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English- R/J quotes
Romeo and Juliet quotes- Love and hate/ Conflict
Term | Definition |
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'From forth the fatal loins' | Alliteration the fighting has been happening since they were born. |
'So shows a snowy dove, trooping with crows' | Avian imagery Juxtaposition between light and dark emphasises Juliets contrasting emotions and the theme of love and hate. |
'Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest gall' | Oxymoron What is perfect and 'sweet' (their marriage) is likely to turn bad. |
'My only love sprung from my only hate' | Irony The person she loves most is a member of the family that hers hates the most. |
'That I must love a loathed enemy' | Alliteration Emphasises the fact that despite the love for each other, they have contrasting emotions about it because their families have so much hatred. |
It is too rushed, too unadvised, too sudden' | Anaphora Juliet has mixed feelings about marrying Romeo because they just met. |
'Nights cloak to hide me from their eyes' | Metaphor She doesn't want to be seen by her family, so she loves Romeo only in secret, and often by night. |
'And she steals loves sweet bait from fearful hooks' | Metaphor Comparing Juliet to fishing emphasising that her beauty makes people fear her. |
'Unhappy Fortune' | Oxymoron |
'What light through yonder window breaks. It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.' | Metaphor Juliet is as beautiful and lights up Romeos world in the same way as the morning sun |
'Love is a smoke made with the fumes of sighs' | Metaphor |