The 10 Most Important Quotes in Romeo and Juliet

[@DrAidan]

Hello everyone, just wanted to wish you all the best of luck in your exam tomorrow. If you found this video useful and would like some more detailed analysis, I also have four videos on the key themes of Romeo and Juliet, featuring more key quote analysis. They can all be found in my Romeo and Juliet playlist, accessible via this link: kzbin.info/aero/PLA78A2-yUO6_6I5nuqEqWQ7Pc329LkXD2. Also, for those of you with any urgent questions regarding Romeo and Juliet, I will be around for most of today so please post any important questions you have as a separate comment on this video (I probably won’t be able to respond to all comments but I will try my best). I also have videos on Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls, Macbeth, and more on my channel so do check those out if you found this video helpful.

[@millsrich6091]

Dr Aidan what video do you explain primacy effect in.

[@DrAidan]

I mention it in a few of the videos so the easiest thing is to quickly explain it here. In essence, the Primacy Effect describes how we (as viewers and readers) tend to categorise characters according to what they do and say when they first appear (or how they are described by others): do we think they are heroic, evil, cowardly etc. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is initially presented as the melancholic Petrarchan lover who mopes over an unattainable young woman - Rosaline. He changes during the play as he takes action and talks with Juliet and then marries her. He also begins as someone who hates the feud with the Capulets - later he almost inadvertently becomes a central figure in that feud when he kills Tybalt. Alternatively, if you got set part of 1.1 (where Gregory and Samson argue), you could say that the Primacy Effect lets us know that these are families who have been involved in arguments for years and their language - words like choler - reflect that intolerance and hatred. I hope that helps. If you have another question on this do send me a reply. And best of luck with the exam.

[@millsrich6091]

Dr Aidan thank you

[@DrAidan]

No problem.

[@singhez]

How many paragraphs do you reccommend for the first part of question 1? (My teacher told me 2 to 3 but r they enough to get high mark as it is out of 20)

[@mikael4341]

Always love leaving revision for the last minute 😂 Good luck with AQA Biology tomorrow everyone!

[@rhiannonglanville8231]

Mikael from the future- no

[@danielgraham5199]

I literally have AQA biology tomorrow

[@Mike-kt7gv]

@@danielgraham5199 same

[@danielgraham5199]

@@Mike-kt7gv update it went terrible I didn’t really know much so I guessed

[@rualduck2522]

....how tf did you know...... I'm actually scared

[@eliciawestmoreland9094]

Hello😬 everyone who is revising the night before the exam 😳😝😌

[@sav1344]

yasss

[@madisonc108]

Elicia Westmoreland ME END ME PLS 😭

[@eliciawestmoreland9094]

@No Thanks good look to you too 😂

[@caliisbored8203]

Heyyyy😭😭😭yassss

[@dehstyny]

good luck!!

[@sadiegroom4180]

“Here’s to my love” during death scene and “swear not by thy inconstant moon” shows how Romeo is in love with the idea of love and says what he thinks Juliet would like. Juliet is more practical

[@randomseven76]

Good luck to fellow people who are also cramming the night before eng lit paper 1

[@TamWam_]

😭 for us its paper 2 with romeo and juliet, our paper 1 was poetry and tkam. but yes, im cramming this for my exam in 2 days 💀

[@randomseven76]

@@TamWam_ Oh 😭 good luck to you too, and I hope your paper treats you nicely

[@kassie6134]

Everyone’s who’s revising the morning of the exam 😬

[@sholaking1188]

Literally

[@TheGreenFlameXDYT]

Yes

[@zaydkarolia7908]

Who else left revision too late 😂😂. Here is an extra quotes"O happy dagger" By Juliet (oxymoron)

[@frankiero3591]

im starting to think that maybe i shouldve started revising earlier😂😂

[@benjaminwilson8693]

My exam is tomorrow

[@zaydkarolia7908]

@@benjaminwilson8693 same

[@-_.---._.-_-.--._--]

@@frankiero3591 same | I thought: "This will be easy, I just have to know the how the story goes." , but then I saw the practice test........

[@Danny3000boy]

Wasn’t expecting it but this video helps more than I thought it would

[@aerialscape5397]

MYY GUYYY I NEEDED THIS. DAY BEFORE EXAM

[@idk-ch7hj]

Same.

[@LocksVid]

My exam is in 1 hour and I’m screwed

[@DrAidan]

Lux Legend - if it helps, you can think of this play as Romeo’s story until 3.1 and Juliet’s after that. In 1.1 Romeo is melancholy because Rosaline doesn’t like him (feather of lead quotes). In 1.4 Mercutio persuades him to go to the feast (the queen mab speech). In 1.5 he meets Juliet (lips two blushing pilgrims). In 2.2 they agree to marry (Juliet is the sun and swear not by the moon). In 3.1 Mercutio and Tybalt are killed - a major turning point. Then Juliet waits for Romeo (3.2 - gallop apace) and they meet for the last time (3.4 - speech about dawn and birds). Act 4 is about the Capulets and marriage prep + the potion plot. In act 5 Romeo thinks she’s dead - and they both kill themselves. Hope that summary might help you - good luck.

[@daanishf7680]

Did u pass

[@andrem1395]

Same

[@aerynstewart248]

Oh mood

[@asnekboi7232]

Did it go well

[@ellierowe6626]

This is so useful, I’m doing my year 10 mocks. 💪🏻

[@highkdrop8439]

same

[@senkuisdaddy7741]

Same lol

[@senkuisdaddy7741]

1 hour

[@rebekahl840]

Samee

[@wiccawicca7359]

Same!

[@johnielus8682]

i am literally doing this last minute, its an hour till the exam

[@User_Named_Ryan]

The wave of viewers panicking ppl the day before or morning before exam

[@veronicadt9293]

Save my lifeeeeee 2019 GCES

[@haderzon1818]

I'm honestly so buggered 😭 good luck though!

[@cb123x]

this made me realise i know a lot less than i thought. our class havent looked at like half of these

[@kylet2004]

mocks 2019 be back here 2020 summer. last minute revision again most likely

[@jamesroberts5875]

Covid got you. But I’m here for a resit 🤣

[@3m1ly_444]

Good luck everyone with the exam tomorrow🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@Vulcan_7]

my name is

[@isabelle0015]

Thank you!

[@sapphiremoonlight23xxx6]

You tooo

[@jgaming765]

Targeted a 9 but ive only been getting 6s in LIT can't seem to remember quotes well. Got my exam tomorrow haha.

[@alabamawestle5200]

what did you get? :)

[@yeetheet1869]

Come on, two years man, dont leave us hanging

[@eleanor3018]

its been two years?

[@tayyabashraf2964]

Come on tell us what you got

[@jgaming765]

@@tayyabashraf2964 hahaha got a 7, went on to do a levels now at uni in bath!

[@LampoLaggins]

This video really helped! I can say that I am fully prepared for the exam tomorrow from watching this video! Thanks :D

[@DrAidan]

Lampo Laggins Thank you: hope the exam goes well!

[@blueharmony3096]

Lampo Laggins loooool I’m watching this before the exam as well 😂

[@LampoLaggins]

Blue harmony Good luck 😂

[@rasimqusous7715]

same I have an exam tomorrow

[@NTGAMING69]

After that biology test. I'm not too sure chief 😂

[@jojonta2119]

Axolotl tho lol the fuck is that

[@kerenaliyah4529]

That biology test insulted us 🤣

[@NTGAMING69]

@@jojonta2119 my man had 1 ventricle 😢😢. 🔓 free up the second one

[@jojonta2119]

@@NTGAMING69 Well to compensate for that test, english literature exam was a blessing for me since I do R+J and Great expectations. They were some basic ass questions

[@NTGAMING69]

@@jojonta2119 but the grade boundaries tho 🤔

[@LightBlazeMC]

2019 here we go

[@ayahabdilrabie1009]

These videos are sick if you find the quotes long find smaller quotes within the larger quotes

[@LightBlazeMC]

@@ayahabdilrabie1009 thanks im gonna do that

[@justanothergamer6072]

I gotta memorize the book and quotes and people who said them

[@caoimhedee]

my english exam is TOMORROW 💀💀

[@listedoverload4958]

Same first time I’ve revised Romeo and Juliet too 😭💀

[@DrAidan]

Thanks for watching the video and I hope the exam goes well tomorrow.

[@jojinsquare4412]

SAME it's today

[@DrAidan]

@@jojinsquare4412 I hope the exam goes well today.

[@thegreatestbriton9689]

@@jojinsquare4412 30 mins my guy

[@arizeyt8668]

I got my first lit exam tomorrow good luck tommorow everyone

[@test44ose3]

#2019?

[@emmarudkin6438]

can I ask please: Why has the theme of 'family' not been included in this series? These are a really good resource!

[@DrAidan]

Thank you for your kind words: I'll put a video on Family into my plans!

[@A_Guy_Named_Jeronimo]

Tomorrow is english lit paper oneeeee

[@JustAHuman403]

Im going to fail :( AAAAAHHHHHHH

[@callmesummon]

I’m cooked bro 😭 just gotta make it up on paper 2

[@A_Guy_Named_Jeronimo]

@@callmesummon broooo go sleeeeep

[@callmesummon]

@@A_Guy_Named_Jeronimo you too bro why are YOU awake

[@A_Guy_Named_Jeronimo]

@callmesummon I have insomnia, but last night in particular I managed to get to sleep early but then woke up early. Ive had about 5 hours sleep tho so we chilling

[@tommitch6872]

Very good detail provided

[@ethansc7315]

This is so helpful thanks

[@blem5376]

Where doin lit tomorrow best of luck to you all

[@maxdaniels4326]

Adam Palomino ty u2

[@luciarouse2655]

Thankyou great explaning!!!

[@DrAidan]

Thank you: I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@ismailtaha5869]

thank you this really helped me!

[@DrAidan]

I’m very pleased to hear that and thank you for letting me know.

[@prinny_a740]

this video has really helped me with romeo and juliet! i now feel fully prepared for the exam tomorrow!!! Thanks :D :D

[@DrAidan]

Prinny_A That’s great. Hope the exam goes well!

[@prinny_a740]

the exam went really well i think ive passed

[@DrAidan]

That's great to hear! Well done!

[@dehstyny]

Prinny_A wHAT was the exam question theme

[@asnekboi7232]

Did you pass

[@bxd_intxntixn4377]

I juss wanna say good luck on ur test tomorrow

[@onthekam]

2 hours until my GCSE 😅😅

[@Pinopley]

Same mate

[@mishawaka6608]

You’re a godsend

[@asarma0804]

Got the 2022 exam tomorrow for this and unseen poetry if anyone asks in the future I'll tell them what I got (if it's good lol)

[@azi.astra.x71]

I have English lit tomorrow as well, I'll try to check up after we get our results back :)

[@DrAidan]

Thanks for watching. I hope that your exam goes very well.

[@aymancharifo6650]

Got my 2023 Exams in a few days too what did you get

[@asarma0804]

@@aymancharifo6650 got an 8 for literature and 8 for English. All I did was make flashcards with half a quote on one side and the other half on the other. Went over them on the way to school and back and then just wrote out every single quote I know at the start of the exam which I could reference during the test.

[@asarma0804]

@@aymancharifo6650 doing maths, further maths, economics and art at Brampton now for sixth form. Got my as level next Monday in economics and then my maths a level in June.

[@milajenkins7825]

this is helping me on my huge assignment due today at 8

[@DrAidan]

I’m pleased to hear that and I hope the assignment goes well.

[@Mario-xd9uk]

Who’s here revising for English lit GCSE in a few days

[@futureflatter48]

Good luck everyone. Also has anyone else got poems as well?

[@Pinopley]

Yeah..

[@sondrahayton4699]

I really enjoyed this interpretation of Romeo&Juliet. Thank you. If you could do the entire Scenes that would be awesome Thank You

[@DrAidan]

I'm very glad to hear that, thank you. I am currently working on a few other videos, but I will put that on the list as well!

[@bigmac9668]

Revising 20 mins before the exam noting quite like it boys 😇

[@tayabrown6810]

Big Mac, the only way 💁

[@gabby5791]

oof a few hours to go and this is my revision

[@darrenszeto3755]

what do you mean in 6:43 when you say Juliet is torn between the two opposites?

[@DrAidan]

At this point in the play she has just secretly married Romeo so she’s in love with him; yet she’s now discovered that he’s killed Tybalt. So she’s trying to reconcile two opposing feelings. She’s in love with this person yet she discovers he’s killed a member of her family. Has she been deceived? Is his outer appearance and behaviour towards her hiding an inner evil? So she’s torn between her love for him and the fact that she should hate him for killing Tybalt. That’s why Shakespeare uses oxymoron here: to highlight these seemingly incompatible sides of Romeo. Hope that helps.

[@nerziluv]

I'm just popping in here for fun, my english exam was last week, but anyways, good luck to everybody! (And ngl, I can memorize this entire play, it's an actual problem....we don't talk about it)

[@lumialeopard]

you've done your gcses already?!

[@nerziluv]

@@lumialeopard nooooo, they are just pre-gcses! Mock exams

[@lumialeopard]

@@nerziluv ohh, I see, good luck for the real ones! :)

[@Jimbo_Maza]

HAND OVER THOSE MEMORY SKILLS RIGHT NOW 😭

[@potatoman9432]

Watching this an hour before my exam. XD

[@dollygallier3434]

I have a English mock tomorrow on this! Last minute revision

[@MarcJent]

Thanks

[@ruhakana]

Morning of the exam let’s go.

[@alysiaellis8628]

RUHAKANA MAYOMBO literally decided a week ago to do Romeo and Juliet instead of Macbeth lmAO GOOD LUCK

[@theyoungtroll2971]

do i have to remember all these long quotes ? Or can i just pick words like star crossed lovers and fatal ions

[@DrAidan]

You don't have to remember all of the quote: I'd pick out a phrase from within it and then paraphrase the rest. They will essentially want to know that you understand the meaning of the line and that you can place it within the story. i.e.which theme it illustrates. Good luck with the exam.

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

I love your music tbh

[@DrAidan]

That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you. Glad you like it.

[@Dikshya1D]

Thank you!!!!!

[@DrAidan]

Thank you for your comment: I'm pleased you found it useful.

[@torymonarchist]

A lot of these comments are saying that perople are watching this as last minute revision, but I'm just watching this for fun! I love Shakespeare, anyone else?

[@DrAidan]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your comments.

[@josh35639]

absolutely fucking not

[@torymonarchist]

@@josh35639 😭😂

[@Magick290]

somehow forgot i have the exam tomorrow, lol pray for me

[@dirtydrillerhh3562]

It’s very good

[@ibrahimshaw2857]

You should mention the characters under the quotes

[@DrAidan]

Thanks for the suggestion - I will look at incorporating that in future videos.

[@bakrtopia9922]

I was speaking to my English teacher about the 'primacy effect' she had no idea of what it was and said many markers wouldn't get it also is their an alternative word for it?

[@DrAidan]

You can use this idea when writing about how a character is initially presented in the play - and say how this influences how we perceive that character. Hope that's useful.

[@bakrtopia9922]

@@DrAidan thanks that's perfect

[@anime_ga_daisuki_no_nanifamu]

Our teacher recommended us to watch thus video :))

[@DrAidan]

I’m very pleased to hear that. I hope you enjoyed the video and do say thank you to your teacher when you next see him or her.

[@Lauren-kf9sm]

exam tomorrow😬

[@chl0beary]

What why did phoebus have to kill his son with a thunderbolt

[@DrAidan]

Good question: The idea is that Phaeton (son of the Sun god sometimes known as Phoebus) wanted to drive the team of horses that pulled the sun across the sky. He lost control of the horses and to save the earth from being destroyed Phoebus killed his son with a thunderbolt. The horses were then brought under control and the Earth preserved. Hope that’s helpful!

[@wiktoriadudak9175]

wheres my 2020 gang at?

[@oscarkusmirek7116]

legend

[@the_jingo]

I forgot quote they used to pick fight and trying to make other start fight

[@DrAidan]

Do you mean 'Do you bite your thumb at us sir?' (1.1.42)

[@the_jingo]

Dr Aidan yes thank you so much that’s exactly the quote I was looking for

[@actioncat5076]

2 days to my exam :)

[@lj212]

Action Cat 40 mins till exam !!

[@actioncat5076]

Lauren how did you find it? Because I think I actually failed

[@lj212]

Action Cat Romeo and Juliet I flopped the extract question and the wider like my answers were really bad but inspector calls was goood

[@actioncat5076]

Lauren Everyone else apparently found it easy so grade boundaries will be high 😂

[@summerrrrr8399]

Omg this video is so helpful thank you so much adding to my English literature playlist

[@DrAidan]

I’m very pleased to hear that and thank you for letting me know.

[@delcio9038]

thanks

[@troopez7230]

2021 Exams anyone?

[@est7742]

yup

[@legomotion64]

as for as this video is concerned, I think that the other is deeper beacuse of the pressure of water

[@mehdiyakazmi4591]

how woulld i know where the quotes are from in the play?

[@DrAidan]

Good question. Alongside each quote you will see numbers written in blue within brackets. For example, 'gallop apace' is followed by (3.2.1-4); this tells you you can find it at Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 1-4. Hope this helps.

[@balicebali]

can i use this for edexcel?

[@DrAidan]

Thank you for the question. There's no reason that you can't use this for Edexcel.

[@titchelessar]

How the frick does one get a PhD in Shakespeare

[@skits7280]

By wasting their life away, learning everything about a fiction book.

[@robovens2454]

ty good help xx

[@cleowenicnic5290]

everyone doing this for exams and then me in yr 8

[@atmo1o]

In which video is the Primacy Effect explained?

[@DrAidan]

I haven't done a video specifically on The Primacy Effect yet: I will put that on the list.

[@chickenducks1002]

ayo late night exam prep lmao

[@eggyboi1663]

Good luck everyone for tomorrow’s exam

[@DrAidan]

I hope your exam goes well.

[@macewindu4773]

who's here in 2021

[@mischamccarthy5887]

revising last minute for mocks-

[@DrAidan]

Thanks for watching. I hope the mocks go very well.

[@lolaamcr1126]

My mock exam is in two days, and I can't memorize all the quotes r.i.p.

[@DrAidan]

you got hacked : The way I remember the quotes is to learn them half a line at a time. If it’s the one that starts ‘From forth the fatal loins’ I begin with a key word to prompt my memory. I would use ‘fourth’ which sounds like ‘forth’. I then learn ‘From forth the fatal loins’ by repeating it several times. I then ask who do these ‘loins’ belong to and it is ‘these two foes’. I then repeat ‘these two foes’. and then add it to the first phrase. Now I’ve got one line. The next thought is ‘a pair of star-crossed lovers’. I repeat ‘From forth the fatal loins of these two foes’ and then add on ‘a pair of star-crossed lovers’. Finally I repeat everything I’ve learned so far a few times and then add ‘take their life’. I repeat the whole quote several times then do something else for 2 minutes. Then I try and remember the whole quote. Remember your key word is ‘fourth’. You should be able to learn several quotes in as little as one hour in this way. I don’t know if this will work for you, but I hope you might find it useful for the exam and I hope it goes well.

[@shannak4920]

Are you expected to memorize the book?!?! cause Damn would that be hard We are given quotes and expected to know who said them.

[@lolaamcr1126]

Shanna K yes :((((

[@DaMarshmellow]

Shanna K same for my class bro this is so hard

[@dehstyny]

DaMarshmellow did you do the exam

[@bethfaith7539]

I have mocks in 7 days I am so dead

[@est7742]

how did it go?

[@bethfaith7539]

@@est7742 well they got cancelled and so i did miniature mocks and i finished school a week ago 😌

[@est7742]

@@bethfaith7539 oh cool

[@hannahx8977]

Anyone else watching when they’ve already done their GCSEs 😂

[@phoebedavid5488]

good luck tomorrow kids

[@joshim1111]

Got my English lit mock tomorrow 😩

[@joshim1111]

Came back because I've got my GCSE tomorrow :( wish me luck!

[@king-r6712]

Can u predict?

[@DrAidan]

Not sure what you mean by this. Can I predict what?

[@king-r6712]

Dr Aidan the literature 2018 romeo and juliet question AQA

[@LampoLaggins]

In the AQA English Lit GCSE Exam coming tomorrow, I have been told that you will get marks with coming up with your own interpretations on the quotes you will be explaining. As a student, i think this is quite useful as to when the person will mark the question, they can sense that you can make different alternative interpretations of quotes and explaining them well. This will give you marks under AO2. I think this is what you mean.

[@prinny_a740]

you will most likely get an extract from the play and told to explain how it presents something or someone as something in that extract and then across the play as a whole. You have to link it to the rest of the play if not then you will barely get half marks

[@DrAidan]

Prinny_A If it’s helpful, these are the key moments in the play - to help with orientation. 1. Scene 1.1 - Romeo displays a desire to be in love and talks about its contradictory nature (feather of less etc.) 2. Scene 1.4 - tries to resist going to the feast - the dream and Mercutio’ s Queen Mab speech that persuades him to go 3. Scene 1.5 - meeting Juliet 4. Scene 2.2 - going to the Capulet house and committing to Juliet 5. The marriage (off-stage) and warning from the Friar about ‘violent delights 6. Scene 3.1 - the murders of Mercutio and Tybalt 7. Scene 3.5 - the final meeting of Romeo and Juliet (alive) 8. Act 4 - dominated by dramatic irony - we know what they don’t. 9. Act 5 - the tragic denouement

[@wcs1232]

Good luck to all my boys and girls who's literature exam is on Wednesday and you're as unprepared as me🙏✌

[@Laura-we6xi]

HEYYYY could you please voiceover a small quote for me?LIKE of 30 seconds please I want to make a trailer but I need a good voice for it.

[@Zaczly]

2020 gcse time

[@axelsaw]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF VERONA WITH THESE ✅✅ (im cooked)

[@nilepresident2564]

Hello everyone revising the day of the exam

[@BettyCharlotte-w3r]

Jaskolski Bridge

[@LoonyJack]

I have a mock exam this morning. Aughhh

[@DrAidan]

I hope the mock goes well.

[@LoonyJack]

@@DrAidan thank you very much, your video is very useful

[@danielsolis5403]

It's ffff true romeo was like the DaVinci of like the modern world.. . Only he was more sexy

[@leopugh7050]

These are way to long to remember

[@mayofastora1615]

I hate finals

[@isaac6424]

I'm not excited for English Lit

[@jamiiloabdullahi9181]

doing my GcSES IN 2025

[@DrAidan]

@jamiiloabdullahi9181 I hope the exams go well next year and thanks for watching the channel.

[@ebony246]

Aaaah I’m gonna fail

[@macewindu4773]

did u fail

[@ebony246]

@@macewindu4773 surprisingly, no 😅

[@MrLeZek]

I do not understand the accent section? Why would two people who reside in the same city, who possess the same social status have so divergent accents? I also do not understand the cut and shut bible corollary? What has this do with R&J - because this happens here it can in the play?? Is it not possible, and possibly more likely, that Shakespeare was pointing out Tybalt's arch and OTT hate of the Montagues by the fact he remembered the voice of Romeo as that of a Montague - and only remembered his voice for that end? A bit like in the bible when someone heard Jesus speak, some time elapsed and they heard him speak again and they remembered it was Jesus? Seems a strikingly spurious thing to direct students to - I can't see many examiners awarding much for such 'analysis'.

[@xxnxx845]

Maybe to show how senseless the enmity between two families are? Seeing as tybalt proclaims his disdain at a montague-seeming voice alone

[@CharlieMccartney-hz6qe]

What is😂 reggin backwards

[@hoadz7917]

This is not helpful, the quotes are too long. Have easier to remember shorter ones

[@ayahabdilrabie1009]

Theo Hoadley these videos are sickkkk if you find the quotes too long find smaller ones within them

[@DrAidan]

Thank you: I'm pleased you like them and thanks for letting me know. Good luck.

[@hoadz7917]

I have no time for sarcasm from an English teacher. I have a literature exam tommorow and I cannot find any decent quotes in which I can write a few bits about! For Romeo and Juliet and Jekyll and Hyde!!!

[@DrAidan]

Theo. My reply was for Ayah, just saying thank you for those comments on the video - they weren't directed at you. I hope that you found the quotes you needed and good luck with your exam today.