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Romeo and Juliet Key Speeches Booklet  English Literature Paper 1      This booklet contains a few key speeches from the play. Read  through the speeches, reminding yourself where in the play they  are from. Identify who is talking and what the context is. Then look  at the key themes in each speech. You could highlight and annotate  the speeches to help you.                                              Speech One  Prologue  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.  From forth the fatal loins of these two foes  A pair of star‐cross'd lovers take their life;  Whose misadventured piteous overthrows  Do with their death bury their parents' strife.  The fearful passage of their death‐mark'd love,  And the continuance of their parents' rage,  Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,  Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;  The which if you with patient ears attend,  What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.    Example question:  Starting with this speech, how does Shakespeare the theme of fate? Write about: • how Shakespeare presents fate in this speech • how Shakespeare presents fate in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]                          Speech 4  Act 1 Scene 2 Lord Capulet talking to Paris about Juliet  CAPULET And too soon marr'd are those so early made. The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she, She is the hopeful lady of my earth: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part; An she agree, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice. This night I hold an old accustom'd feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you, among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more. At my poor house look to behold this night Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light: Such comfort as do lusty young men feel When well-apparell'd April on the heel Of limping winter treads, even such delight Among fresh female buds shall you this night Inherit at my house; hear all, all see, And like her most whose merit most shall be: Which on more view, of many mine being one May stand in number, though in reckoning none, Come, go with me.       Speech 5 Act 2 Prologue  Chorus Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, Alike betwitched by the charm of looks, But to his foe supposed he must complain, And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks: Being held a foe, he may not have access To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear; And she as much in love, her means much less To meet her new-beloved any where: But passion lends them power, time means, to meet Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.  Romeo and Juliet Key Speeches Booklet  English Literature Paper 1      This booklet contains a few key speeches from the play. Read  through the speeches, reminding yourself where in the play they  are from. Identify who is talking and what the context is. Then look  at the key themes in each speech. You could highlight and annotate  the speeches to help you.                                              Speech One  Prologue  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.  From forth the fatal loins of these two foes  A pair of star‐cross'd lovers take their life;  Whose misadventured piteous overthrows  Do with their death bury their parents' strife.  The fearful passage of their death‐mark'd love,  And the continuance of their parents' rage,  Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,  Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;  The which if you with patient ears attend,  What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.    Example question:  Starting with this speech, how does Shakespeare the theme of fate? Write about: • how Shakespeare presents fate in this speech • how Shakespeare presents fate in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]                          Speech 4  Act 1 Scene 2 Lord Capulet talking to Paris about Juliet  CAPULET And too soon marr'd are those so early made. The earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she, She is the hopeful lady of my earth: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part; An she agree, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice. This night I hold an old accustom'd feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you, among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more. At my poor house look to behold this night Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light: Such comfort as do lusty young men feel When well-apparell'd April on the heel Of limping winter treads, even such delight Among fresh female buds shall you this night Inherit at my house; hear all, all see, And like her most whose merit most shall be: Which on more view, of many mine being one May stand in number, though in reckoning none, Come, go with me.       Speech 5 Act 2 Prologue  Chorus Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, Alike betwitched by the charm of looks, But to his foe supposed he must complain, And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks: Being held a foe, he may not have access To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear; And she as much in love, her means much less To meet her new-beloved any where: But passion lends them power, time means, to meet Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.  Speech 6 Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo in the Capulet garden when he sees Juliet    ROMEO  JULIET appears above at a window But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she: Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love! O, that she knew she were! She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that? Her eye discourses; I will answer it. I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night. See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek!     Example question:  Starting with this speech, how does Shakespeare present Romeo’s feelings for Juliet? Write about: • how Shakespeare presents Romeo in this speech • how Shakespeare presents Romeo in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]        Speech 7 Act 2 Scene  2 Juliet when she does not know that Romeo is  listening  JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? 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. ROMEO [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? JULIET 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.     Speech 8 Act 2 Scene 3 Romeo and Friar Lawrence when Romeo explains that  he loves Juliet now instead of Rosaline   FRIAR LAURENCE Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste, To season love, that of it doth not taste! The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears; Lo, here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit Of an old tear that is not wash'd off yet: If e'er thou wast thyself and these woes thine, Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline: And art thou changed? pronounce this sentence then, Women may fall, when there's no strength in men.    Speech 12 Act 3 Scene 3 Romeo when he finds out his is banished from  Verona  ROMEO Ha, banishment! be merciful, say 'death;' For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death: do not say 'banishment.' FRIAR LAURENCE Hence from Verona art thou banished: Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. ROMEO There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence-banished is banish'd from the world, And world's exile is death: then banished, Is death mis-term'd: calling death banishment, Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe, And smilest upon the stroke that murders me. FRIAR LAURENCE O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness! Thy fault our law calls death; but the kind prince, Taking thy part, hath rush'd aside the law, And turn'd that black word death to banishment: This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not. ROMEO 'Tis torture, and not mercy: heaven is here, Where Juliet lives; and every cat and dog And little mouse, every unworthy thing, Live here in heaven and may look on her; But Romeo may not: more validity, More honourable state, more courtship lives In carrion-flies than Romeo: they my seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin; But Romeo may not; he is banished: Flies may do this, but I from this must fly: They are free men, but I am banished. And say'st thou yet that exile is not death? Hadst thou no poison mix'd, no sharp-ground knife, No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean, But 'banished' to kill me?--'banished'? O friar, the damned use that word in hell; Howlings attend it: how hast thou the heart, Being a divine, a ghostly confessor, A sin-absolver, and my friend profess'd, To mangle me with that word 'banished'?  Example question:  Starting with this conversation, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Friar Lawrence as a father figure to Romeo. Write about: • how Shakespeare presents Friar Lawrence in this extract • how Shakespeare presents Friar Lawrence in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]      Speech 13 Act 3 Scene 5 The morning after Romeo and Juliet have  consummated their marriage  Enter ROMEO and JULIET above, at the window JULIET Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day: It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree: Believe me, love, it was the nightingale. ROMEO It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. I must be gone and live, or stay and die. JULIET Yon light is not day-light, I know it, I: It is some meteor that the sun exhales, To be to thee this night a torch-bearer, And light thee on thy way to Mantua: Therefore stay yet; thou need'st not to be gone.     Example question:  Starting with this conversation, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet as real love. Write about: • how Shakespeare presents their relationship in this extract • how Shakespeare presents their relationship in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]    Speech 14 Act 3 Scene 5 Lady Capulet wants revenge for Tybalt’s death  LADY CAPULET We will have vengeance for it, fear thou not: Then weep no more. I'll send to one in Mantua, Where that same banish'd runagate doth live, Shall give him such an unaccustom'd dram, That he shall soon keep Tybalt company: And then, I hope, thou wilt be satisfied. JULIET Indeed, I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold him--dead-- Is my poor heart for a kinsman vex'd. Madam, if you could find out but a man To bear a poison, I would temper it; That Romeo should, upon receipt thereof, Soon sleep in quiet. O, how my heart abhors To hear him named, and cannot come to him. To wreak the love I bore my cousin Upon his body that slaughter'd him! LADY CAPULET Find thou the means, and I'll find such a man.    Example question:  Starting with this conversation, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet as close. Write about • how Shakespeare presents their relationship in this extract • how Shakespeare presents their relationship in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]                    Speech 17 Act 4 Scene 1 Juliet feeling desperate and asking Friar Lawrence  for help to avoid the marriage to Paris  JULIET O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of yonder tower; Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears; Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house, O'er-cover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls; Or bid me go into a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in his shroud; Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble; And I will do it without fear or doubt, To live an unstain'd wife to my sweet love.    Speech 18 Act 5 Scene 1 Romeo when he thinks Juliet is dead  ROMEO Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night. Let's see for means: O mischief, thou art swift To enter in the thoughts of desperate men! I do remember an apothecary,-- And hereabouts he dwells,--which late I noted In tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows, Culling of simples; meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones: And in his needy shop a tortoise hung, An alligator stuff'd, and other skins Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds, Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show. Noting this penury, to myself I said 'An if a man did need a poison now, Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.' O, this same thought did but forerun my need; And this same needy man must sell it me. As I remember, this should be the house. Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut. What, ho! apothecary!        Example question:  Starting with this conversation, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings as real love. Write about: • how Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings in this extract • how Shakespeare presents Romeo’s feelings in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]    Speech 19 Act 5 Scene 3 Romeo killing himself  O my love! my wife!  Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath,  Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:  Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet  Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,  And death's pale flag is not advanced there.  Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet?  O, what more favour can I do to thee,  Than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain  To sunder his that was thine enemy?  Forgive me, cousin! Ah, dear Juliet,  Why art thou yet so fair? shall I believe  That unsubstantial death is amorous,  And that the lean abhorred monster keeps  Thee here in dark to be his paramour?  For fear of that, I still will stay with thee;  And never from this palace of dim night  Depart again: here, here will I remain  With worms that are thy chamber‐maids; O, here  Will I set up my everlasting rest,  And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars  From this world‐wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!  Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you  The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss  A dateless bargain to engrossing death!  Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide!  Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on  The dashing rocks thy sea‐sick weary bark!  Here's to my love!            Speech 20 Act 5 Scene 3 When they have discovered that Romeo and Juliet  are dead and have heard what happened from Friar Lawrence  PRINCE This letter doth make good the friar's words, Their course of love, the tidings of her death: And here he writes that he did buy a poison Of a poor 'pothecary, and therewithal Came to this vault to die, and lie with Juliet. Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. And I for winking at your discords too Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish'd. CAPULET O brother Montague, give me thy hand: This is my daughter's jointure, for no more Can I demand. MONTAGUE But I can give thee more: For I will raise her statue in pure gold; That while Verona by that name is known, There shall no figure at such rate be set As that of true and faithful Juliet.