(Mercutio; Act 3, Scene 1) Fate From the very beginning of the play, Shakespeare announces "Romeo and Juliet" as a story ofdestiny and fate. The young lovers are "star-crossed" and doomed to ill fortune, and their romance can only end in tragedy. The play unfolds with an inevitability...
Act 2, scene 2, lines 17-19. GLENDOWER: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? Hotspur mocking the Welshman, Glendower. Act 3, scene 1, lines 52-54. "O, while you live, tell ...
So, from the author who famously wrote ‘never doubt that I love’, here are the all-time top love quotes from William Shakespeare: 1. ‘If music be the food of love, play on’ (Twelfth Night – Act 1, Scene 1) 2. ‘There’s beggary in love that can be reckoned’ (Antony & ...
Caesar (Act 3, Scene 1) But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament. Ceasar (Act 3, Scene 1) Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war. (Antony, Act 3 Scene 1) As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he...
Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 240-280 Summary Friar Laurence has the unpleasant task of telling the parents of Romeo and Juliet as well as the Prince of Verona how their children and Paris have died. The friar confesses that he had performed the ceremony that married Romeo and Juliet. He then ...
Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2) “It is the very error of the moon, She comes more near the earth than she was wont, And makes men mad.” Othello (Act 5, Scene 2) “The moon’s an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches fromthe sun.” ...
Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 49-51 Orlando tells his older brother Oliver when he is expressing his unfairness at the situation. "You know my father hath no child but I, nor none is like to have; and truly, when he dies, thou shalt be his heir; for what he hath taken away from thy ...
“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”—Juliet, Act 2 Scene 1 Shakespeare Quotes Romeo and Juliet “A plague o’ both your houses!”—Mercutio, Act 3 Scene 1 “Under love’s heavy burden do I sink.”—Romeo, Act 1, Scene 4 Shakespeare Quotes Love ...
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Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II 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. Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Sc. V My only love sprung from my only hate!