| Prologue | Shakespearean sonnet, ABABCDCDEFEFGG, general summary , Chorus to audience |
| “Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads. Take it in what sense thou wilt” | a) Sampson b) Gregory c)bad people in the intentions of taking the maidenheads (virginity) of Montague women//pun for humour |
| “Part, fools! Put up your swords. You know not what you do” | a) Benvolio b) Gregory and Sampson c) Benvolio has an indirect characterization of his name meaning benevolence//shows his character of kindest and peace |
| “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, ad thee. Have at thee coward! | a) Tybalt b) Benevolio and fighting people c) shows his character name means violence// character foil of Benvolio to emphasize his character |
| “If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” | a) Prince b) town of Capulet and Montague c) antecedent action meaning these fight between the families has gone on many time before// threaten’s their behavior further showing the rivalry of the two families |
| “With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs” | a) Montague b) Benvolio and Lady Montague c) hyperbole to express Romeo’s situation of sadness and distraught // his love sickness |
| “Black and portentous must this humour prove | a) Montague b) Benvolio c) Black bile-melacholic(sadness) and portentous meaning bad things which foreshadows |
| “Our of her favour where I am in love.” | a) Romeo b) Benvolio c) unrequited love for Rosaline//he is in love but she doesn’t love him back |
| “Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health” | a) Romeo b) Benvolio c) oxymorons are used to describe the burdens of love and it is wonderful and terrible at the same time//unrequited love for Rosaline |
| “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs” | a) Romeo b) Benvolio c) metaphor to compare love to something mystical and etherial// unrequited love for Rosaline |
| “She hath Dian’s wit” | a)Romeo b)Benvolio c) mythological allusion about this godess Artemis// for she is a virgin and doesn’t want to be with a man// if she doesn’t want me she wants no man |
| “Examine other beauties” | a) Benvolio b)Romeo c) benvolio’s advice to Romeo that he either forget Rosaline or he moves on with other beauties// fate by examining other beauties he find Juliet |
| “I’ll pay that doctrine, or else die in debt” | a) Benvolio b)Romeo c) he’ll convince him that his teaching is correct or dies trying// foreshadowing romeo’s fate |
| “She hth not seen the change of fourteen years.” | a) Capulet b) Paris c) give Juliet 2 more years before she gets married// very opposed of marriage at first |
| “YOunger than she are happy mothers made.” | a)Paris b) Capulet c) girls younger then Juliet are happily married |
| “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; My will to her consent is but a part” | a) Capulet b) Paris c) I’ll be ok with it if she is ok with it |
| This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest” | a) Capulet b) Paris c) Tonight Capulet was holding ancient party and he’s inviting many people including Paris// telling him to woo her at the party to get her consent// imperfect rhyme |
| When well apparelled April on the heel” | Capulet paris personification of her mating season and the beauty of spring |
| Servant scene | servant is illiterate and needs someone to read the list for him_____ finds Romeo initial incident role of fate in tradgic hero’s life |
| ” If not a Montague come and crush a cup of wine” | irony |
| “Tut, one fire burns out another’s burning” | Benvolio romeo advice metaphor |
| “swan a crow” | Rosaline isn’t as pretty as she seems in a compared to everyone else |
| “The all-seeing sun…. the world begun” | Romeo Bevolio Rosaline is the most beautiful woman alive and hes the center of his world (hyperbole) |
| ” It is an honour that I dream not of.” | Juliet Lady Capulet and Nurse equivocating neither wants or not wants |
| “Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit” | Nurse Juliet vulgar when she comes of age she’ll be taken |
| “so shall you share all thhat he doth possess, by having him making yourself no less.” | Lady C to Juliet Paris high social status |
| ” and too soon marred are those so early made” | Capulet to paris young are danaged by marriage |
| “YOunger than you …………..I was your mother much upon these years” | Lady c to Julliet she is damaged from being married young but encourages juliet to marry as well |
| Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy, I will bear the light | romeo to mercutio and benvolio// Romeo is sad therefore he feels burnt// pun for heavy light |
| “shot by love” | Romeo Mercutio// love’s heavy burden oxymoronic // Mercutio mercury quick to cahng quick to anger |
| “But ‘is no wit to go” | bad things are going to happen if romeo goes but mercutio convinces him any way because he had a dream (foreshadow) |
| “Queen Mab” | Mercutio-romeo how dreams are manipulated and you shouldn’t believe them but romeo believes that dreams are fate (metaphors) dreans are air |
| stars | stars=fate=star-crossed lovers |
| “go any where the captain takes” | freewill to go against fate and go anyway although he knows something bad is going to happen |
| “Where’s Potpan” | first servant to second comedic relief to relieve tension of previous scene |
| What lady’s that, which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight? | she is so beautiful, she makes night’s hand more beautiful |
| brighter than a torch | hyperbole |
| like a rich jewel | simile |
| “So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows” | romeo-servant juliet is the most beautiful human hes ever seen as she is the swan |
| For i never saw trye beauty till this night | but when he sees juliet he says hes never seen true beauty although he has, men are fickle |
| “to strike him dead I hold it not a sin” | romeo is at the party and deserves to die |
| “Verona brags of him” | Capulet -tybalt romeo is a nice boy |
| “Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall” | i may seem sweet now but i will change later |
| If i profane with my unworthiest hand ……Then move not while my prauers effect I take | sonnet pilgrim relious horny pilgrim romeo holy land juliet (extended metaphor) |
| O dear account, my life is my foe’s debt | I would die because juliet is a capulet |
| my only love spring from my only hate | I would die for my love romeo is a montague (PARADOX) |
| too early seen unknwon, and known too late | already love him prospectus actions the nature and effect |
Romeo and Juliet: Act 1
October 21, 2019