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The Prologue |
-Chorus -in the Prologue -give summary of the whole story in a sonnet |
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"A dog of that house shall move to me stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's." |
-Sampson -Act 1 -Scene 1 -always against the Montague's, the rivalry is what they live for, they hate them with a passion, they feel they are superior, they make them angry with anything the do |
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"The quarrel is between our masters and us their men." |
-Gregory -Act 1 -Scene 1 -the fight is only between our masters and we are only the men that work for them -this is not our battle -we don't have to be hostile because we aren't Capulets not Montagues
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"I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bare it." |
-Sampson -Act 1 -Scene 1 -I will give them a gesture of disrespect -if they (Montagues) ignore it they know they are less of me and they will be dishonored |
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"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee coward." |
-Tybalt -Act 1 -Scene 1 -he hates peace just like he hates the Montagues -he wants to fight them, because that is all he knows how to do |
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"Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!" |
-Citizens -Act 1 -Scene 1 -the town is tired of this quarrel because it causes so many problems -beat and punish both of the houses -they both deserve punishment for their foolishness
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"My sword, I say! Old Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me." |
-Capulet -Act 1 -Scene 1 -he is going to fight just because he thinks that Montague is there taunting him and that pisses him off |
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"Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not. Let me go." |
-Montague -Act 1 -Scene 1 -response to Capulet -accept to a fight |
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"Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground, And hear the sentence of your moved prince. Three civil brawls bred of an airy word By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturbed the quite of our streets." |
-Prince -Act 1 -Scene 1 -put down your weapons or be tortured -you are causing many problems among our people and town all because you two talk to each other and suddenly you break out into a huge fight |
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"If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." |
-Prince -Act 1 -Scene 1 -if you ever fight in the streets again, you will be killed -foreshadowing -everyone is sick of it -tries to end quarrel |
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"Once more, on pain of death, all men depart." |
-Prince -Act 1 -Scene 1 -go away an stop fighting or die -shows how serious the prince is being |
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"Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach?" |
-Montague -Act 1 -Scene 1 -who started this old fight up again? |
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"But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest east begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora's bed." |
-Montague -Act 1 -Scene 1 -talking about Romeo to Benvolio -Romeo never sees the daylight anymore -he always comes home as soon as the sun rises and locks himself in darkness -(sad because Rosaline doesn't love him) |
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"Not having that which, having, makes them short." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 1 -he is being dramatic because he is so bored and doesn't have his "love" to make the hours seem long -because he doesn't have his "love" the days and hours seem longer to him |
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"Out of her favor where I am in love." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 1 -he loves someone who doesn't love him back |
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"O loving hate." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 1 -a love that comes from hate -an obsession with each other -love is all of the emotions -defines the rivalry as a love |
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"By giving liberty unto thine eyes. Examine other beauties." |
-Benvolio -Act 1 -Scene 1 -look at other beautiful girls -hoping that Romeo will realize that he is not in love with a person but with a face |
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"These happy masks that kiss fair ladies' brows, Being black, puts us in mind they hide the fair." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 1 -beautiful women like to wear mask over their faces to make us think of beauty lies beneath them
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"Thou canst not teach me to forget." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 1 -I can not forget this "great beauty" even if you teach me |
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"I'll pay that doctrine or else die in debt." |
-Benvolio -Act 1 -Scene 1 -he will teach Romeo how to forget or else die showing him that lesson -first time we noticed how W.S. compares being in love and being in debt
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"But saying o’er what I have said before. May child is yet a stranger in the world. She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Let two more summers wither in their pride Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride." |
-Capulet -Act 1 -Scene 2 -knows Juliet is still young and he doesn't want her to marry yet -wait two more years -looking out for Juliet
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"And too soon marred are those so early made. Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she… And, she agreed, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice." |
-Capulet -Act 1 -Scene 2 -the girls who marry young have to grow up too fast and he doesn't want Juliet to have to grow up that fast, wants to wait until she is already mature -gives him permission to "seduce" her -she has to agree to it (Capulet is being nice, in the beginning) |
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-Benvolio (to Romeo) -Act 1 -Scene 2 -you can put out a fire by starting another -your pain now will be lessened by even more in the future -stop being a baby, this isn't "true" pain |
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"Why Romeo, art thou mad?"
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-Benvolio -Act 1 -Scene 2 -are you crazy romeo? -are you going crazy due to you "loving" her |
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"Now I’ll tell you without asking. My master is the great rich Capulet, and, if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry." |
-Peter -Act 1 -Scene 2 -invites them to the party of the Capulets if they aren't Montagues -foreshadowing
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"Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves… And I will make thee think thy swan a crow." |
-Benvolio -Act 1 -Scene 2 -go to the feast and compare Rosaline to other girls and she will look like a crow by the end of the night |
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"That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now seems best." |
-Benvolio -Act 1 -Scene 2 -after you compare to others you will longer think she is the best -foreshadowing
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"I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in splendor of mine own." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 2 -I will go not because I will examine other beauties but to see Rosaline, the woman I love |
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"Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit." |
-Nurse -Act 1 -Scene 3 -when someone is mature enough and has had enough life experience that is when they should married and... |
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"An I might live to see thee married once." |
-Nurse -Act 1 -Scene 3 -all she wants is to see Juliet get married because she raised her -her only wish is to see her married -wants the best for Juliet |
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"It is an honor that I dream not of." |
-Juliet -Act 1 -Scene 3 -she doesn't want to get married -shows Juliet's independence |
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"Well, think of marriage now... The valiant Paris seeks you for his love." |
-Lady Capulet -Act 1 -Scene 3 -there are women much younger than you in this town that are already married and mothers -the count Paris seeks you to be his wife -foreshadowing |
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"A man young lady! Lady, such a man as the world. Why, he's a man of wax." |
-Nurse -Act 1 -Scene 2 -this man is the best man in the world and is perfect as if he sculpted from wax -nurse has a crush on him |
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"No less? Nay, bigger. Women grow by men." |
-Nurse -Act 1 -Scene 3 -Women don't lose anything -they gain something -men make women grow by getting them pregnant |
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"Speak briefly. Can you like of Paris, love?"
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-Lady Capulet -Act 1 -Scene 3 -Can you accept Paris' love? -asking her permission which never happened back then |
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"Ill look to like if looking liking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." |
-Juliet -Act 1 -Scene 3 -she will look at what he looks like but not any deeper -I won't let myself fall for himself any deeper than what your permission allows -I won't love him, but I might like him -again showing Juliet's independence |
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"Not I believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground I cannot move." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 4 -he can't dance -foreshadowing that he won't dance at the ball |
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"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 4 -is love really tender and sweet -it is too rough rude an rowdy -it hurts like a thorn |
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"That dreamers often lie." |
-Mercutio -Act 1 -Scene 4 -dreamers often lie -they keep it inside
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"Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 4 -Romeo telling Mercutio to shut up |
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"I fear too early, for my mind misgives… On, lusty gentlemen. |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 4 -has a hunch that going to this party will start something bad, or something bad will happen (foreshadowing) -something that will end in his own death -but he is okay with that |
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"When good manners shall lie all in one or two men's hands, and they unwashed too, 'tis a foul thing." |
-First Servingman -Act 1 -Scene 5 -when only one or two men have manners an they are dirty things are bad
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"What lady is that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?" |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -he spots juliet dancing with paris
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"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright… For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -she is vibrant, her beauty stands out, she is too beautiful to die, she outshines other women's beauty -my eyes did not know what really beauty was until this night when I saw her
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"This, by his voice… to strike him dead I hold it not a sin." |
-Tybalt -Act 1 -Scene 5 -recognizes that Romeo Montague is in his house and wants to kill him to "honor" his family
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"Content thee, gentle coz… Here in my house do him disparagement." |
-Capulet -Act 1 -Scene 5 -tells Tybalt to calm down, leave him alone -Romeo has a reputation to be a well behaved young man -he doesn't see a point in harming him when he has done none wrong -doesn't want this "fight" to go to down in his house |
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"I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall, Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall." |
-Tybalt -Act 1 -Scene 5 -he will stop for now but he will kill him later -foreshadowing
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"If I profane with my unworthiest hand… To sooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -to Juliet -my hand is unworthy compared to yours -if you are offended by my hands touch to yours then my lips are ready to kiss you to make it better -Romeo being suave
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"O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands so. They pray: grant thou, lest faith turn to despair." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -may lips do what hands do, pray -grant my prayer so my faith doesn't turn to despair |
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"Give me my sin again." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -if kissing is a sin I want more of it -kiss me again - |
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"Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life in my foe's debt." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -discovers she is a capulet -his life is now in the hands of his enemy |
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"Ay, so I fear. The more is my unrest." |
-Romeo -Act 1 -Scene 5 -He is in more trouble than ever no that is in love with his enemy
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"My grave is like to be my wedding bed." |
-Juliet -Act 1 -Scene 5 -she would rather die now than marry anyone else -when Juliet lets her guard down and becomes somewhat dependent |
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"The only son of our great enemy." |
-Nurse -Act 1 -Scene 5 -he is a Montague |
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"My only love sprung from my only hate… That I must love a loathed enemy." |
-Juliet -1.5 -she loves what she must only hate and she was unaware of it when she did fall in love -love is a monster for doing this to me - |
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Act 2 Prologue |
-Chorus -2. prologue -Romeo is now in love with Juliet, but even more than he was in love with Rosaline -they aren't allow to be together -passion and temptation brought them together |
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"Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy center out." |
-Romeo -2.1 -I can't leave -I have to go back to Juliet -I have to go back to where my heart is
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"Blind is his love and best befits the dark." |
-Benvolio -2.1 -his love is blind so it belongs to the dark and night |
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"If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark." |
-Mercutio -2.1 -if love is blind than it cannot hit the target -they think Romeo has retired for the night with Rosaline |
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"He jests at scars that never felt a wound." |
-Romeo -2.2 -it's easy for someone to joke about scars if they have never been cut |
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"But soft… and kill the envious moon." |
-Romeo -2.2 -comparing Juliet to the sun |
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"O Romeo, Romeo… And I’ll no longer be a Capulet." |
- Juliet -2.2 -Why do you have to be Romeo -forget your name, but if you can't love and I will forget my name |
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"‘Tis but thy name is my enemy… Without that title." |
-Romeo -2.2 -it is my name that is my enemy -you would still be your self even with out your name just like a rose -name has nothing to do with you
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"Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized. Henceforth I never will be Romeo." |
-Romeo -2.2 -Call me your love and I will change my name -from now on I will never be romeo |
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"My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself Because it is an enemy to thee. Had I it written, I would tear the world." |
-Romeo -2.2 -I hate my name because it is your enemy
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"Neither fair mid, if either thee dislike." |
-Romeo -2.2 -would give up his name for her |
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"With love’s light wings… And I am proof against their enmity." |
-Romeo -2.2 -Romeo being suave
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"And, but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love." |
-Romeo -2.2 -I would rather they killed me than have to live without your love |
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"By love, that first did prompt me to inquire." |
-Romeo -2.2 -loved showed me the way the same thing that made me look for you in the first place |
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"They say, Jove laughs… Which dark night hath so discovered." |
-Juliet -2.2 -she gives him her vow of love
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"O swear nit by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable." |
-Juliet -2.2 -Don't swear by an inconstant things, I don't want you to be inconstant too |
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"I have no joy of this contract tonight… may prove a beauteous flower when next we meet." |
-Juliet -2.2 -being rational -says no to swearing on anything -wants to think about it -our love is still young |
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"O. wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?" |
-Romeo -2.2 -Are you going to leave me so unsatisfied -doesn't like how rational she is -balance each other out -personality clash
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"What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?" |
-Juliet -2.2 -what more do you want? as a joke
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"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite." |
-Romeo -2.2 -my love is limitless for you -the more love I give to you the more I have |
