5 Quotes From Romeo
- In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare gave the world such memorable quotes as “ a rose by any other name would smell as sweet “, “parting is such sweet sorrow”, “a plague on both your houses” and dozens more. Below is our pick of the very best quotes from Romeo and Juliet, spoken by a variety of primary and secondary characters in the play.
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- Jul 30, 2019 Quotes from William Shakespeare, history's most famous playwright, are full of passion and wisdom, and, sometimes, a shade of sarcasm.The passion in Shakespeare's writing never fails to move the reader.
(Capulet, Act 3 Scene 5) Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here's drink: I drink to thee. (Juliet, Act 4 Scene 3) O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. (Romeo, Act 5 Scene 3) O happy dagger, This is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die. (Juliet, Act 5 Scene 3) All are punished. (Prince, Act 5 Scene 3) For never was a story of.
| “Ah me, how sweet is love itself possessed/When but love’s shadows are so rich in joy!”(5.1.11) | a. Romeob. soliloquyc. Romeo says that love in reality is so amazing, and even the love in dreams is pretty good too |
| “Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument/And her immortal part with angels lives”(5.1.19) | a. Balthasarb. Romeoc. Juliet is dead in the Capulet’s tomb |
| “Then I deny you, stars!”(5.1.25) | a. Romeob. Balthasarc. Romeo denies his fate that Juliet is dead |
| “The world is not thy friend, nor the world’s law./The world affords no law to make thee rich”(5.1.76) | a. Romeob. apothecaryc. Romeo tries to convince the apothecary that the apothecary’s life in Mantua is already so bad, so breaking a little law isn’t going to hurt |
| “Where the infectious pestilence did reign/sealed up the doors and would not let us forth”(5.2.10) | a. Friar Johnb. Friar Lawrencec. Friar John says that he wasn’t able to leave Mantua to deliver the letter to Romeo because of the plague’s contamination |
| “Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew”(5.3.12) | a. Parisb. about Julietc. Paris calls Juliet a flower and says that he’s going to leave flowers on her grave |
| “More fierce and inexorable far/Than empty tigers or the roaring sea” (5.3.38) | a. Romeob. Parisc. Romeo says that his intentions right now to be with Juliet is greater than any natural force |
| “Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead/And Paris, too. Come, I’ll dispose of thee” (5.3.161) | a. Friar Lawrenceb. Julietc. Friar Lawrence tells Juliet that Romeo and Paris are both dead |
| “Haply some poison yet doth hang on them/To make me die with a restorative./Thy lips are warm”(5.3.171) | a. Julietb. soliloquyc. Juliet hopes Romeo has some poison on his lips so she can take it as a medicine to kill herself |
| “O happy dagger/This is my sheath. There rust, and let me die”(5.3.175) | a. Julietb. soliloquyc. Juliet’s final words before she kills herself |
| “Oh me, this sight of death is a bell/That warns my old age to a sepulcher(5.3.215) | a. Lady Capuletb. everybodyc. Lady Capulet says the sight of all the death (Romeo, Prince, Juliet) is indicator that she might die too |
| “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life/Be sacrificed some hour before his time/Unto the rigor of severest law”(5.3.274) | a. Friar Lawrenceb. everybodyc. Friar Larence admits that a lot of this death is his fault and is willing to die under the law |
| “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate/That heaven finds means to kill you joys with love”(5.3.303) | a. Princeb. everybodyc. The Prince says that the hate between the Montagues and the Capulets have killed their children |
| “O brother Montague, give me thy hand”(5.3.306) | a. Lord Capuletb. Lord Montaguec. Capulet asks for a truce between their two families |
| “A glooming peace this morning brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head”(5.3.316) | a. Princeb. everybodyc. The Prince says that through all of the tragedy, some kind of a peace was forged because the Montagues and Capulets reconciled their differences |
Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1
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Literary Device – Romeo and Juliet
September 16, 2019O me, what fray was here?
Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.
Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. (I.i.)
Romeo makes his first appearance a few moments after the Prince has ended a fight between Montagues and Capulets. These lines establish that Romeo is tired of the feud between the two families. He compares the families’ hatred to his own love for Rosaline, which establishes the close connection between love and violence running throughout the play.
I fear too early, for my mind misgives;
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin. (I.iv)
Romeo agrees to attend the Capulets’ ball, but he fears his decision may set off a chain of events that will end in tragedy. Throughout the play we get a strong sense that Romeo and Juliet cannot escape their fates. When Romeo says that the consequences of his decision are “hanging in the stars,” he reminds the audience that the “star-crossed” lovers of the Prologue are doomed to die.
O she doth teach the torches to burn bright.
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear. (I.v.)
These lines express Romeo’s first impression of Juliet. In discussing his love for Rosaline, Romeo uses stale clichés drawn from the Petrarchan love poetry that was popular in Shakespeare’s day. As soon as he sees Juliet, Romeo’s language takes on a striking and original quality, which suggests that his passion for her is authentic.
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. (II.ii.)
As Romeo approaches Juliet’s bedroom, he describes her in language drawn from astrology, such as suns, moons, and stars. This grandiose imagery suggests that Romeo believes his love for Juliet is not earthbound, but transcendent. Juliet herself is a force as powerful as the sun, the literal center of the universe. However, astrological imagery also reminds the audience that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed”—in other words, fated to die. The following lines read “arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,” suggesting that Romeo’s love for Juliet has supplanted his previous, weaker infatuation with Rosaline.
With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,
For stony limits cannot hold love out. (II.ii.)
Juliet asks Romeo how he has managed to reach her bedroom, and this is his reply. These lines show that for Romeo, love is freedom. As a lover, he can ignore the boundaries set by the feud between Montagues and Capulets. Yet Romeo’s words also suggest that he retains a primarily abstract and poetic understanding of love, more fantasy than reality.
O sweet Juliet
Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper softened valor’s steel! (III.i.)
When Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo regrets not fighting Tybalt himself. This is a turning point in Romeo’s story. Up until now, Romeo has been trying to free himself from the feud between Montagues and Capulets as well as the masculine code of honor that keeps the feud going. When he blames Juliet for making him “effeminate,” he is embracing the masculine code once more.
This line is the first moment in the play when it seems Romeo and Juliet might have a chance to talk about something besides their love for one another. However, the chance never comes, because Romeo has to escape from Verona. This moment emphasizes that Romeo and Juliet’s love is new and immature. Part of the play’s tragedy is that the lovers will never have the chance to have an adult relationship.
Important Quotes From Act 5 Romeo And Juliet
I defy you, stars! (V.i.)
5 Key Quotes From Romeo And Juliet
Romeo refuses to accept Juliet’s death. He decides to return to Verona, but his attempt to defy the “stars” only succeeds in bringing about his tragic fate, which emphasizes that the lovers’ destiny is inescapable. Because the Prologue references the lovers’ “star-crossed” fate, every subsequent reference to the stars, or to the heavens in general, reminds the audience of the sad fate awaiting the lovers, and their inability to avoid it, try though they might.