Romeo and Juliet Quotes
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turdfurguson on February 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. | Juliet => Herself Juliet talks to herself on the edge of her balcony. She says if you call something by a different name it wouldn't be different. |
| O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable. | Juliet => Romeo Romeo is outside the Capulet home and is flirting with Juliet. She says don't tell me you love me by the moon because the moon is always changing. |
| Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, but love from love, toward school with heavy looks. | Romeo => Juliet Romeo is outside the Capulet home and is flirting with Juliet. He says lovers are easy to go to each other but hard to go away from each other. |
| How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears. | Romeo => Juliet Romeo is outside the Capulet home and is flirting with Juliet. He says that lovers sound good at night. |
| Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say "Good night" till it be morrow. | Juliet => Romeo Romeo is outside the Capulet home and is flirting with Juliet. She says that she will stand there and say goodnight to him until it is the next day. |
| Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat... | Mercutio => Benvolio It is a hot summer day and Mercutio and Benvolio roam the streets of Verona. He says ____________________________________. |
| ... 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough. 'Twill serve. | Mercutio => Romeo Mercutio has just been stabbed by Tybalt. He says his wound isn't huge but it will kill him just the same. |
| A plague o' both your houses! | Mercutio => Romeo Mercutio is about to die from his wound. He says curse both of your houses. |
| Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds ... | Juliet => Herself |
| Wilt thou be gone? It is not yer near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. | Juliet => Romeo Romeo and Juliet wake up from a night in the bed and Romeo has to leave because he has been exhiled. She says don't leave yet because it isn't day yet. |
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