sweet.” Act 2,2
• Tybalt

  What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” 1,1 –Repetition – Tybalt showing his primary character trait of loving fighting.This, by his voice, should be a Montague.— Fetch me my rapier, boy.” Act 1,5Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain. 3,1– Metaphor “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw.” Act 3,5– Metaphor
• Capulet Give me my long sword, ho! 1,1

  tis not hard..For men so old as we to keep the peace 1,2

  Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well-governed youth 1,5

  Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; 3,5

  you be mine, ill give you to my friend;/ an you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets. 3,5

  My heart is wondrous light,/ same wayward girl is so reclaim’d. 4,2

  Death lies on her like an untimely frost/ upon the sweetest flower 4,5

  O brother Montague! Give me thy hand. 5, 3
• The Nurse

  What lamb? What Ladybird! God forbid, where’s this girl? What Juliet?” – Act 1,3

  Bigger women grow by men 1,3

  “I am so vexed that every part about me quivers.” 2,4

  “I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first” – Act 3:5

  “She’s dead decease’d, she’s dead, she’s dead!”
• Friar Lawrence

  “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households rancour to pure love.”

  “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” 2,3

  “O Juliet, I already know thy grief,” 4,1

  “A cold and drowsy humour;

  Come, I’ll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of Nuns. 5,3

  “here untimely lay, The noble Paris and true Romeo dead.” 5,3
• Mercutio

  Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance” 1,4

  “dreamers often lie.

  “A bawd, a bawd, a bawd! So ho!” 2,4 –

  “O calm, vile dishonourable submission” 3,1

  “A plague a’both your houses!” 3,1
• vers

  • Star crossed lovers
  • “Death markd love”
  • “For I will raise her statue in pure gold”
  • “Dear saint” “Deny thy father”
  • “The earth hath swallowed all my hope but she”
  • “O I am fortunes fool”
  • “Violent delights have violent ends”
• FAMILY HONOUR

  “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny”

  Juliet, to Nurse - “How now, who calls?” (informal)

  Juliet, to her mother - “Madam, I am here.” (formal, stilted speech)

  Is she a Capulet? Oh dear account! My life is my foe’s debt.

  "Deny thy father and refuse thy name; 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy" 2,2

  The day is hot; the Capulets, abroad; And if we meet we shall not ’scape a brawl 3,1

  good Capulet—which name I tender as dearly as my ow
• A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.

  Romeo slew Tybalt. Romeo must not live 3,1

  My dearest cousin and my dearer lord? 3, 2

  God had lent us but this only child, But now I see this one is one too much .. A whining mammet 3,5

  Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it