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| "Go, then for 'tis in vain/ to seek him here that means not to be found" |
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WHO: Benvolio to Mercutio
WHEN: Romeo is so in love with Juliet that he can't stay away from her. Mercutio and Benvolio are looking for him.
SIGNIFICANCE: Mercutio shouldn't look for Romeo if he doesn't want to be found, but really Romeo doesn't want people to find that he is over Roseline and now loves Juliet
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| "The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars/ As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven" |
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WHO: Romeo to Juliet
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Romeo is talking about how pretty Juliet is, and they both think that the other person isn't in love as much as themself is
SIGNIFICANCE: Romeo uses powerful similies and words to show how affectionate he is for Juliet
SPEECH: simile-She is so pretty that the stars would look dull like daylight makes a lamp look dull |
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| "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Romeo and Juliet are expressing their love for one another
SIGNIFICANCE: Their families are in a feud, so they aren't supposed to love each other, and if their families got along, they could be together for real with permission
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| "That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet." |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Romeo and Juliet are talking about their love for each other and how they can't be together with permission from their parents because their families are enemies.
SIGNIFICANCE: Their love for each other is so strong that they don't care what their name is. If they were any other two families, there wouldn't be a problem with them being together, but their families are enemies. A rose would smell as sweet with any name, just like Juliet loves Romeo even though he is a Montegue
SPEECH: alliteration-smell as sweet |
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Term
| "My life were better ended by their hate/ Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." |
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WHO: Romeo to Juliet
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Romeo and Juliet are talking about their love for each other.
SIGNIFICANCE: Romeo loves Juliet so much that he would rather die with the Capulets hating him than having Juliet love him.
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| "If thou does love, pronounce it faithfully/ Or, if thou thinkest I am too quickly won,/ I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay/ So thou wilt woo, but else not for the world." |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Romeo and Juliet are expressing their love for one another. Juliet is worried that Romeo fell in love with her too quickly and doesn't actually truly love her.
SIGNIFICANCE: Both Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight and now that they want to get married, Juliet is making sure that Romeo actually loves her and it isn't just infatuation
SPEECH: alliteration- wilt woo |
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| "O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,/ That monthly changes in her [circled] orb,/ Lest that thy love prove likewise variable" |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Juliet is worried that Romeo doesn't love her as much as she loves him, although Romeo is thinking the same thing
SIGNIFICANCE: Juliet said not to swear by the moon because it was inconsistent and she didn't want their love to be inconsistent.
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| "It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden." |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, Romeo and Juliet are figuring out from each other whether or not their love is true love. Juliet decides not to get married, but then comes back and changes her mind
SIGNIFICANCE: Juliet loves Romeo, but feels that they have fallen in love too quickly and haven't given much thought to their marriage
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| "Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed./ If that thy bent of love be honorable,/ Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow,/ By one that I'll procure to come to thee,/ Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite,/ And all my fortunes at they foot I'll lay/ and follow thee my [lord] throughout the world." |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the capulets garden right after Juliet reenters from saying that she didn't want to marry Romeo, and now forming a plan for if Romeo does want to marry her
SIGNIFICANCE: Juliet changes her mind and decides that the decision of getting married is up to Romeo and if he wants to get married, he should tell Juliet the next day.
SPEECH: alliteration-fortunes at thy foot |
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| "Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,/ But love from love, toward school with heavy looks." |
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WHO: Romeo to Juliet
WHEN: In the Capulets garden right after Juliet tells Romeo the plan if Romeo wants to marry Juliet. Juliet
SIGNIFICANCE: Lovers go toward love as with as much enthusiasm as schoolboys finish school, but they leave each other like how a schoolboy feels going to school
SPEECH: couplet- books, looks
personification- heavy looks
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| "Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow." |
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WHO: Juliet to Romeo
WHEN: In the Capulets garden, right before Juliet leaves for the final time. Romeo is about to go to Friar Lawrence to see if he will marry them
SIGNIFICANCE: This shows how much they are in love with each other and how hard it is for them to leave each other
SPEECH: alliteration- such sweet sorrow
hyperbole-parting is such sweet sorrow |
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| "The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;/ What is her burying grave, that is her womb." |
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WHO: Friar Lawrence to Romeo
WHEN: Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence to see if he will marry them. Friar lawrence gives his opening speech with many opposites, including this one.
SIGNIFICANCE: Life comes from death and death comes from life. They are born from the earth and die in the same place.
SPEECH: couplet-tomb, womb |
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