* "Two households, both alike in dignity" (denotation: two families, both of equal status)
* "A pair of star-cross'd lovers" (denotation: two lovers whose fate is determined by the stars)
* "Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" (denotation: where the violence between the two families has made their hands dirty)
Act 2, Scene 2
* "What light through yonder window breaks?" (denotation: what light is coming through that window?)
* "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" (denotation: it is the east, and Juliet is as beautiful as the sun)
* "But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" (denotation: but, wait a minute, what light is coming through that window? It is the east, and Juliet is as beautiful as the sun)
Act 3, Scene 5
* "A grave? O, no! A lantern!" (denotation: a grave? No, it is a lantern!)
* "Eyes, look your last!" (denotation: eyes, look at each other for the last time!)
* "Die, traitorous heart!" (denotation: die, traitorous heart!)
Act 5, Scene 3
* "O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh." (denotation: I will set up my permanent home here and remove the burden of the unlucky stars from this body that has become sick of the world.)
* "Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace!" (denotation: eyes, look at each other for the last time! Arms, give your last hug!)
* "And when I am laid into the tomb, May worms devour my body, and my bones Be scattered by the wind; and let my soul Find peace in heaven." (denotation: and when I am laid into the tomb, may worms eat my body, and my bones be scattered by the wind, and let my soul find peace in heaven.)