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Name: Date: Period: Love vs. Lust Quotation Guide On the chart below are listed the quotations selected from the text of Romeo and Juliet. They are sorted by argument (Quotes that support the Love argument on the left and quotes that support the Lust argument on the right). Please remember that these quotes are provided to you out of context so you are encouraged to use the citation information to look back in your books to find out where the quote comes from, who is involved, and what other issues affect its meaning. Also, keep in mind that some quotes may be used to argue both sides. Your reasons and explanations must be very clear in those cases. This chart is a resource Use it thoughtfully, but do not be afraid to find additional quotations in your book, especially in Acts IV and V. LOVE “O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o’er my head, As is a winged messenger of

heaven.” (II.226-29, pg 38) Romeo “I take thee at they word. Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized. Henceforth I never will be Romeo.” (II.249-51, pg 39) Romeo “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me.” (II.266-69, pg 40) Romeo “Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set On the fair rich daughter of rich Capulet; As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage.” (II.357-61, pg 47) Romeo “I pray thee chide not. Her I love now Doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so.” (II.385-87, pg 48) “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting. Villain am I none Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.” LUST (III.161-64, pg 64) Romeo “Why, such is love’s transgression.

Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propogate to have it prest With more of thine. This love that thou hast shown Doth add more grief or too much of mine own.” (I.1184-194, pg 10) Romeo (about Rosaline) “He that is stricken blind cannot forget The precious treasure of eyesight lost. Thou canst not teach me to forget.” (I.2231-236, pg 13) Romeo (about Rosaline) “Did my heart love til now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty til this night.” (I.553-54, pg 30) Romeo “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” (I.545-48, pg 30) Romeo “If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” (I.594-97, pg 32) Romeo “By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel, and I lent him

eye. I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, I should adventure for such merchandise. (II.280-84, pg 40-41) Romeo LOVE “’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.” (III.329-33, pg 77) Romeo “Speakest thou of Juliet? How is it with her? Doth not she think me an old murderer, Now I have stained the childhood of our joy” (III.393-95, pg 80) Romeo “As if that name, Shot from the deadly level of a gun, Did murder her; as that name’s cursed hand Murdered her kinsman. O, tell me, Friar, tell me, In what vile part of this anatomy Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack The hateful mansion” (III.3102-108, pg 80) Romeo “Hold thy desperate hand. Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art; The tears are womanish Thou hast amazed me. By my holy order, I thought thy disposition better

tempered. Hast thou slain Tybalt? Wilt thou slay thyself?” (III.3108-116, pg 80) Friar Lawrence “J: O, think’st thou we shall ever meet again? R: I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come.” (III.551-53, pg 86) Juliet and Romeo “J: Either my eyesight fails, or thou lookest pale. R: And trust me, love, in my eye so do you. Dry sorrow drinks our blood.” (III.557-59, pg 86-87) Juliet and Romeo LUST “Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast! Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!” (II.2187-190, pg 45) Romeo “What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste To season love, that of it doth not taste!” (II.369-72, pg48) Friar Lawrence “R: Thou chidst me oft for loving Rosaline. FL: For doting, not for loving, pupil mine.” (II.381-82, pg 48) “Amen, amen! But come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives

me in her sight.” (II.63-5, pg 60-62) Romeo, LOVE or LUST? “O Sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper softened valor’s steel!” (III.1112-114, pg 67) Romeo MODEL: “Let me be ta’en, let me be put to death. I am content, so thou wilt have it so Come, death, and welcome! Juliet wills it so.” (III.517-18,24, pg 85) Romeo (LOVE) Example explanation of above quote: This quote is evidence that Romeo is in love, because he is past weighing his options. He has made up his mind to stay in Verona and risk death to stay with Juliet. This means he truly loves her, because people in love risk would be willing to risk their lives for their spouses