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dangerous. Fate, parental love, suicide Key Quotes: 'Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, here's drink. I drink to thee.'- repetition 'act alone'- acting wordplay 'farewell'- she cannot confide in the Nurse 'merry dump'- oxymoron Act 4 Scene 2- Capulet wants th move the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday. Act 4 Scene 3- Turning point ACT 2 The friar fears that Romeo may have slept in sin with Rosaline. Romeo assures him that did not happen, and describes his new love for Juliet, his intent to marry her, and his desire that the friar consent to marry them that very day. Friar Lawrence is shocked at this sudden shift from Rosaline to Juliet. Themes: Love is the dominant theme. Religion Key Quotes: Act 4 Scene 4- domestic details Act 4 Scene 5- Exclamations, last time Capulet spoke to his daughter was completely different, Shakespeare use of death= contextually relatable, 'Death' taking her virginity, juxtaposition= wedding and funeral, dramatic irony- friar and audience know Juliet isn't dead, even the minor characters are effected by Juliet's death, diffuse the tension of the atmosphere. 'Juliet is the sun'/ 'kill the envious moon'- antithesis (having opposing themes in a text e.g. light and dark) 'bright angel'- religion, holy 'But soft, what light through yonder window breaks'-soft/break. 'I have nights clock to hide me from their eyes'- personification. 'Death'- personified 'Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven'- Juliet is otherworldly 'The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars'-glorifying. 'Kill the moon'- Juliet's virginity. Act 2 Scene 2- Juliet is worried she has been to open about her emotions. Act 2 Scene 3- Friar is speaking in rhyming couplets opposed to minor characters whose words are less significant to main plot. Act 2 scene 4- contrast between balcony scene, Mercutio is possessive over Romeo. Romeo and Juliet ACT 5 Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are discovered in the tomb. Montague arrives, declaring that Lady Montague has died of grief for Romeo's exile. The Prince shows Montague his son's body. Upon the Prince's request, Friar Lawrence succinctly tells the story of Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage and its consequences. Themes: Fate and irony. Key Quotes: 'Thy husband in thy bosom lies dead, And Paris, too.'- Paris is an after thought but he is still thought about. 'O, I am slain! If thou be merciful. Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet'- said by Paris, shows he did care for Juliet. 'O happy dagger! / This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.'- Said as Juliet daggers herself. 'unacustom'd spirit'- unusual happiness Act 5 Scene 1- Balthasar doesn't know Juliet is actually alive. Act 5 Scene 2-Romeo is impulsive, wants his death to be fast. Idea of suicide, back to Verona Act 5 Scene 3- different side to Paris, he uses a metaphor for the first time, light imagery, time of calm and forgiveness, vault is ACT 3 Romeo, attempting to restore peace, throws himself between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm, and as Mercutio falls, Tybalt and his men hurry away. ... Enraged, Romeo declares that his love for Juliet has made him effeminate, and that he should have fought Tybalt in Mercutio's place. Themes: fates effects on human plans, youth and age (friar and Romeo) 'stomach', juxtaposition=wife and death, don't jump to conclusions- find out death. Key Quotes: 'A plague on both your houses' repetition, context. 'Come gentle night...give me my Romeo'- Juliet addresses night 'Shame come to Romeo'- When the Nurse says this Juliet defends Romeo even though she dislikes him in the moment. 'Blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering.' Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch!'- father to daughter, context. 'banished'-repetition 'childhood'- describing their love because it is new. Act 3 Scene 3- Parallel= Juliet is distraught, Romeo is in a terrible state. Act 3 Scene 5- contrast of day and night, nurse sense of urgency, Juliet talks 'aside' so only the audience can hear. CONTEXT -There were no intervals in Elizabethan theatres so people would go around with food and drink during the show. -women seen as having to obey there husband or father. -children were seen as property. The carrying of a sword was usual for men -Elizabethans believed strongly in the power of curses. -Italy was a Catholic country at the time -the astronomy saw the earth being at the centre with planets and stars surrounding it.