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| “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” |
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| Romeo--Balcony scene when he sees Juliet's light on. |
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“Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off; |
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| Friar Lawrence--telling Juliet to drink the potion to make her appear to be dead. |
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“Compare her face with some that I shall show,
And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.” |
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| Benvolio--telling Romeo to go to the Capulet's party and compare other girls to Roseline. |
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“I fear too early for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin this fearful date With this night’s revels…” |
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| Romeo--foreshadowing--before he goes into the Capulet's party, he feels something bad might happen. |
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" 0 brother Montague, give me thy hand
This is my daughter's jointure, for no more
Can I demand.” |
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| Lord Capulet--at the end of the play after Romeo & Juliet's death, he offers to make peace with the Montagues. |
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| “ I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault And presently took post to tell it you.” |
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| Balthazar--telling Romeo that he witnessed Juliet's funeral. |
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7“Let Romeo hence in haste,
Else, when he is found, that hour is his last." |
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| Prince Escalus--saying that Romeo is banished. |
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“A plague of both your houses!
They have made worms' meat of me.” |
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| Mercutio--as he is dying, cursing Montagues and the Capulets--because he is a victim of the fued. |
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| "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.” |
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| Prince Escalus--at the end of the play, he is shaming the Montagues and Capulets for killing their children with the fued. |
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| "I think you are happier in the second match For it excels your first; or if it did not. Your first is dead - or 'twere as good he were." |
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| The Nurse--telling Juliet she should marry Paris and forget about Romeo since he is banished. |
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"0 serpent heart hid in a flowering face
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? ...Was ever book containing such vile matter So fairly bound?" |
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| Juliet--after discovering that Romeo killed her cousin Tybalt. She is saying how can Romeo look so good but do something so terrible. |
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| "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee." |
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| Tybalt--at the beginning of the play talking to Benvolio,saying how he detests the Montagues. |
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| "I would not for the wealth of all this town Here in my house do him disparagement Therefore be patient, take no note of him." |
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| Lord Capulet--at the party, telling Tybalt to "deal with" Romeo's attendance at the party. |
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| "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." |
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| Romeo--when he first sees Juliet at the party--he forgets Roseline. |
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| “Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death And therefore have I little talked of love; For Venus smiles not in a house of tears.” |
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| Paris--telling Friar Lawrence that he has not had much time to court Juliet because she has been so upset about Tybalt's death. |
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“Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical
Dove feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb.” |
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| Juliet--after hearing the Romeo killed Tybalt--using oxymorons to describe Romeo. |
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| “Such mortal drugs I have; but Mantua’s law Is death to any he that utters (sells) them.” |
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| the Apothecary--telling Romeo that he has poison but that it is punishable by death to sell it. |
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