What is Romeo's first line to Juliet?

Romeo initially describes Juliet as a source of light, like a star, against the darkness: "she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night." As the play progresses, a cloak of interwoven light and dark images is cast around the pair.
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What is Romeo's famous line?

Thus with a kiss I die. O happy dagger, This is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die.
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What did Romeo say to Juliet?

Romeo promises Juliet that he loves her: "Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear / That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops." Juliet cautions him not to swear by the moon since it is always changing, and she is seeking a constant love.
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What is a line from Romeo and Juliet?

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
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When Romeo and Juliet first meet their lines form a?

When Romeo and Juliet meet they speak just fourteen lines before their first kiss. These fourteen lines make up a shared sonnet, with a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg. A sonnet is a perfect, idealized poetic form often used to write about love.
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What are the first 14 lines of the play Romeo and Juliet called?

The Romeo and Juliet Prologue is a 14-line sonnet that sets the stage for the tragedy to come, fully advising the reader that the forthcoming love story ends in the lovers' double suicide, due to the longstanding violent relationship between the lovers' families. These deaths end the conflict.
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What does Romeo say before he kisses Juliet?

[To JULIET] If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
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What is the last line of Romeo Juliet?

Who says the last line in Romeo and Juliet? The Prince of Verona speaks this final line in Romeo and Juliet: “For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
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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 were Juliet's last words?

Hoping she might die by the same poison, Juliet kisses his lips, but to no avail. 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 does Romeo say before the party?

Summary: Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio arrive at the Capulet party in style. Romeo tells his friends that he doesn't plan on dancing tonight—he's too sad.
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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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What does Romeo say after 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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What are the first two lines of 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 the most famous line?

A jury consisting of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians selected "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn", spoken by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in the 1939 American Civil War epic Gone with the Wind, as the most memorable American movie quotation of all time.
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How does Romeo show his love to Juliet?

"To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." Romeo suggests that he is 'rough' and not worthy of Juliet's touch. The fact Romeo describes the kiss as 'tender' illustrates Romeo's gentle and true emotions and feelings for Juliet. This shows that their first meeting was charged with love and desire for one another.
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What quote shows Romeo wants to marry Juliet?

We met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow, I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray: That thou consent to marry us today.
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What does Romeo say before dying?

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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What does Romeo say when he kills himself?

Here's to my love. O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
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What is the most important line 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. Juliet speaks these lines, perhaps the most famous in the play, in the balcony scene (2.1.
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What is the most romantic line in Romeo and Juliet?

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
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Why does Juliet kiss Romeo's lips?

Q: Why does Juliet kiss Romeo's lips even after he already died? A: She spots the vial of poison and hopes there's enough poison left on his lips to allow her to die, as well. Q: Juliet says, “Thy lips are warm!” This is, quite arguably, one of the saddest lines in the entire play.
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Did Romeo and Juliet sleep together?

They did sleep together after their mystery marriage. Usually made clear in act 3, scene 5, when they wake up in bed together at first light. Juliet inclinations Romeo to take off some time recently her relatives discover him and slaughter him.
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What are the last two lines of Romeo and Juliet called?

As is common in Shakespeare's poems, the last two lines are a rhyming pair, known as a couplet. They often bring with them a turn or volta in the poem.
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Who told Romeo Juliet was dead?

Balthasar, a friend of Romeo's, brings him news that Juliet is dead and lies in the Capulet tomb.
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