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• D M H L T N

  "did my heart love till now"

  -as soon as he saw Juliet at the party he stops feeling any love for Rosaline

  -he realises what he felt for her was not real love

  -Impulsive and immature
• G C- W N I T A D A M O

  "good Capulet- which name I tender as dearly as my own"

  -Tybalt does not know that Romeo is now related to him

  -Romeo is trying to tell Tybalt that he values the Capulet name as much as his own

  -he tries to stop Tybalt starting a fight

  -highlights Romeos growing maturity
• E Y, O I, O B M G W H

  "either you or I or both must go with him"

  -immediately after Tybalt murders Mercutio, Romeo loses control of his emotions and attacks Tybalt

  -Romeos personality dramatically changes in an instant

  -he becomes obsessed with vengeance. He suddenly cares very little for himself or Juliet.
• S T Y O I S

  "shake the yoke of inauspicious stars"

  -Romeo is fed up of life

  -he feels he must kill himself to stop his unlucky fate from happening

  -he sees no other way out
• T R, T U, T S

  "too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden"

  -Juliet shows she is more mature than Romeo here

  -rule of three, their love is happening to quickly and that there could be some bad consequences if they get serious too fast.
• T P M

  "they purpose marriage"

  -although she had bad feelings at first Juliet is the one who suggests marriage.

  -asks Romeo if his intentions are serious

  -this could suggest she is emotionally immature. they barley know each other and she is rushing towards marriage.
• L I T M H S B D

  "lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd"

  -highlights the tragedy of Juliet's character

  -she is isolated from anyone who could help

  -she has no choice but to rely completely of Friar Lawrence for help

  -she is vulnerable and doesn't know his true intentions, she wonders if he intends on poisoning her so he can hide that he married R and J

  -causes the audience to feel sympathy.
• W I M R?

  "where is my Romeo?

  -when she wakes up from her sleep, her first thought is to ask for Romeo.

  -this emphasises the tragedy of the story as the audience just watched Romeo kill himself because he thought she was dead.

  -Juliet is now completely alone

  -the use of the question shows that all she wans is to be with Romeo. but her future with him is over
• H F F , S L, A Q T

  "her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh"

  -Mercutio shows that he does not take Romeos romantic feelings seriously

  -he makes crude comments about Rosalines body

  -strengthens the idea that he thinks of women as sexual objects and doesn't really think about love.
• D V S

  "dishonourable, vile submission"

  -Tybalt insults Romeo by calling him a 'villain'. during the Elizabethan era, this was very insulting to someone's honour.

  -we would expect a man at this time to defend himself. Mercutio steps in and fights Tybalt because Romeo does not defend his honour.

  -this leads to Mercutio's death.
• A P O B Y H

  "a plague on both your houses."

  -'plague'- noun

  the plague killed thousands of people

  -Mercutio wishing such a horrible fate on these two families adds to the tragedy. Even Romeos best friend had enough if the feuding.
• L T L N T I T H, B I T E

  "love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes."

  -at first, Friar Lawrence doesn't believe that Romeos love for Juliet is genuine.

  -he is confused about Romeos quick change of heart, up until the night before he had been pining over his love for Roseline

  -'their eyes'

  implies Romeo's live is shallow and only concerned with Juliet's beauty.
• T Y H R T P L

  "turn your households' rancour to pure love"

  -shows his reason for agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet- he wants to join them together to link their families and turn their anger and aggression towards one another into love.
• T T T V

  "take thou this vial"

  -'take'- imperative

  shows that him an Juliet have a trusting relationship

  -friar Lawrence is Juliet's only confidant at this point. he tries to help her naively, with out really thinking his plan through.
• R, T D, W H T T J

  "Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet."

  -friar Lawrence tells everyone the whole story after Romeo and Juliet have died

  -he reveals the secret marriage and the events leading to the deaths

  -this makes the family realise the parts they played in the deaths of their own children.
• H Y H T F L C

  "hie you hence to Friar Lawrences cell"

  -the nurse knows that Juliet's parents would have forbidden her relationship with Romeo, But the nurse seems to only care about Juliet's happiness.

  -supports the idea that she has a closer relationship with Juliet than her own mother does
• F J S, R A S

  "for Juliet's sake, rise and stand"

  -the nurse talks Romeo out of killing himself when he is very upset. She reminds him to live for Juliet

  -this has no real effect as both characters commit suicide, but the nurse makes sure they have the opportunity to spend their wedding night together before their untimely deaths.
• I T I B Y M W T C

  "I think its best you married with the county"

  -this sentence is a betrayal in Juliet's mind

  -this emphasises Juliet as a heroine- she doesn't listen to the advice as she refuses to commit bigamy.

  -this increases sympathy for Juliet because she loses her only real support
• P F! P U Y S

  "part fools! put up your swords"

  -he is a peaceful character

  -he is one of the few characters who thinks before he acts

  -he worries that the servants fighting will have bad consequences for the rest of the Montagues and the Capulets.
• T O P! I H T W A I H H, A M

  "talk of peace! I hate the word, as i hate hell, all Montagues"

  -repetition of the abstract noun 'peace'. he refers to it as just a word, this suggests he is mocking Benvolio's request for peace; to him peace is meaningless and

  pointless.

  -repetition of pronoun 'I' suggests that Tybalt only cares about how he feels and how he is not thinking about the possible consequences of fighting.
• M K T S H D, I H I N A S

  "my kin to strike him dead, I hold it not a sin"

  -rhyming couplets

  whenever Tybalt uses these he is usually talking about killing other people.

  this could suggest that the only love Tybalt feels is the love of revenge and murder

  -he reinforces this when he says that he does not think its a sin to kill Montagues, he thinks of them as evil and less than human.
• T A A V!

  "Thou art a villain!"

  -this phrase is meant to insult and anger Romeo because it suggests that he is dishonest and of a lower-class

  -Tybalt uses this insult to try and make Romeo fight back

  -this ultimately causes Tybalt's ow death