Romeo and Juliet quotes and analyses

‘This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when we next meet.’-Juliet Imagery- connect nature and the seasons when talking about love.Metaphor- compares their love to a bud which has begun to ripen into a…

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Romeo and Juliet – Time chart

Sunday, Act One Montagues and Capulets fight in the streets of Verona Sunday, Act One Warning from Prince Sunday, Act One Paris proposes marriage to Juliet. Sunday, Act One Friar at Capulet Sunday, Act One Romeo and Juliet Meet. Sunday,…

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Romeo and Juliet

Juliet Starts innocent and naive and obedient becomes independent – forced to mature too quickly Madam I am here what is your willSonnet at first meeting – linked to start and end – romantic Religious lexisSemantic fields of the body…

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Romeo and Juliet123

Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will! -Benvolio then romeomeaning: What’s sad is that love…

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Romeo and Juliet Act 2 (Rising Action)

Chorus 1 Romeo no longer likes Rosaline. Romeo loves Juliet but can’t “court” her in the normal way Chorus 2 Juliet loves Romeo. They’ll find ways to be together Rising action 1 Mercutio and Benvolio believe Romeo likes Rosaline and…

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Act 5 Romeo and Juliet literary devices

Apostrophe “To press before thy father to a grave?” Motivation “Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. O churl! Drunk all, left no friendly drop to help me after? I will kiss thy lips.” Alliteration “A dram of poison,…

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3

Why does Benvolio want to leave the square at the beginning of this scene? It’s hot I want to avoid a fight Why doesn’t Romeo want to fight Tybalt? Because they r family Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt? He thinks…

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Romeo and Juliet: Minor Characters

Friar Laurence Franciscan priest who secretly marries Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio A kinsman to the Prince, also Romeo’s friend. Count Paris A kinsman of the Prince who wants to marry Juliet. Prince Escalus Ruler of Verona. Friar John A Franciscan…

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Romeo and Juliet Acts 1-3 (Sparknotes)

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona? Mantua Why is Romeo exiled? For killing Tybalt Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage? Friar Lawrence Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams? Queen Mab…

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