What are some quotes from Romeo and Juliet Act 1?

I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, & thee." "If ever you distrub our streets again/Your lives shall pay the forfeit." "Examine other beauties." "Go thither; and, with untainted eye, Compare her face with some that I show, And I will make thy think thy swan a crow."
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What are the main quotes in Romeo and Juliet?

1.4 You are a lover, borrow Cupid's wings 1.4 If love be rough with you, be rough with love. 1.4 Dreamers often lie 2.4 Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo. 3.1 Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man 3.1 A plague a'both your houses!
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What is a quote from Act 1 Scene 1 Romeo and Juliet?

O me, what fray was here? Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes (1.1.)
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What is the most famous Romeo and Juliet quote?

The Most Famous Romeo and Juliet Quotes

It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.” What is the most important quote in Romeo and Juliet? “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.”
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What are 3 quotes from Romeo and Juliet?

Preview — Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, ...
  • “Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.” ...
  • “thus with a kiss I die” ...
  • “Good night, good night! ...
  • “Did my heart love till now? ...
  • “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
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The 10 Most Important Quotes in Romeo and Juliet



What are 4 key quotes from Romeo?

Romeo
  • O me, what fray was here? ...
  • I fear too early, for my mind misgives; ...
  • O she doth teach the torches to burn bright. ...
  • But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? ...
  • With love's light wings did I o'erperch these walls, ...
  • O sweet Juliet. ...
  • Let's talk; it is not day. ...
  • I defy you, stars!
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What was Juliet's famous line?

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague....
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What is a quote by Romeo in Act 1?

I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, & thee." "If ever you distrub our streets again/Your lives shall pay the forfeit." "Examine other beauties." "Go thither; and, with untainted eye, Compare her face with some that I show, And I will make thy think thy swan a crow."
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What does Juliet say in Act 1?

Juliet admits just how powerful the influence of her parents is when she says of Paris: “I'll look to like, looking liking move; / But no more deep will I endart mine eye / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly” (1.3. 100–101).
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What are 3 direct quotes from Juliet?

Juliet
  • O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? (I. ...
  • My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown, and known too late! ...
  • What's Montague? ...
  • My bounty is as boundless as the sea, ...
  • Hist, Romeo, hist! ...
  • Come, gentle night, come, loving black-browed night, ...
  • So tedious is this day. ...
  • O God, I have an ill-divining soul!
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What happens in Act 1 Romeo and Juliet?

Act I. Romeo and Juliet begins as the Chorus introduces two feuding families of Verona: the Capulets and the Montagues. On a hot summer's day, the young men of each faction fight until the Prince of Verona intercedes and threatens to banish them. Soon after, the head of the Capulet family plans a feast.
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What is the most important scene in Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet?

The lovers meet for the first time (Act 1 Scene 4)

Not knowing who she is, he falls in love with Juliet the moment he sees her, and she, equally ignorant that he is a Montague, falls just as instantly for him (this is Act 1, Scene 5 in many editions).
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How does Act 1 end in Romeo and Juliet?

Juliet agrees to remain still as Romeo kisses her. Thus, in the terms of their conversation, she takes his sin from him. Juliet then makes the logical leap that if she has taken Romeo's sin from him, his sin must now reside in her lips, and so they must kiss again.
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What is the most popular quote?

10 most famous quotes of all time
  • "I have a dream." ...
  • "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - ...
  • "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - ...
  • "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -
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What is a quote from Romeo and Juliet about love?

My only love sprung from my only hate, Too early seen unknown, and known too late! That I must love a loathed enemy. (1.5.)
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What are 4 key quotes from Juliet?

Terms in this set (5)
  • My only love sprung from my only hate! Act 1 scene 5, juliet realises that romeo is a Montague.
  • What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet! ...
  • Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? ...
  • Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! ...
  • There rust and let me die.
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What is the quote in Act 1 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet?

“Yea,” quoth he, “dost thou fall upon thy face?” Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit, Wilt thou not, Jule?” (1.3.)
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What is Juliet's last line?

Hearing the approaching watch, Juliet unsheathes Romeo's dagger and, saying, “O happy dagger, / This is thy sheath,” stabs herself (5.3. 171). She dies upon Romeo's body.
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What is the first line Romeo and Juliet?

Original Prologue from Romeo and Juliet

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
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What is a quote from Romeo and Juliet about beauty?

She was so beautiful that she made the torches around the hall appear to grow dim. She was a dazzling jewel illuminating the dark night sky. She stood out from the other girls like a snowy dove in a field of crows.
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What is Romeo's last quote?

Without further ado, Romeo's last words: Eyes, look your last! A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide!
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How do you quote quotes from Romeo and Juliet?

The standard abbreviation for Romeo and Juliet is "Rom." Use a forward slash to indicate new lines when quoting. Because Shakespearean plays are written in verse, you can't simply quote a line or two in prose without indicating the line breaks.
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What is a quote for death in Romeo and Juliet?

Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
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What is a quote from Romeo and Juliet about violence?

Match
  • 'A plague on both yo houses' Mercutio curses the two households and their feud.
  • 'Ancient grudge' The feud between the two families has been going on for a long time.
  • 'disobedient wretch' ...
  • 'Peace, fools' ...
  • 'Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?' ...
  • 'O brawling love, O brawling hate!' ...
  • 'Turn and draw' ...
  • 'I hate all Montagues'
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What does Romeo say when Juliet dies?

Balthasar replies that nothing can be ill, then, for Juliet is well: she is in heaven, found dead that morning at her home. Thunderstruck, Romeo cries out, “Then I defy you, stars” (5.1. 24).
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