| “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.” | Juliet is talking to her mother about checking out Paris. |
| “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” | Romeo sees Juliet through a window while he is creeping around her yard. |
| “Deny thy father and refuse thy name” | Juliet on her balcony, speaking her thoughts about Romeo while he secretly listens below. |
| “What’s in a name?” | Juliet on her balcony, speaking her thoughts about Romeo while he secretly listens below. |
| “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain” | Tybalt challenges Romeo for an imagined offense |
| “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!” | Mercutio can’t stand Romeo’s refusal to defend himself |
| “A plague on both your houses!” | Mercutio curses both families after Tybalt stabs him. |
| “Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man” | Mercutio just before he dies |
| “Then I defy you, stars!” | Romeo learns Juliet is dead. |
| “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.” | Romeo in grief of Juliet’s death. |
| “All are punish’d!” | The Prince addresses the families at the end of the play. |
| “A glooming peace this morning with it brings.” | The Prince addresses the families at the end of the play. |
Romeo and Juliet–quotes and circumstances
September 11, 2019