Quote: “A glooming peace this morning brings. Never
was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Answer: Act 5, Scene 3, Lines
316-321. Prince to all. Romeo, Juliet and Paris have all died in the
Capulet crypt. Friar Lawrence has
acknowledged his guilt and innocence. The Prince has cried “what a scourge is
laid upon your hate.” He offers this
quote, ending the play.
Quote: “There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls than those poor compounds that
thou mayst not sell.”
Answer: Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 84-86. Romeo to Apothecary. Romeo has decided to take his own life and
has convinced the Apothecary to sell him poison, even though to do so is
against Mantua’s laws. Romeo pays him
well; the Apothecary, being poor, takes the risk, needing the money. Romeo pays him in gold and offers this
quote.
Quote: “The world is not thy friend, nor the world’s law. The world affords no law to make thee
rich. Then be not poor, but break it,
and take this.”
Answer: Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 76-78. Romeo to Apothecary. Romeo has just been told that Juliet has died
and that her body is inside the Capulets’ family crypt. He has decided to take
a deadly poison and end his life.
Mantua’s laws do not permit a druggist to sell deadly drugs. Romeo offers the druggist this quote,
convincing him to take his money and to provide him with the poison.
Quote: “Your share in her you could not keep from death, but heaven keeps his share in
eternal life.”
Answer: Act 4, Scene 5, Lines 75-76. Friar Lawrence to Capulet. Early in the morning of the day Juliet was
scheduled by her father to marry Paris; the Capulet family finds her appearing
to be lifeless, assuming her to be dead.
Friar Lawrence, knowing his “vial of distilled liquid” has caused her to
appear to be dead offers this quote. The
quote is part of his effort to comfort the Capulet family.
Quote: “Take this distilled liquid, when your pulse shall surcease. No warmth, no
breath shall testify thou livest. The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
to paly ashes; each part shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death.”
Answer: Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 96-105. Friar Lawrence to Juliet. Juliet is very much in love with Romeo and,
as of yesterday, is secretly married to him. Romeo has been banished to Mantua for killing
her cousin, and her father is now demanding she marry Paris on Thursday. Juliet, stricken with love, grief and shame,
tells Father Lawrence she’ll do anything if he can just provide a remedy. This quote is his suggestion.
Quote: “O shut the door; come weep with me, past hope, past care, past help.”
Answer: Act 4, Scene 1, Line 46.
Juliet to Friar Lawrence. Being
secretly married to Romeo, her father insisting she marry Paris on Thursday,
Juliet visits Friar Lawrence, seeking to have a private talk with him, offering
this quote. Friar Lawrence, having
married the two of them, replies “O Juliet, I already know thy grief.”
Quote: “Some grief shows much of love, but much of grief shows a lack of
intelligence.”
Answer: Act 3, Scene 5, Lines 74-76. Lady Capulet to Juliet. Juliet has just spent the night in her
chambers with Romeo. Sighing and crying,
Juliet greets her mother. At first, Lady
Capulet thinks her daughter is grieving over the loss of Tybalt, but soon comes
to realize Juliet weeps for her “friend,” Romeo, Lady Capulet calling him a
villain.
Quote: “I have more care to stay than will to go.”
Answer: Act 3, Scene 5, Line 23.
Romeo to Juliet. The two of them
are there in Juliet’s bedroom, Juliet trying to convince him to stay a little
longer. He thinks he sees “envious
streaks severing clouds in yonder east.”
She says “your light is not daylight. Therefore stay yet.” He succumbs to her wishes, offering this
quote, followed with “Come death and welcome. Let’s talk. It is not day.” He knows he needs to be out of Verona and on
his way to Mantua before dawn.
Quote: “I think my daughter (Juliet) will be ruled in all respects by me. Nay, I doubt
it not.”
Answer: Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 14-15. Capulet to Paris. Juliet secretly married Romeo that very
afternoon. She is eagerly waiting
Romeo’s planned visit to her bedroom that night. She has kept her parents in the dark. Only the Nurse knows of these events and
plans. The Capulets want their daughter
to marry the County Paris. Her father is
confident that she will follow his instructions, offering Paris this
quote.
Quote: “Go, get thee to thy love, as was decided.
Ascend her chamber. Hence and
comfort her.”
Answer: Act 3, Scene 3,
Lines 156-157. Friar Lawrence to Romeo.
Friar Lawrence has a well thought through plan for a happy life for both
Romeo and Juliet, but Romeo must get to Mantua before dawn, and too, must spend
some personal time with Juliet in her bedroom this night. He also told him that
he must be sure to get out of Verona before the guards at the city gates show
up in the morning.
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