Relationships
Who are the
"star-crossed lovers"?
Romeo & Juliet
Frustrated by his love for Rosaline, Romeo whines,
“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still waking -- sleep, that is not what it is!”
(1.1.190-1).
What is oxymoron?
"Let two more summers wither in their pride
ere we may think her ripe to be a bride."
Lord Capulet to Count Paris
"The love I bear thee
can afford no better term than this:
Thou art a villain."
Tybalt to Romeo
Romeo & Juliet meet
Sunday evening / night
Who are the enemies?
Capulets and Montagues
Upset because of his banishment, Romeo says,
“This may flies do, when I from this may fly”
(3.3.44).
pun
"O, where is Romeo? Saw you him today?
Right glad I am he was not at this fray."
Lady Montague to Benvolio
"And why, my Lady Wisdom? Hold your tongue,
Good Prudence. Smatter with your gossips, go!"
Lord Capulet to Nurse
Romeo & Juliet honeymoon
late Monday night / early Tuesday morning
Name 2 sets of cousins.
Benvolio & Romeo / Tybalt & Juliet
Knowing that he needs to depart, Romeo remarks,
“Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks” (2.2.173-4).
TWO ELEMENTS HERE
What are simile / repetition / rhyming couplet?
"This precious book of love, this unbound lover.
To beautify him only lacks a cover."
Lady Capulet to Juliet
"You are a Princox."
Lord Capulet to Tybalt.
Romeo kills Tybalt
Monday afternoon
Nurse's servant
Peter
Juliet considers Romeo’s “name” as she says,
“What’s in a name? That which we a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title” (2.2.46-50).
What is analogy?
"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight!
For I never knew true beauty till this night."
Romeo to himself
"...to hide her face;
for her fan's the fairer of the two."
Mercutio to Peter / Nurse / his buddies
Romeo & Juliet marry
Monday at noon
On the morning of their wedding, Juliet begs Romeo to stay.
He finally sarcastically suggests,
“Come, death, and welcome! Juliet wills it so.
How is’t, my soul? Let’s talk; it is not day”
(3.5.24-5).
What is verbal irony?
"The which if you with patient ears attend,
what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend."
Chorus to the audience
"No, sir. I do not bite my thumb at you, sir...
But I do bite my thumb, sir."
Sampson (C) to Abram (M)
Juliet argues with her parents
Tuesday morning