[love] When Juliet wants Romeo to change his name so that she can love him without the family feud getting in the way. | “deny thy father, refuse thy name” |
[love] When Romeo describes what kind of a home Verona is and how he cannot fathom a life outside those walls. | “heaven is where Juliet lives” |
[love] When Romeo describes Juliet’s beauty. | “like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear” |
[love] When Romeo describes how he feels for Juliet | “my lips two blushing pilgrims |
[feud] In the prologue describing the feud between the families. | “ancient grudge break to new mutiny” |
[feud] The Prince showing the parents what the feud has done to there children. | “See what scourge is laid upon your hate” |
[feud] Romeo referring to his dilemma on whether he should love someone he should hate. | “O brawling love, O loving hate” |
[feud] Juliet describing what kind of person she has fallen in love with. | “I must love a loathèd enemy |
[feud] Juliet talking about her only love. | “my only love sprung from my only hate” |
[feud] In the prologue Shakespeare describes what needs to happen to end the feud. | “doth with their death bury their parent’s strife” |
[feud] When Juliet refuses to marry Paris and in turn says this. | “I’de rather marry Romeo of whom I hate” |
[feud] Montague talking about the outcome of the family’s hatred with one another. | “poor sacrifices of our enemity” |
[feud] Friar Lawrence talking about his motives of marring the couple. | “turn household rancour to pure love” |
[fate] When Romeo tells the stars that he is going against what is written in the stars (although we know otherwise). | “I defy you stars” |
[fate] Shakespeare describing what kind of lovers they are. | “star cross’d lovers” |
[fate] In the prologue Shakespeare establishing the fact that it was fate that the lovers were born into these two families. | “of forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star cross’d lovers take their life” |
[fate] Friar Lawrence describing to Juliet that fate has meddled with their plans. | “A greater power that we contradict” |
[fate] When Friar Lawrence blames fate for his wrongdoings. | “What unkind hour is guilty of this lamentable chance” |
[fate] When Friar Lawrence blames misfortune for his letter to Romeo not reaching him on time. | “Unhappy fortune” |
[fate] When Juliet confides in fate to make sure Romeo gets to Mantua safely. | “O fortune fortune…. be fickle fortune” |
[fate] When Romeo feels he is being used by fate to make these tragic outcomes happen. | “I am fortune’s fool!” |
[fate] When Mercutio believes that there is no such thing as fate. | “Thou talks’t of nothing” |
[fate] Mercutio’s feelings towards fate and chance. | “Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” |
[fate] When Mercurio realises that his death is brought upon but a petty feud which has nothing to do with him nor fate and believes truly that the two houses and the family feud is responsible of the outcomes of the play. | “a plague a’both your houses” |
[fate] When Romeo foreshadows some of his misfortune’s as if his destiny is predetermined. | “I fear too eerily for my mind misgives, some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin on this fearful night” |
[fate] When Shakespeare describes how fate has marked Romeo and Juliet’s love. | “death-marked love” |
[fate] When Juliet foreshadows her own death. | “my grave shall be my wedding bed” |
[fate] When Juliet foreshadows Romeo’s death as if it is predetermined. | ” O god I have an ill-divining soul. Methinks I see thee now thou art below, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb” |
[haste] Juliet describing their love. | “too rash, too ill advis’d, too sudden |
[haste] The friar describing Romeo’s passion. | “violent delights have violent ends” |
[haste] When Juliet hastily thinks up a way to be with her dead beloved. | “and with this knife I’ll help it presently” |
[haste] When Romeo learns of Juliet’s death and makes a hasty decision to kill himself to be with her. | ” hire post horses, I will hence tonight” |
[haste] Friar Lawrence’s advise to Romeo on being slow and steady. | “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast” |
[haste] Describing Romeo’s haste as told by himself. | “O let us hence, I stand on sudden haste” |
Romeo and Juliet Quotes
August 8, 2019