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Romeo and Juliet — Quotes

6 quotes with full 6-part analysis

1
STAGNATE

“Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene”

SONNET FORM / PROLEPTIC NARRATIONOXYMORONIC STRUCTURE

Chorus · Prologue

2
PROGRESS

“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is…”

CELESTIAL METAPHOR / PETRARCHAN BLAZONLIGHT / DARK MOTIF

Romeo · Act 2, Scene 2

3
PROGRESS

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as swe…”

RHETORICAL QUESTION / PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTDRAMATIC IRONY / TRAGIC FUTILITY

Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2

4
REGRESS

“A plague o' both your houses!”

TRIPLED CURSE / PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCESTRUCTURAL PIVOT / PERIPETEIA

Mercutio · Act 3, Scene 1

5
REGRESS

“O, I am fortune's fool!”

EXCLAMATORY / ALLITERATIVE DESPAIRMETATHEATRICAL SELF-AWARENESS

Romeo · Act 3, Scene 1

6
PROGRESS

“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo”

RHYMING COUPLET / FORMAL CLOSURENAMING ORDER — 'JULIET AND HER ROMEO'

Prince Escalus · Act 5, Scene 3

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