This PowerPoint provides roughly 50 quotes with in-depth, grade 9 analysis for Romeo and Juliet to a GCSE standard. I used these quotes for my GCSE exam, for which I am predicted a 9 for the OCR exam board however they can work for all boards.
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This quote is spoken by Lord Capulet in Act 4 Scene 5, when he thinks Juliet is dead.
The short simple phrase ‘death is my son-in-law’ has imagery of Juliet marrying death
which foreshadows Romeo’s death as he is Capulet’s real son-in-law. By saying Juliet is
married to death, Shakespeare suggests that romeo will die and he will bring death to
Juliet since she is married to him, the order or the nouns, ‘son-in-law’ and ‘hier’ is
surprising as Capulet mentions his son-in-law first instead of his own daughter, however
this foreshadows the order in which Romeo and Juliet die. The caesura, when performed
‘ Death is my son-in-law, Death is my would be spoken with a pause that would further emphasise capulet coming to terms
with Juliet’s death. Capulet suggests that death has triumphed which implies he cares
hier’ more about death winning than his own daughter’s death. The repetition of death
emphasises Capulet’s disbelief and grief at what has happened, showing capulet’s
thoughts are fixated on Juliet’s death and him not knowing how to react since her death
is completely unexpected. Capulet’s dramatic mourning of Juliet’s death creates a sense
of hypocrisy as when she was alive, Capulet used her for his own social advancement, and
now that she’s dies, he is really mourning the ability to use her for his own gain since they
never really knew what she was like. Capulet’s job as the head of a wealthy family was to
find his only daughter Juliet a husband to carry on his family’s legacy with when he dies,
however Juliet has died, so there is no one to continue the family name once he dies.
, Said in Act 3 Scene 5, when Juliet refuses to marry Paris during an argument
between the two. The noun ‘baggage’ dehumanises Juliet, suggesting she is
something capulet is entitled to dispose of, through marriage or by disowning
her, which links to the construction of a patriarchal society, in which the male
patriarch had authority over his daughter. The misogynistic language capulet
uses to describe his daughter would shock a modern audience and ensure that
a modern audience would view Capulet differently from when he was talking to
‘ Hang thee young baggage! Paris about giving Juliet more time as that would have been seen as generous.
Capulet thinks that his daughter doesn’t realise how lucky she is to marry Paris.
Disobedient wretch!’ Two short exclamative sentences emphasises his anger at Juliet’s disobedience
and implies Juliet’s vulnerability since she is entirely dependent on her father
who she now has a strained relationship with. The adjective ‘disobedient’
Capulet emphasises his anger that she would dare dispute his authority.
Capulet is the head of the family meant that he was used to being obeyed by
everyone, so by Juliet being ungrateful for him finding her a husband an
Elizabethan audience wouldn’t be shocked at capulet’s reaction especially since
Elizabethan father’s were allowed to beat their children if they were
troublesome.
Said by Capulet in Act 1 Scene 2, when he is talking to Paris about his
want to marry Juliet.
The adjective ‘ripe’ connotes imagery of fruit, which objectifies her and
implies that Capulet sees his only daughter as a thing to be bargained
and traded for his own social advancement in society and that marrying
her which should be meaningful is like a business deal to him. However
it could also suggest that Capulet thinks Juliet isn’t mature enough for
‘Ere we may think her ripe to be a an event as serious as marriage. Another interpretation is that Capulet
bride’ doesn’t think Pairs is well suited for Juliet as ‘ripe’ means just right and
perfect for being eaten and in this case for eachother. The plural
pronoun ‘we’ shows that Capulet and his wife will be choosing who
Juliet will marry however a modern audience would know that the
decision is all his so there is already a sense of hypocrisy in what he is
saying, therefore we may believe that this foreshadows him agreeing
the arranged marriage to Paris in only a short amount of time taken.
, Said by Capulet in Act 4 Scene 2, when Juliet tells Capulet that she
will marry Pairs.
The light imagery ‘Wondrous light’ emphasises how much Juliet
means to him as his ‘heart’ is ‘light’ because she has agreed to do
what he thinks is best for her. The verb ‘reclaimed’ implies that
Capulet means his heart feels so light now that Juliet has agreed
to marry Paris. However also could be interpreted as Juliet being
‘My heart is wondrous light since this under Capulet’s ownership again. This links to the Elizabethan
same wayward girl is so reclaimed’ society where a fathers’ job was to find a suitable husband for his
daughter to continue the family name and reputation however
Juliet had disobeyed him by refusing to marry Pairs. An
Elizabethan audience would sympathise deeply with Capulet’s
frustration and his joy now she is obeying his authority. He is now
being civil towards Juliet now she has agreed to do what he want.
Spoken by capulet to Tybalt during the capulet party in Act 1
Scene 5. This quote demonstrates Capulet’s authority over Tybalt
and that he expects to be obeyed immediately due to him being
the head of the Capulet house hold. The imperative verb ‘let’
implies this power that he expects to have over the rest of his
‘Let him alone[…] Verona brags of him To be family. At this time in Elizabethan society, the male head of every
elite household had absolute control of everything that happened
virtuous and well governed youth’ within it, so explains Capulet’s attitude to dealing with Tybalt. As
a modern reader, the effect is that we see how Capulet views
himself to have an important role in his family, protecting their
honour and reputation. Furthermore, this quote explains that
somewhat ironically, Capulet himself has heard of Romeo’s good
qualities. Demonstrating Romeo’s excellent reputation and is held
in high esteem.
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