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Juliet is always more in touch with the practicalities of love—sex and marriage—than Romeo, who is less realistic. Where Romeo draws on the conventional imagery of Elizabethan love poetry, Juliet’s language in these lines is original and striking, which reflects her inexperience, and makes her seem very sincere.
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The play’s opening lines tell us that Romeo and Juliet will...
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Aug 28, 2024 · Learn the best Romeo and Juliet key quotes for your AQA GCSE English Literature exam, including quotes for love, honour, conflict and fate.
"For stony limits cannot hold love out" Who says it, when is it said and what does it say about love and relationships? Romeo says this line in Act 2 Scene 2 in which he declares that his love for Juliet cannot be stopped by anything through the use of personification.
- “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. “ (Chorus, Prologue)
- “Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Sampson: I do bite my thumb, sir.” (act 1, scene 1)
- “O teach me how I should forget to think!” Romeo (act 1 scene 1)
- “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears.” Romeo (act 1 scene 1)
What are three significant quotes about romantic love in Romeo and Juliet? The most famous quotations about love come from Act I, scene 5, when Romeo and Juliet first meet. Romeo is...
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1. Romeo is not finding love very easy. He uses three metaphors to explain the heartbreaks it causes. He compares it to a smoke made up of lovers’ sighs, a fire burning in the eyes of lovers, and when twarted a sea filled with lovers’ tears.
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Some of the most intriguing quotes of these two young, star-crossed lovers are discussed below with a short analysis. Famous Quotes from Romeo and Juliet. Example #1: Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. (I. i. 195-197)