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Explanation of the famous quotes in Romeo and Juliet, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
- Romeo
As a lover, he can ignore the boundaries set by the feud...
- No Fear Translation
Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, scene summary, scene...
- Love
Juliet wants to know how Romeo got into the walled garden of...
- Fate
The play’s opening lines tell us that Romeo and Juliet will...
- Romeo
Act 2, Scene 2. 'if that thy bent of love be honourable, thy purpose marriage'. Although she had bad feelings at first, Juliet is the one who suggests marriage to Romeo (a few hours after they meet). She is still a bit unsure about Romeo’s motives, so asks him if his intentions are serious.
- “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)
Revision notes on Romeo & Juliet: Key Quotations for the AQA GCSE English Literature syllabus, written by the English Literature experts at Save My Exams.
As a lover, he can ignore the boundaries set by the feud between Montagues and Capulets. Yet Romeo’s words also suggest that he retains a primarily abstract and poetic understanding of love, more fantasy than reality. O sweet Juliet. Thy beauty hath made me effeminate. And in my temper softened valor’s steel!
Below, we introduce some of the best, most famous, and most illustrative quotations from Romeo and Juliet which help to explain why the plain remains so popular with readers and theatregoers. ‘Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene’. In the famous opening lines to Romeo and Juliet, the Prologue tells ...
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