Romeo and Juliet Act I and Act II
What does Benvolio mean, or he is known for?
"Well wisher"
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name! Or if thou wilt not, but be sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet."
Juliet
"Then have my lips the sin that they have took."
Juliet
"You kiss by th'book"
Juliet
"My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy"
Juliet ***** famous quote
"Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow" what literary device is used
Juliet - couplet
"Doth thy name" who says this and what does it mean
Juliet is asking him to forget their names, not to tie themselves down with their families, and maybe even disassociate themselves
"This bud of love, by summers ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flow'r when next we meet"
Juliet saying she wants to marry him but she wants to wait, and the next time they meet she will tell him yes
"What's In a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet..."
Juliet- * know that this means a name doesn't change who a person is
"Well, think of marriage now. Younger than you, Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are made already mothers. By my count, I was your mother much upon these years That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief: The valiant Paris seeks you for his love."
lady capulet/ wife
"if you be not of the house of the montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine"
lord capulet
"Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone. 'A bears him like a portly gentleman," who says this and why?
lord capulet - Part of the reason he didn't go along with tybalt is because of prince eschalus warning that if the families fight again, it will end with death
"You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings And soar with them above a common bound."
mercutio
whiich is the more enrgetic, light hearted friend of romeo?
mercutio
"Nay, he's a flower, in faith- a very flower."
nurse
"such a man, as all the world, why hes a man of wax" who said this and what does this mean?
nurse- he is perfection
"What say you? Can you love the gentleman?This night you shall behold him at our feast.Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, And find delight writ there with beauty's pen; Examine every married lineament, And see how one another lends content;And what obscur'd in this fair volume lies Find written in the margent of his eyes, This precious book of love, this unbound lover,To beautify him only lacks a cover. "What say you? Can you love the gentleman?This night you shall behold him at our feast.Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;Examine every married lineament, And see how one another lends content And what obscur'd in this fair volume liesFind written in the margent of his eyes, This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lacks a cover The fish lives in the sea, and 'tis much pride For fair without the fair within to hide. That book in many's eyes doth share the glory, That in gold clasps locks in the golden story; So shall you share all that he doth possess, By having him making yourself no less." who said this and what is he or she explaing ?
nurse- she is using an extended metaphor to show paris is a book that lacks a cover, and juliet could be the cover
"Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy, I will bear the light."
romeo
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?"
romeo
"I am too sore enpierced with his shaft To soar with his light feathers;"
romeo
"I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, but to rejoice in splendour of my own"
romeo
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
romeo
"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do! They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair."
romeo
why does tybalt want to fight romeo?
romeo went to the capulet ball
"Then move not while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips, by thine my sin is purg'd." what happens adter this ?
romeo- he kisses her
"You have dancing shoes With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move." who says this and explain the literary device.
romeo- it is a pun, using shoe soles and souls
"What lady's that, which doth enrich the hand" who is the speaker. and who is the lady?
romeo- juliet
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows" who is the speaker, and explain. what literary devices are used?
romeo- shows us that romeo js quick to fall in love, and also uses imagery, has a dark writing style, and rhyming
"As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." who is the speaker and explain the literary devices
romeo- speaking about juliet using rhyming couplets as well as light and dark imagery
both acts begin with a fourteen line poem called a...?
sonnet
who overhears romeo at the capulet ball?
tybalt
"This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What, dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?" who is the speaker, and edplain what is happening in this scene.
tybalt- recognizes Romeos voice,so he orders his servant to fetch his short sword to go after Romeo because he feels as if he has only come to the party to mock the capulets, to free or scorn at their occasion. Capulets reaction is that he doesnt go along with tybalt
dramatic irony
we know more than what the character knows, such as nurse actually helping juliet
what does "wherefore " mean?
why
"Verona's summer hath not such a flower."
wife/ lady capulet
"Go ask his name"
Juliet
"What say you to my suit?"
Paris - asking for Juliet
"Once more, on pain of death, all men depart "
Princ Escalus
"If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace"
Prince Escalus
"Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, profaners of this neighbor..."
Prince Escalus
"Throw your mist empires weapons to the ground..,,three civil brawls...have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets"
Prince Escalus
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."
juliet
"I'll look to like, if looking liking move;" who says this and what is he or she saying?
juliet- "If I look and like him more ok mom you win"
"He ran this way, and leapt this orchard wall. Call, good mercutio"
Benvolio
"I'll pay that doctrine, or else die in debt."
Benvolio
"In the instant came the fiery tybalt"
Benvolio
"So early walking did I see your son, towards him I made; but he was ware of me and stole into the covert of the wood."
Benvolio
"In love?"--- who is the speaker "Out-"---- "Of love?"--- " out of her favour where I am in love"--
Benvolio Romeo, Benvolio, Romeo
Who are two major character foils in the first two acts?
Benvolio and Romeo, and Benvolio and tybalt
"Examine other beautifies" who says this and what does it mean?
Benvolio- go find another girl
"Star cross'd" means...what?
Fate, role of the gods and goddesses
"In one respect oil thy assistant be....to turn your households rancour to pure love "
Friar
"The grey- eyed morn smiles on the frowning night"
Friar- it is night time
Friar
Ghostly father
Why does friar agree to marry the lovers?
He think it will end the feud
"Be rul'd by me: forget to think of her" what is Benvolio saying ?
Here is my advice, she's not worth it, stop thinking about her ( Rosaline)
"Woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; my will to her consent is but a part" who says this and what does it mean?
Lord Capulet says this to Paris, telling Him Juliet will still have a say in her own marriage
"Let two more summers wither in their pride, ere we may think her ripe to be a bride" who says this and what does it mean?
Lord Capulet- he thinks she is to young to get married
"Away from light steals home my heavy son and private in his chamber pens himself, shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight and makes himself an artificial night"
Lord Montague
"Many a morning hath he there been seen, with tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew"
Lord Montague
"This night I hold an old accustom'd feast"
Lore Capulet
What is the Capulet orchard scene known for?
Many soliloquies used in the scene between the two lovers, as well as a monologue with Romeo himself, but he doesn't know Juliet is listening
"His name is Romeo, and a Montague, the only son of your great enemy"
Nurse
"Then hie you hence to friar Lawrence's cell; there stays a husband to make you a wife....to fetch a I ladderm by the which your love"
Nurse
"Alas that love, whose view is muffled still"
Romeo
"Ay mine own fortune in my misery"
Romeo
"It is my lady, O! It is my love"
Romeo
"See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!"
Romeo
"She hath Dian's wit"
Romeo
"Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urg'd! Give me my sin again"
Romeo
"Thou canst not teach me to forget."
Romeo
"To call hers ( exquisite ) in one question more. These happy masks that kiss fair ladies brows, being black puts us in mind they hide the fair."
Romeo
"Why, such life's transgression. Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast.."
Romeo
The montagues are the family of whom?
Romeo
What is the problem with Romeo loving Juliet?
Romeo loves Juliet but she is the daughter of the capulets, his parents enemies
"I have nights cloak to hide me from their sight"
Romeo, darkness will hide him but he is not afraid of being caught anyways
"What is her mother?"--? "Mother is the lady of the house."--?
Romeo, then nurse
"O, teach me how I should forget to think!" Who says this, and what are they at this point?
Romeo, who is an emotional wreck
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun! Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon who is already sick with pale and grief, that though her maid far more fair than she" who says this and explain.
Romeo- light and dark imagery used, such as the envious moon saying something abut his assessment of her radiance, the stars refer to her eyes and brightness of cheeks
"Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O miss heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well- seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is, this love feel aim that feel no love in this." Who is the speaker and what is happening? What literary device is used?
Romeo-he is explains how confuses he is, and saying OXYMORONS to effect his state of confusion
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r."
juliet
Who is Romeos first "lover"
Rosaline
What imagery is associated with Rosaline?
Rosaline will go from a swan to a crow
How does the story begin?
Sampson, mercutio, and the other men fighting for the feud between the families
"Find them out whose names are written here......find what names then writing person hath.." What is happening and who says this?
Servant- and meaning "what a fool my boss is when he gives me a list of who to invite when I can't read"
"Perhaps you have learned it without book, but pray I can. You read anything you see?"
Servent
Comic relief
Sometimes Shakespeare will add a break, from the serious nature of the tragedy
What does Romeo compare Juliet's eyes to?
Stars
Juliet is part of which family?
The Capulets
What is significant about the first main scene in friar Lawrence's cell?
The entire scene is written in couplets
What does "exeunt" mean in the book?
They all exit
Who is "fiery nephew of lord and lady Capulet angry"
Tybalt
Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?
Verona, Italy
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake."
juliet- keep in mind her and romeo are forming a shakespearean sonnet through their conversation when meeting at the ball
Every line at the end of a scene ends in what?
a couplet
"At this same ancient feast of Capulet's Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so lov'st; With all the admired beauties of Verona. Go thither, and with unattainted eye Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow."
benvolio
who are the two fueding families?
capulets and the montagues
in the scene, when benvolio is comforting romeo, he becomes a .......what to romeo?
character foil
whi is the prince, what is his name?
escalus