Romeo and Juliet

• 'O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die'
• 'O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!' - Act 1 Scene 5
• 'A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life' - Prologue
• 'For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.' - Prince Escalus
• 'I am fortune's fool' - Mercutio
• - Romeo Act 5 Scene 3

  ”parting is such sweet sorrow”
• ”parting is such sweet sorrow”

  romeo act 5 scene 1


  oxymoron

  should not be together due to family conflict but can’t stay away from eachother
• “O not by the moon the inconstant moon“

  Act 2 Scene 2:Juliet


  repeated symbol of moon

  moon comes and goes

  dramatic irony

  dramatic ”O”
• “That i must love a loathed enemy“


  must= imperative verb

  has no choice

  Juliet

  theme=conflict
• “ and touched hers, make blessed my rude hand“

  Romeo

  religious image

  Romeo worships her Juliet like a holy figure
• “my naked weapon is out“


  theme= conflict

  Act 1 scene 1

  vulgar

  sexual innuendo
• “to strike him dead i hold it not a sin”


  theme= masculinity/ violence

  loyalty to family

  violent

  honour