Romeo and Juliet : Quotation Analysis
3. If love be rough with you, be rough with love:
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.
Give me a case to put my visage in.
A visor for a visor!
This quotation is spoken by Mercutio to Romeo. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to persuade Romeo to join them in a masquerade. Romeo is reluctant to to join them. He rather be alone with his love-sick misery about Rosaline not returning his love and Mercutio is trying to cheer up Romeo. This passage is significant because it shows Mercutio`s and Romeo`s deferring view of love. We see that Romeo is passionate, emotional, and embraces his sadness. He feels that love is rough because of his past experiences that dealt with love. On the other hand, Mercutio is practical, and thinks things thoroughly. “If love be rough with you, be rough with love: Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down”. This passage tells us that Mercutio believes that love can be controlled. Mercutio is basically saying that love can cause great pain, so you must take control over love. This statement also is personifying love of being rough with Romeo. He is telling Romeo that if love hurts him, he should hurt it back and defeat it. “Give me a case to put my visage in. A visor for a visor”! This statement tells us how Mercutio thinks he is an ugly person, thus asking for an ugly cover mask for an ugly face.
7. These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder
Which as they kiss consume.
This quotation is spoken by Friar Lawrence to Romeo. Romeo and Juliet are about to get married. Friar Lawrence comes and talks to Romeo to warn him about his and Juliet’s love for eachother. This passage is significant because the Friar warns them about the dangers of rushing into love too fast. Romeo and Juliet impulsively want to be with each other because they love each other so much. “These violent delights have violent ends”, refers to how the pleasurable delight of
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.
Give me a case to put my visage in.
A visor for a visor!
This quotation is spoken by Mercutio to Romeo. Benvolio and Mercutio are trying to persuade Romeo to join them in a masquerade. Romeo is reluctant to to join them. He rather be alone with his love-sick misery about Rosaline not returning his love and Mercutio is trying to cheer up Romeo. This passage is significant because it shows Mercutio`s and Romeo`s deferring view of love. We see that Romeo is passionate, emotional, and embraces his sadness. He feels that love is rough because of his past experiences that dealt with love. On the other hand, Mercutio is practical, and thinks things thoroughly. “If love be rough with you, be rough with love: Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down”. This passage tells us that Mercutio believes that love can be controlled. Mercutio is basically saying that love can cause great pain, so you must take control over love. This statement also is personifying love of being rough with Romeo. He is telling Romeo that if love hurts him, he should hurt it back and defeat it. “Give me a case to put my visage in. A visor for a visor”! This statement tells us how Mercutio thinks he is an ugly person, thus asking for an ugly cover mask for an ugly face.
7. These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder
Which as they kiss consume.
This quotation is spoken by Friar Lawrence to Romeo. Romeo and Juliet are about to get married. Friar Lawrence comes and talks to Romeo to warn him about his and Juliet’s love for eachother. This passage is significant because the Friar warns them about the dangers of rushing into love too fast. Romeo and Juliet impulsively want to be with each other because they love each other so much. “These violent delights have violent ends”, refers to how the pleasurable delight of