ENG 3U1 – Quotation Analysis (20 Marks)
Note: This analysis will be evaluated for depth of analysis, which is a criteria of the
“thinking” achievement category; nevertheless, it is important to keep in mind that
correctness and clarity of written expression contribute to the demonstration of a high
level of thinking.
Choose ONE of the following quotations and analyze it fully. Your analysis should be
400 – 500 words in length. You must analyze two aspects of significance. Be sure to
put the quotation into context before beginning your paragraphs. You might consider the
revelation of character, theme(s), foreshadowing, and/or advancement of plot, use of
irony and/or dramatic irony, imagery, and the establishment of mood.
Quotation #1:
Romeo:
Juliet:
Quotation #2:
Lady Capulet:
O speak again, bright angel – for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o’er my head,
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wond’ring eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air.
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name:
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
(Act 2, scene 2, lines 27-36)
[…] I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give.
Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live.
Prince:
Romeo slew him; he slew Mercutio.
Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?
Montague:
Not Romeo, Prince; he was Mercutio’s friend;
His fault concludes but what the law should end,
The life of Tybalt.
Prince:
And for that offense
Immediately we do exile him hence.
I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding,
My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding;
But I’ll amerce* you with so strong a fine
That you shall all repent the loss of mine.
I will be deaf to pleading and excuses […]
(Act III, scene i, lines 182-194)