Key facts: Friar Lawrence: R+J’s relationship:
- MONTAGUES - Romeo, Lord/Lady M, Mercutio,
Benvolio, Balthasar, Abram - ‘For this alliance may so happy prove’ Act 2; Scene - ‘For I ne’er saw true beauty
3 – agrees to marry R+J In hope to end the feud
- CAPULETS - Juliet, Nurse, Lord/Lady C, Tybalt,
till this night’ Act 1; Scene 5 (Romeo) –
shows his Instant love for Juliet + his
Paris, Peter, Rosaline, Sampson + Gregory - ‘Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast’ Act Impulsiveness - HARMARTIA
2; Scene 3 – wise words against Impulsivity
- NON-AFFILIATED - Friar Lawrence, Paris, Prince
- ‘My only love sprung from
- Romeo’s harmartia Is Impulsiveness - ‘O Juliet, I already know thy grief’ Act 4; Scene 1 –
my only hate’ Act 1; Scene 5 (Juliet) –
aware of Juliets feelings on marrying Paris
Romeo Is her true love but Is stopped by
Fate: - ‘A cold and drowsy humour’ Act 4; Scene 1 –
family’s conflict
- ‘A pair of star-cross’d
adjectives to show he’s plotting for Juliet to take the sleeping
draught
- ‘Oh what a beast was I to
lovers take their life’ chide at him’ Act 3; Scene 2 (Juliet) – Is
Prologue – destiny of R+J - ‘here untimely lay, The noble Paris and true not mad at Romeo even though he killed her
cousin (Tybalt)
Romeo dead’ Act 5; Scene 3 - anecdote of FL telling people
- ‘If he be married my about the plan that’s gone wrong - ‘Thus, with a kiss I die’ Act 5;
grave is like to be my Scene 3 (Romeo) – shows love/connection they
have - last thing he wanted to do was kiss her
wedding bed’ Act 1; Scene 5
(Juliet) – If Romeo Is married, she’ll die
unmarried - ends up that her grave Is her - ‘‘O Happy dagger’ Act 5; Scene 3
Romeo By
wedding bed (Juliet) - oxymoronic, saying that without
Romeo, her life Isn’t worth living
- ‘O, I am Fortune’s fool!’ Shakespeare
Act 3; Scene 2 (Romeo) – cursing fate
after killing Tybalt The Nurse:
- ‘What must be shall be’
Act 4; Scene 1 (Juliet) – Words have
double meaning - talking about
something that will never happen again -
And - ‘What lamb? What Ladybird! God
forbid, where’s this girl? What
she’ll do whatever she needs to for Juliet?’ Act 1; Scene 3 – pet names show
Juliet
Romeo close her relationship with Juliet
- ‘I defy you, stars!’ Act 5; - ‘Bigger women grow by men’ Act 1;
Scene 1 – metaphor and Irony as he’s Scene 3 – humour that women fall pregnant
trying to go against fate but actually easy in hands of men
taking destined path - HAMARTIA
- ‘I am so vexed that every part
Romeo Montague: about me quivers’ Act 2; Scene 4 –
adjective hyperbole to show nurses anger at
- ‘O brawling love, O loving hate’ Act 1; Scene 1 – oxymorons to show Romeo’s confused state Romeo and friends
- ‘For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night’ Act 1; Scene 5 – shows his Impulsiveness - ‘I think you are happy in this
considering he just wanted Rosaline second match, for it excels your first’
Act 3; Scene 5 – still says this though she
- ‘I am fortune’s fool’ Act 3; Scene 1 – cursing fate even after he killed Tybalt earlier betrayed her (wants Juliet to be happy)
- ‘I defy you, stars!’ Act 5; Scene 1 – metaphor and Irony as he’s trying to go against fate but actually - ‘She’s dead decease’d, she’s dead,
taking destined path - HAMARTIA she’s dead!’ Act 4; Scene 5 - repetition
alerting Lady C of Juliets pretend death
- ‘Thus, with a kiss I die’ Act 5; Scene 3 - shows love for Juliet - last thing he done was kiss her (shocked)
- MONTAGUES - Romeo, Lord/Lady M, Mercutio,
Benvolio, Balthasar, Abram - ‘For this alliance may so happy prove’ Act 2; Scene - ‘For I ne’er saw true beauty
3 – agrees to marry R+J In hope to end the feud
- CAPULETS - Juliet, Nurse, Lord/Lady C, Tybalt,
till this night’ Act 1; Scene 5 (Romeo) –
shows his Instant love for Juliet + his
Paris, Peter, Rosaline, Sampson + Gregory - ‘Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast’ Act Impulsiveness - HARMARTIA
2; Scene 3 – wise words against Impulsivity
- NON-AFFILIATED - Friar Lawrence, Paris, Prince
- ‘My only love sprung from
- Romeo’s harmartia Is Impulsiveness - ‘O Juliet, I already know thy grief’ Act 4; Scene 1 –
my only hate’ Act 1; Scene 5 (Juliet) –
aware of Juliets feelings on marrying Paris
Romeo Is her true love but Is stopped by
Fate: - ‘A cold and drowsy humour’ Act 4; Scene 1 –
family’s conflict
- ‘A pair of star-cross’d
adjectives to show he’s plotting for Juliet to take the sleeping
draught
- ‘Oh what a beast was I to
lovers take their life’ chide at him’ Act 3; Scene 2 (Juliet) – Is
Prologue – destiny of R+J - ‘here untimely lay, The noble Paris and true not mad at Romeo even though he killed her
cousin (Tybalt)
Romeo dead’ Act 5; Scene 3 - anecdote of FL telling people
- ‘If he be married my about the plan that’s gone wrong - ‘Thus, with a kiss I die’ Act 5;
grave is like to be my Scene 3 (Romeo) – shows love/connection they
have - last thing he wanted to do was kiss her
wedding bed’ Act 1; Scene 5
(Juliet) – If Romeo Is married, she’ll die
unmarried - ends up that her grave Is her - ‘‘O Happy dagger’ Act 5; Scene 3
Romeo By
wedding bed (Juliet) - oxymoronic, saying that without
Romeo, her life Isn’t worth living
- ‘O, I am Fortune’s fool!’ Shakespeare
Act 3; Scene 2 (Romeo) – cursing fate
after killing Tybalt The Nurse:
- ‘What must be shall be’
Act 4; Scene 1 (Juliet) – Words have
double meaning - talking about
something that will never happen again -
And - ‘What lamb? What Ladybird! God
forbid, where’s this girl? What
she’ll do whatever she needs to for Juliet?’ Act 1; Scene 3 – pet names show
Juliet
Romeo close her relationship with Juliet
- ‘I defy you, stars!’ Act 5; - ‘Bigger women grow by men’ Act 1;
Scene 1 – metaphor and Irony as he’s Scene 3 – humour that women fall pregnant
trying to go against fate but actually easy in hands of men
taking destined path - HAMARTIA
- ‘I am so vexed that every part
Romeo Montague: about me quivers’ Act 2; Scene 4 –
adjective hyperbole to show nurses anger at
- ‘O brawling love, O loving hate’ Act 1; Scene 1 – oxymorons to show Romeo’s confused state Romeo and friends
- ‘For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night’ Act 1; Scene 5 – shows his Impulsiveness - ‘I think you are happy in this
considering he just wanted Rosaline second match, for it excels your first’
Act 3; Scene 5 – still says this though she
- ‘I am fortune’s fool’ Act 3; Scene 1 – cursing fate even after he killed Tybalt earlier betrayed her (wants Juliet to be happy)
- ‘I defy you, stars!’ Act 5; Scene 1 – metaphor and Irony as he’s trying to go against fate but actually - ‘She’s dead decease’d, she’s dead,
taking destined path - HAMARTIA she’s dead!’ Act 4; Scene 5 - repetition
alerting Lady C of Juliets pretend death
- ‘Thus, with a kiss I die’ Act 5; Scene 3 - shows love for Juliet - last thing he done was kiss her (shocked)
