Quotation Analysis:
When analysing quotations you must
consider the following:
When analysing quotations you must
consider the following:
When analysing quotations you must
consider the following:
When analysing quotations you must
consider the following:
When analysing quotations you must
consider the following:
Literary Terms you must know:
Literary Terms you must know:
Literary Terms you must know:
Literary Terms you must know:
Literary Terms you must know:
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Literary Terms you must know:
Foreshadowing is the presentation in a
work of literature of hints and clues that
tip the reader off as to what is to come
later in the work.
A figure of speech in which a word or
phrase literally denoting one kind of
object or idea is used in place of another
to suggest a likeness or analogy between
them (as in drowning in money);
A combination of contradictory or
incongruous words (as cruel kindness)
The attribution of human characteristics
to things, abstract ideas, etc, as for
literary or artistic effect
A simile is a figure of speech that directly
compares two different things, usually by
employing the words "like" or "as" – also,
but less commonly, "if", or "than".
A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter
compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing
is the other thing
A dramatic or literary form of discourse in
which a character talks to himself or
herself or reveals his or her thoughts
without addressing a listener.
When the words and actions of the
characters of a work of literature have a
different meaning for the reader than
they do for the characters. This is the
result of the reader having a greater
knowledge than the characters
themselves.
Why, then, O brawling
love! / O loving hate! / O
anything, of nothing
first create/ O heavy
lightness! Serious
vanity!/ Mis-shapen
chaos of well-seeming
forms! /Feather of lead,
bright smoke, cold fire,
sick health! Still waking
sleep, that is not what it
is! This love feel I that
feel no love in this.
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Romeo:
a) Define oxymoron.
b) Explain how oxymoron is used by
Romeo to explain his attitude towards
love.
Oxymoron
Why, then, O brawling
love! / O loving hate! / O
anything, of nothing
first create/ O heavy
lightness! Serious
vanity!/ Mis-shapen
chaos of well-seeming
forms! /Feather of lead,
bright smoke, cold fire,
sick health! Still waking
sleep, that is not what it
is! This love feel I that
feel no love in this.
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Before Romeo meets Juliet, he is
supposedly "in love" with Rosalind. When he
is speaking to Benvolio, Romeo utters a
string of paradoxes about his anguished,
unrequited love, starting with, "O brawling
love! O loving hate!" (1.1.176).
His speech is a string of oxymorons.
Oxymorons are self-contradictory
combinations of words, like "jumbo shrimp".
They show Romeo's exaggerated
lovesickness, which later will later be
contrasted to his genuine feelings for Juliet.
These violent delights
have violent ends,/
And in their triumph
die, like fire and
powder, which as
they kiss consume.
Therefore, love
moderately; long love
doth so; / Too swift
arrives as tardy as too
slow.
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Friar Laurence:
a) Define simile.
b) Identify the simile in the above
quotation and explain how the Friar is
using it to convey an important idea
about love and to foreshadow future
events.
Simile
These violent delights
have violent ends,/
And in their triumph
die, like fire and
powder, which as
they kiss consume.
Therefore, love
moderately; long love
doth so; / Too swift
arrives as tardy as too
slow.
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"violent delights" refers to the tryst between
Romeo and Juliet. The speaker, Fryar Lawrence, is
foreshadowing their eventual deaths and the
strife between their rival families (the Montagues
and Capulets) when he talks of "violent ends".
"in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which
as they kiss consume" is a simile which means
that, when Romeo and Juliet get together, they
will consume one another with their kiss, and so
find their end (eventual dual suicides) -- just as,
(simile) when fire touches gunpowder ("fire and
powder") the two explode and are used up.
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A simile is a figure of speech that directly
compares two different things, usually by
employing the words "like" or "as"
Thou detestable maw,
thou womb of death,
Gorged with the
dearest morsel of the
earth,
Thus I enforce thy
rotten jaws open,
And, in despite, I’ll
cram thee with more
food!
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Romeo:
a) Define personification.
b) Explain how personification is
being used in this quotation to reveal
Romeo’s state of mind.
Personification
Thou detestable
maw, thou womb
of death,
Gorged with the
dearest morsel of
the earth,
Thus I enforce thy
rotten jaws open,
And, in despite, I’ll
cram thee with
more food!
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When Romeo first arrives at Juliet's tomb, a house of
death, he sees it as a monster.
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You hateful belly, you womb of death,
Stuffed full with the dearest morsel of the earth,
I will force your rotten jaws to open,
And, in spite, I'll cram you fuller with more food!
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Death consumes its victims and in this case, Romeo's
lover. For Romeo, Juliet is the most important
(dearest morsel) on earth and death has swallowed
her. He presented a similar image in Friar Lawrence's
cell while awaiting Juliet. He challenged lovedevouring death to try to destroy his joy
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Personification is the use of human characteristics to
describe things, abstract ideas, etc.
If ever you disturb
our streets again
Your lives shall pay
the forfeit of the
peace.
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Prince:
a) Explain the significance of the Prince’s
declaration on the rest of the play.
Foreshadowing
If ever you disturb
our streets again
Your lives shall pay
the forfeit of the
peace.
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Early in the play a confrontation between
servants from the houses of Capulet and
Montague leads to a street brawl. The Prince
arrives and declares the violence between the
two families has gone on for too long, and
proclaims a death sentence upon anyone who
disturbs the civil peace again.
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Shakespeare uses a lot of foreshadowing, and
gives the reader hints at what is going to
happen next. It makes the reader nervous or
excited. In this case it foreshadows the events
that will lead to the suicides of Romeo and
Juliet.
I fear too early; for my
mind misgives / Some
consequence, yet
hanging in the stars,/
Shall bitterly begin his
fearful date/ With this
night’s revels, and expire
the term/ Of a despised
life closed in my breast/
By some vile forfeit of
untimely death. / But he
that hath the steerage
of my course/ Direct my
sail.
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Romeo:
a) Define foreshadowing.
b) When does Romeo make this
comment?
c) Why is it a good example of
foreshadowing?
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At the door of Capulet's house, when his friends are ready to go in, Romeo makes
objections. He first says he's too melancholy. Mercutio tries to kid him out of it,
but then Romeo says he shouldn't go in because he had a dream. Mercutio,
mockingly declares that dreams are illusory wish-fulfillment. Finally, Benvolio
(who really wants to go to the party) remarks that this "wind" (that is, Mercutio's
windiness) is getting to be a real problem. Supper is over, and if they don't go into
Capulet's soon, they will be too late. To this, Romeo replies:
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I fear too early; for my mind misgives / Some consequence, yet hanging in the
stars,/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date/ With this night’s revels, and expire
the term/ Of a despised life closed in my breast/ By some vile forfeit of untimely
death. / But he that hath the steerage of my course/ Direct my sail.
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This is a foreshadowing of what actually happens in the rest of the play. A fateful
chain of events ("consequence") does begin its appointed time ("date") that
night, and that chain of events does terminate the duration ("expire the term") of
Romeo's life with premature ("untimely") death. But, despite his premonitions,
Romeo does go into Capulet's house. How seriously does he take himself? If he
really believes what he says, why does he go in? Or is it that he has picked up
Mercutio's mocking tone and is now mocking his own melancholy?
Death, that hath suck’d
the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet
upon thy beauty,
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Romeo:
a) When does Romeo make this
comment and to whom?
b) Explain how this quotation is a
good example of dramatic irony.
Dramatic
Irony
Death, that hath suck’d
the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet
upon thy beauty,
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Romeo is speaking to Juliet, who he
thinks is dead, in the tomb near the
end of the play. He says:
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Death has sucked the honey from
your breath, but it has not yet ruined
your beauty.
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This a good example of dramatic irony
because the audience knows that the
reason why death has not robbed
Juliet of her beauty is because she is
not really dead. Of course Romeo
If he be married/ My
grave is like to be my
wedding bed.
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Juliet:
a) Explain the significance of these
lines.
Irony &
Foreshadowing
If he be married/ My
grave is like to be my
wedding bed.
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While at her father's masked ball, Juliet falls
in a big way for the disguised Romeo, a
Montague and thus an enemy of her family.
Even though she has nothing personal
against the Montagues, Romeo in particular,
she can't escape being a Capulet, or escape
her family's "hate."
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When Juliet said "Go ask his name. “If he be
married. My grave is like to be my wedding
bed" it meant that she wanted him and would
die if she could not have him. However, the
statement is ironic because after Romeo
does get married to Juliet they die.
Romeo
Character Trait
Moody,
melancholy
Quotation Support
Romeo
Character Trait
Quotation Support
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Moody,
Melancholy
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Early in the play Benvolio is speaking to
Romeo’s parents, Lady Montague, and
Lord Montague, who are concerned for
their son. Lord Montague says:
“Many a morning hath he been seen,
With tears augmenting the fresh
morning’s dew, Adding to clouds with
deep sighs”
This quotation tells us that Romeo is
moody and melancholy because he has
been sulking and avoiding people after
being rejected by Rosaline.
Romeo
Character Trait
Impulsive,
Rash
Quotation Support
Romeo
Character Trait
Quotation Support
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Impulsive,
Rash
After Mercutio has been killed by Tybalt, Romeo
pursues and kills him in a fit of rage and grief. He
says:
“And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now. Now,
Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that late
thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul is but a little
way above our heads, staying for thine to keep
him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go
with him.”
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This quotation tells us that Romeo is impulsive and
rash because he acts without considering the
consequences. Enraged, Romeo says: “And fireeyed fury be my conduct now. (it's time for rage to
guide my actions). He then duels and kills Tybalt.
This leads to his exile by the Prince.
Romeo
Character Trait
(Hopelessly)
Romantic
Quotation Support
Romeo
Character Trait
Quotation Support
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(Hopelessly)
Romantic
Act Two, Scene Three is one of the most famous love
scenes in all of theatre: After only just meeting Juliet
at the Capulet's masked ball, Romeo bravely enters
the Capulet’s orchard by climbing a steep wall. Juliet
warns him of the danger of being found there by any
of her family. Romeo responds with:
“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,
For stony limits cannot hold love out and what love
can do, that dares love attempt: Therefore thy
kinsmen are no stop to me.”
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This quotation tells us that Romeo is romantic
because he has only just met Juliet, yet he is willing
to risk his life to see her. His “love” blinds him to the
real danger of being caught there.
Romeo
Character
Trait
Emotionally
Immature
Quotation Support
Romeo
Character
Trait
Emotionally
Immature
Quotation Support
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When Romeo learns from Friar Laurence that he has been
banished for killing Tybalt he completely over-reacts:
“Hadst thou no poison mixed, no sharp-ground knife,
No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean, But
“banishèd” to kill me?—“Banishèd”!
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This quotation tells us that Romeo is emotionally
immature. When Romeo learns of his bannishment he
overreacts and claims that banishment is a penalty far
worse than death, since he will have to live without Juliet.
The friar tries to counsel Romeo but the youth is so
unhappy that he will have none of it. Romeo falls to the
floor. Friar Laurence stops him and scolds him for being
unmanly. He explains that Romeo has much to be grateful
for: he and Juliet are both alive, and after matters have
calmed down, Prince Escalus might change his mind.