"Romeo and Juliet"

Think passionate love, and the phrase 'Romeo and Juliet' springs to mind. Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's famous plays is synonymous with love. Despite this, Romeo and Juliet is classified as a tragedy. In this play, the audience watches life's cruelties crush two lovers. Though the lovers are fictional, Shakespeare took the world by storm with his deft characterization.

Act V, Sc. I
Famine is in thy cheeks.

Act II, Sc. IV
My man 's as true as steel.

Act I, Sc. I
The weakest goes to the wall.

Act III, Sc. I
A plague o' both your houses!

Act II, Sc. IV
I am the very pink of courtesy.

Act III, Sc. III
The damned use that word in hell.

Act III, Sc. II
Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!

Act V, Sc. I
A beggarly account of empty boxes.

Act III, Sc. III
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Act I, Sc. I
Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

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