| Paragraph 1, quote 1 | a pair of star cross’d lovers take their life |
| Paragraph 1, quote 1 setting | prologue |
| Paragraph 1, quote 1 analysis | cannot escape the pre-destined deaths |
| Paragraph 1, quote 2 | for stony limits cannot keep love out |
| Paragraph 1, quote 2 setting | Act 2, scene 2, confessing love (Romeo to Juliet) |
| Paragraph 1, quote 2 analysis | willing to die, believe free will, actually fate |
| Paragraph 2, quote 1 | come, death, and welcome, Juliet wills it so |
| Paragraph 2, quote 1 setting | with Juliet, after Romeo is banished (r to j) |
| Paragraph 2, quote 1 analysis | acceptance of fate, welcoming death, furthering fate |
| Paragraph 2, quote 2 | ‘thou detestable maw, thou womb of death’ (stage direction) Romeo begins to open the tomb |
| Paragraph 2, quote 2 setting | in capulet tomb, believing Juliet is dead |
| Paragraph 2, quote 2 analysis | situational irony, talks about death, walks into his death, instance of free will making fate occur |
| Paragraph 3, quote 1 | (stage direction) with swords and bucklers |
| Paragraph 3, quote 1 setting | in first scene |
| Paragraph 3, quote 1 analysis | they are ready to fight, the grudge poisons them to be over-passionate |
| Paragraph 3, quote 2 | Tybalt: Turn thee, Benvolio and look upon they death. Benvolio: I do but keep the peace. |
| Paragraph 3, quote 2 setting | in first scene |
| Paragraph 3, quote 2 analysis | antithesis, caesura reinforces death and peace, omnipotent feud, critiques Tybalts passion which leads to his death |
| Paragraph 4, quote 1 | [their love] is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden too like lightning |
| Paragraph 4, quote 1 setting | R and J confess their love, (j to r) |
| Paragraph 4, quote 1 analysis | juliet asks for moderation, violent imagery of lightning, conveys Rs fatal flaw |
| Paragraph 4, quote 2 | fire-ey’d fury be my conduct now |
| Paragraph 4, quote 2 setting | after Tybalt kills Mercutio |
| Paragraph 4, quote 2 analysis | highlights Rs lack of moderation, emotions rule him, marks beginning of tragedy, is conception of his fatal flaw |
| Paragraph 5, quote 1 | o sweet Juliet thy beauty hath made me effeminate |
| Paragraph 5, quote 1 setting | After R fails to save Mercutio from T |
| Paragraph 5, quote 1 analysis | Rs relationship with J advances his fatal flaw, his love for her is destructive for him, blames J for Ms death |
| Paragraph 5, quote 2 | she doth teach the torches to burn bright |
| Paragraph 5, quote 2 setting | at beginning of play, before they meet |
| Paragraph 5, quote 2 analysis | conveys Rs fickle and artificial love, turn from lust for Rosalin to obsessive love for Juliet |
Romeo and Juliet Essay Quotes
December 9, 2019