1.
..."'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough. 'Twill serve" (3.1.100-101).: 1. Person speaking = Mercutio
2. Person spoken to= Romeo and Benvolio.
3. Context: Tybalt executes Mercutio
4. Interpretation of the quote: The pain is enough to infuriate Mnewercutio. As death approaches Mercutio, he curses the Montague and Capulet families.
2.
"A plague o' both your houses!" (3.1.111).: 1. Person speaking = Mercutio
2. Person spoken to = Benvolio
3. Context: Mercutio is dying and says his last words.
4. As the fate of death approaches Mercutio, he curses the Montague and Capulet families.
3.
"Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds..." (3.2.1).: 1. Person speaking = Juliet
2. Person spoken to = No one (Juliet is talking to herself)
3. Context/Interpretation of the quote: Juliet is longing for Romeo to come to her.
4.
"Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow/That I shall say 'Good night' till it be tomorrow" (2.2.199-201).: 1. Person speaking = Juliet
2. Person spoken to = Romeo
3. Context/interpretation of the quote: Juliet wishes Romeo good night. While Juliet is expressing her emotions, she also states that it's a pity that Romeo had to leave. However, she is optimistic about tomorrow's wedding at Friar Lawrence cell.
5.
"How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears" (2.2.176-177).: 1. Person speaking = Romeo
2. Person spoken to = Juliet
3. Context/interpretation of quote: Romeo tells Juliet how romantic kissing is.
6.
"Love goes toward school boys from their books, but love from love, toward school with heavy looks" (2.2.166-68).: 1. Person speaking = Romeo
2. Person spoken to = Juliet
3. Context: Romeo and Juliet finish their last words of love in the evening.
4. Interpretation of the quote: Love strays away from love as school boys attend school.
7.
"O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy lov prove likewise variable" (2.2.114-16).: 1. Person speaking = Juliet
2. Person spoken to = Romeo
3. Context: While Romeo and Juliet exchange words of love, there is talk about committing each other's love in to love relationship.
4. Interpretation of the quote: In this quote, Juliet tells Romeo if you want start a love relationship with me, your love must be commitment, not contradictory.
8.
"That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell sweet" (2.2.46-47).: 1. Person speaking = Juliet
2. Person spoken to = Romeo
3. Context: Romeo snuck out to see Juliet at the Capulet house hold. While they talk, Juliet offers Romeo words of love. In exchange, Romeo does the same.
4. Interpretation of the quote: Just because Romeo is from the Montague clan doesn't defy the mutual love between Romeo and Juliet. In this quote, Juliet is expressing that it doesn't matter what Romeo's last name is - it's just as good as any other last name.
9.
"Thy head is as full of quarrels as an agg is full of meat..." (3.1.23-24).: 1. Person speaking = Mercutio
2. Person spoken to = Bonvolio
3. Context: Benvolio and Mercutio are talking in a public queue accompanied by fellow Montague kinsmen before encountering Tybalt and other Capulets.
4. Interpretation of the quote: One is being beaten to the state of a rotten egg as a punishment for arguing.
10.
"Wilt thou be gone? It is not near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear" (3.5.1-3): 1. Person speaking = Juliet
2. Person spoken to = Romeo
3. Context/Interpretation of the quote: Juliet convinces Romeo that it was the nightingale that they are hearing. It is not near they day time.
