romeo

• O brawling love, O loving hate [...] Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health.


  Act 1, Scene 1 oxymorons-confused emotions, fine line between love and violence, representitive of the star crossed lovers (not meant to be) "O" sound carry well on stage, melancholy, drama
• Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.


  Act 1 Scene 2, his fate is his unhappiness, prophesies his death, possessive noun "my" demonstrates how he embraces his "misery"
• Some consequence yet hanging in the stars.


  Act 1, Scene 4 "star-cross'd lovers", "I defy you stars", "hanging"- ominous, criminal, punishment, astrology important during Elizabethan era, Shakespeare mocking those who blame their faults on fate.
• For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.


  Act 1, Scene 5, Romeo materialistic, Juliet wearing a mask, can't even see her properly, not even spoken to her yet "true beauty" - small minded, impulsive, capricious- just going on about Rosaline.
• For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,


  Act 1, Scene 5, religion v important in 16th century, R is worshipping false idol, rebelling against religion and society, compare relationship to religion ironic because "Give me my sin again", believes their love can surpass their religion and sin
• I have night's cloak to hide me from their eyes,


  Act 2, Scene 2, reckless, used to his high status protecting him, no regard for consequences, "night" because society does not approve they have to meet under the cover of darkness, more sexual Romeo =darkness as he has "night's cloak"
• With Rosaline, my ghostly father? no; I have forgot that name, and that name's woe.


  Act?.?"woe" carries well on stage, add to his over the top romanticism, capricious, treats women like possessions, referring to Rosaline like an old toy, high status - spoilt, Juliet=shiny new toy, "my..?" mocking friar being w Ros seems ridiculous despite obsessing over her earlier- capricious
• Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo;


  Mercutio Act 2, Scene 4 "very pink of courtesy"M, "pink for flower" R witty and bawdy M suggests that this is how he usually is, contrasts with his earlier melancholy
• Here's goodly gear!


  Act 2, Scene 4 objectifying, as bawdy as the rest, talks down to her because she is a woman and low status, not romantic now he has Juliet
• Juliet, Thy beauty has made me effeminate,


  Act 3, Scene 1 believes he has to prove his masculinity to Tybalt, blaming Juliet (for something she has no control over) for his own actions, affected and changed by Juliet
• O, I am fortune's fool!


  Act 3, Scene 1, blaming fate for his faults, S is mocking those who believe in fate, repetition of fricative 'f' emphasises his anger and the drama of the scene
• Ha banishment? Be merciful, say 'death'.


  Act 3, Scene 3, short question emphasises Romeo's anger, plosive 'b' effective on stage, no idea of the severity of death, reinforcing he has no sense of consequences- because of his wealthy background, selfish
• Then I defy you stars


  Act 5 Scene 1, fate star cross'd, 'stars' society, suicide is illegal, thinks he will defy fate, ironic, they were fated to die, Juliet said "When I die, take him and cut him out into little stars"
• The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law.


  Act5, Scene 1 only difference between people is social status, bad thing, status and society leads him to kill himself, in Elizabethan times social status defined you, could be referring to either R or apothecary, realising status is his biggest flaw
• There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls.


  Act 5, Scene 1 foreshadows his death, sees that money and status is a bad thing, greed
• Rich jewel


  Act 1 Scene 5 beauty and wealth attracted him, pretends the be romantic but he's superficial
• My niësse


  Act 2 Scene 2, young hawk, possessive pronoun, she is his property, reflects Elizabethan ideas about women
• The fair daughter of rich Capulet.

  Act 2, Scene 3 "fair", "rich", superficial values, status also