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He compares peace with hell, suggesting he is immortal (links to Catholic religion) and is full of anger and evil. Tybalt represents the underlying violent nature of Veronese society. |
'What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the words / As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee.' - Tybalt |
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Romeo’s questioning of ‘did my heart love till now?’ Reflects Romeo’s naivety in love. This is shown since Romeo is asking questions about himself, he doesn’t have all the answers etc. This reflects how despite declaring his love for people, he isn’t completely sure about what actually constitutes love. He is quick to change etc
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"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
Romeo |
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Juliet is witty and intelligent, criticising Romeo’s cliche poetic verses. She teases Romeo about kissing according to the norms instead of from his heart, “you kiss by th’ book”, showing that she is more mature than Romeo. |
"much rich in matter than words." |
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Juliet declares her indifference to the rival family name of her lover, Romeo. Her love for him transcends this label regardless of its social significance. |
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet." Juliet |
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Mercutio is used by Shakespeare as a structural device to provide a source of humour and action in the play. Mercutio being killed may be the start of the slow build up to Romeo and Juliet’s death, making the audience become more tense and anticipating of their deaths. Alternatively, Shakespeare may have used Mercutio’s death the emphasise the scale of the feud. |
'Brave Mercutio is dead!'
Benvolio |
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Vocabulary surrounding God. So their love is associated with the religious imagery suggests that their love can only be described purity and passion They’re close to blasphemy, suggesting that there is an almost wrong nature to their love, foreshadowing the conflict it will cause. Their love faces conflict from both family and religion |
"My lips, two blushing pilgrims” |
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Juliet wants Romeo to be genuine and stop using traditional, colloquial poetry when expressing affection. |
"O gentle Romeo / If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully” - Juliet |
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Juliet is being disobedient. The verb ‘hang’ relates, especially for the Shakespearian audience, to the semantic field of death and the public executions. Capulet using this verb implies to the audience that Capulet has no care for Juliet and that her actions were criminal. Capulet clearly shows his controlling and dictating character. He doesn't like it when things don’t go his way. |
"Disobedient wretch" / "Hang thee” Lord Capulet |
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Romeo feels as though his love has made him for feminine (a popular belief in Elizabethan times). He refused to fight Tybalt. Here, Romeo’s love clashes with society’s expectations, foreshadowing and enforcing the doomed aspect of their relationship |
"O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate” - Romeo |
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A perfectly sculptured man. This foreshadows Nurse’s betrayal of Juliet and encouragement to marry Paris not Romeo. “wax” melts when warmed, suggests that Paris’ love isn’t authentic, he is dehumanised, he has no true substance and isn’t a reliable husband in the terms of love. |
"a man of wax” - the Nurse speaking about Paris |
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A1s1 mirrors the quote from the Bible, “father forgive them, they know not what they do”. Jesus was a peacekeeper, as is Benvolio. |
"Part fools, / Put up your swords, you know not what they do” - Benvolio |
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Benvolio can sense when a fight is about to occur, shows the audience that he’s been apart of this feud a long time, and these fights are becoming normalised. |
"these hot days is the mad blood stirring” - Benvolio |
