2 Quotes From Romeo And Juliet
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life (Prologue)
The play’s opening lines tell us that Romeo and Juliet will die, and that their tragic end is fated. “Star-crossed” means “opposed by the stars.” In Shakespeare’s day as in ours, some people believed that the course of your life was determined by the motion and position of the stars. “Take their life” is a pun: it means that the lovers were born from the “fatal loins” of their parents, and it also means that the lovers will kill themselves. Their births and deaths are described in the same short phrase, which again suggests that their deaths were fated from the moment they were born.
In 'Romeo and Juliet' Total: 64. Print/save view. OPTIONS: Show cue speeches. Show full speeches # Act, Scene, Line (Click to see in context) Speech text: 1. It is the East and Juliet is the sun!' Circumstances: Romeo is no longer sad about Rosaline. Romeo sees Juliet standing on her balcony. He comments on her beauty. In a metaphor, he compares her to light. Click again to see term 👆.
I fear too early, for my mind misgives;
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin (1.4)
2 Quotes From Romeo And Juliet Character Analysis
Juliet Act 2: Lines 133-135 Pg 614My bounty is a boundess as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee; the more I have, for both are infiniteCircumstances: Juliet says that her love for Romeo is strong and endless. Juliet Act 2: Lines 143-145 Pg 614If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word. In 'Romeo and Juliet' Total: 64. Print/save view. OPTIONS: Show cue speeches. Show full speeches # Act, Scene, Line (Click to see in context) Speech text: 1. Put up your swords; you know not what you do. I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword.
2 Quotes From Romeo And Juliet Capulet
Before he goes to the masque where he will meet Juliet, Romeo has a feeling that the consequences of his decision to go will be “bitter.” He suspects that this is his fate—“hanging in the stars”—and his use of the word “stars” reminds the audience that he is “star-crossed” (I.i.). Romeo’s fear that he will arrive at the masque “too early” points to an important theme of the play. Almost every event in the play happens too early. Tybalt finds Romeo too early, before the news of Romeo’s marriage has been announced. Juliet’s marriage to Paris is decided too early, before Romeo can return from exile. The lovers die too young.