“I’ll go to Friar to know his remedy, If all else fail, myself have power to die” Translation– I will go to Friar to know what to do, if nothing ends up working, I am able to kill myself. Two key phrases….. remedy- the remedy could either be advice that he gives her in terms […]
“Delay this marriage for a month, a week. Or, if you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies.” – Juliet Two key phrases…… 1. Delay this marriage- this phrase is significant as all Juliet needs is for the marriage between her and Paris to be delayed for a short amount […]
‘I would the fool were married to her grave”- lady C To start of this line from lady Capulet is where she’s talking about how she would rather Julietuliet be dead (married to the grave) then to not marry Paris which is what Juliet wants. Firstly this line in its self is hinting at a lot of […]
“Is love an invention created by humans” I think that at the start of time like right back when there was the whole chicken and the egg debacle, humans weren’t the first people on earth so they definitely do not get to take credit for ‘creating’ love, if anything the chicken does if you want to […]
“These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume” The violent delights part of the text is referring to Romeo and Juliet’s love because its fast, unpredictable, passionate, uncontrollable and also could be potentially damaging to not only just them but both of their housholds. […]
Is your man secret? Did you ne’er hear say, “Two may keep counsel, putting one away”? In this quote from the text the nurse is asking Romeo whether or not they can trust Romeos serving man with the secret of Romeo and Juliet being together as perhaps she may think that it would be easier for […]
“Is a white sheet of paper more blank than a black sheet of paper?” It’s technically still as blank as the white piece of paper since there’s no writing or actual work done on it, but since there’s more pigment/ colour on the paper it may look as though there is more going on on the black page […]
“if I’m being kind to you but you think I’m being horrible, am I being kind or not?” I think that kindness has a different meaning to everyone in the way that they perceive it, so lets say you think that your saying something kind to someone, it doesn’t matter whether or not you think its kind because the […]
“…they stumble then run fast.” I think this quote from the book is Romeo and Juliet’s love… how they’ve been sort of stumbling through life with no real sense of direction or purpose and then they suddenly meet each other and everything changes drastically in such a small period of time. They both seem to act […]
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