R&J character's

Cards (32)

  • nurse: “___ ___ speak well of him that killed your cousin”

    Will you:
  • Nurse: faith, I can tell her age ___ an hour“
    unto:
  • Nurse: “never was seen so black a day as this” 

    reaction to Juliet’s death.
    show the relationship between Juliet and the nurse. black- how dark fate can get
  • Lady capulet: “nurse, give ___ a while… nurse come back again”

    Leave: shows there is a boundary between Juliet and her mother.
  • Lady cap: “the ___ Paris seeks you for his love“
    valiant:
  • Lady cap: “that same villain Romeo“ “that ___ murderer lives“

    traitor: juxtaposes Juliet’s language
  • Tybalt: “peace! I ___ the word“
    hate: shows his hot headed personality
  • tybalt: “fetch me my ___ boy”

    Rapier: easily angered. Calls servant boy- belittling him
  • Tubal: “benvolio! look upon thy death”
    Provoking benvolio to fight by making fun of him, implying that he is not a real man until he Turns and fights with a worthy opponent.
  • Frair: “young men’s love then lies not trust in their ___ but in their eyes“
    hearts: arrogance of the younger generation
  • frair: “these violent ___ have violent ends”
    delights = Oxymoron
    foreshadowing the deaths
  • Friar: “for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your house holds ___ to pure love“
    rancour: bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing
  • Medcutio: “if Love be ___ with you, be rough with love” 

    rough: sexual nature of love seen as physical and not pure. Romeo is suffering from unrequited love.
  • Mercutio: “o, calm, dishonourable, ___ submission“ 

    vile: he believes that Romeo’s refusal to fight proves his cowardice that he is afraid to fight tybalt.
  • Mercutio: “a plauge ___ your houses“

    a’both: asking for a plague or terrible fate, to befall both families, since he blames both for his imminent death.
  • Mercurio: “they have made worms meet of me”
    After his death, coverus that his body will soon decay and be eaten by worms.
  • Prince: “if ever you ___ our streets again, you lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace“
    disturb: foreshadowing the end of the play
  • Prince: “for never was a story of more ___ than this of Juliet and her Romeo“
    woe: foreshadows the end of the play
  • Prince: “all are ___”
    Punished
  • Juliet: “deny thy ___ and refuse thy name“

    farther: she will go against her family honour to be with someone that she truly loves
  • juliet: “this but thy name that is my ___”
    Enemy: shes saying it is only his family, not himself that is her enemy
  • Juliet: “my only love ___ from my only hate”
    Sprung
  • Juliet: “what’s in a ___”

    Name - she dosent care about his name she loves him anyway
  • Juliet: ”shall I speak ill of him that is my ___”

    Husband: Juliet’s loyalties are torn between her family and her husband.
  • Juliet: “o’ ___ dagger”
    Happy: she is not afraid of dying, she welcomes it as she believes it there fate.
  • juliet: “it is too rash, too ___”

    unadvised: when Romeo suggests getting married, Juliet is initial wary and feels it’s too quick.
  • Romeo: “Juliet is the ___”
    Sun (metaphor) -bible reference
  • Romeo: “o’ she doth teaches the ___ to burn bright”

    Torches (ecphonesis) - bible reference.
  • Romeo: “there is no world without ___”

    Verona: he is no use else where away from Juliet.
  • Romeo: ”I ___ you stars”
    defy: juxtaposes the prologue- when actually he is just falling into his fate. (he will die) “star crossed lovers take there life”
  • Romeo: “o’ I am ___ fool”

    Fortunes: he is fates fool, always has terrible luck.
  • Romeo: “did my ___ love till now”

    Heart: completely forgot about Rosaline. love vs lust