Term
"Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie,
And young affection gapes to be his heir."
(II, Prolouge, I) |
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Definition
a. chorus
b. audience
c. Romeo is leaving the party because it had just ended and he and Juliet are madly in love with each other's looks.
d. this is an example of foreshadowing because now that they are in love, something about death is bound to happen. |
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Term
"The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;
What is her burying grave, that is her womb."
(II, III, 9-10) |
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Definition
a. Friar Lawrence
b. himself
c. F. Lawrence is examining a flower and is noticing all the contrasts of it.
d. this is an example of contrasts because FL is saying the earth is nature’s mother, where all living grows; it is also their tomb after they die. |
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Term
"Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence's cell.
There stays a husband to make you a wife."
(II, VI, 73-74) |
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Definition
a. nurse.
b. juliet.
c. Juliet asks nurse to find out if romeo wants to marry her. After being gone for 6 hours, Juliet is restless. Finally nurse tells her what Romeo says.
d. this is important because this showing how juliet finds out how shes getting married. |
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Term
"He jests at scars that never felt a wound."
(II, II, I) |
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Definition
a. romeo
b. himself
c. benvolio and mercuio just made fun of him because he ditches them and romeo is annoyed.
d. romeo believes that his two bffs pick at scars theyve never felt the pain of. |
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Term
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?"
(II, II, II) |
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Definition
a. romeo
b. himself
c. romeo sneaks into juliet house after the party ends and he sees a light.
d. throughout literatuer this line has been praised, but we now see all he says is someone turned on a light. |
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Term
" What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word wouse smell as sweet."
(II, II, 46-47) |
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Definition
a. juliet
b. romeo
c. juliet is deciding about romeo because she has just found out that he is a montague.
d. this is important because she cleary decides that she will choose romeo no matter what. |
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Term
"I have no joy of this contract tonight. it is to rash, too unadvised, too sudden."
(II, II 124-125) |
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Definition
a. Juliet
b. Romeo
c. Juliet and Romeo are discussing their affections for each other. And Romeo wants to woo Juliet, but shes starting to feel that its going to fast.
d. Juliet feels as if its going too fats, but she decides to get married anyway. |
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Term
"Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow."
(II, II, 199-200) |
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Definition
a. juliet
b. romeo
c. for the 3rd time, juliet tries to say goodbye to romoe her love after a long discussion.
d. like the first time a boyfriend and girlfriend talk on the phone, it is hard for them to leave each other. |
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Term
"Within the insatnt rind of this weak flower Poison hath residence and medicine power."
(II, III, 23-24) |
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Definition
a. Friar Lawrence
b. himself
c. FL is looking at his flowers and talking to himself.
d. flowers are two faced--they have both beuaty and poison in them. |
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Term
"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo."
(II, II, II) |
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Definition
a. Juliet
b. herself
c. Juliet walks outside to discuss her feelings after meeing Romeo, a montague.
d. Juliet loves Romeo |
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