Who Said It?
“My only love sprung from my only hate!”
Juliet
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou ___?”
Romeo
“Juliet is the sun.” What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
The mask at the Capulet party represents what?
Hiding true identity / secrecy in love
“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”
Prince Escalus
“What’s in a ___? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
name
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea.” What device is used here?
Simile
In Act 1, the party invitation that falls into Romeo’s hands represents what theme?
Fate or destiny guiding their meeting
“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”
Benvolio (remember the Capulets were the ones biting their thumbs)
“Compare her face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a ___.”
Crow (Benvolio convincing Romeo to go to the Capulet ball)
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.” What figurative device is that?
2 Answers!
Personification and metaphor
The balcony/window scene symbolizes what idea in their relationship?
Connection between separate worlds / love reaching across barriers
“I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.”
Juliet
“My lips, two blushing ___, ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”
pilgrims (Romeo at the party)
“My grave is like to be my wedding bed.” Which literary device does Juliet use here?
2 answers!
Foreshadowing and Simile
In Act 2, Scene 2, Juliet says, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
What does the rose symbolize in this line?
The rose symbolizes love and beauty that exist beyond names or family identities — Juliet’s way of saying Romeo’s name (Montague) doesn’t change who he truly is.
“The fearful passage of their death-marked love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove.”
Chorus (prologue)
“If love be rough with you, be rough with ___.”
Love (Mercutio encouraging Romeo to fight back against the pain of love.)
Romeo says in Act 2, Scene 2:
“With love’s light wings did I o’er-perch these walls;
For stony limits cannot hold love out…”
What figurative devices are present in this line?
3 answers!!
Allusion to cupid
Metaphor comparing love to wings
Hyperbole exaggerating how it allows him to overcome any obstacle
When Romeo swears his love “by the moon,” Juliet tells him not to. What does the moon symbolize, and why does she reject it?
The moon symbolizes change and inconsistency, since it always shifts its shape. Juliet rejects Romeo’s oath because she wants their love to be constant and true, not changing like the moon.