Question

Romeo: What is her mother?

Nurse: Marry, bachelor,

Her mother is the lady of the house,

And a good lady, and a wise, and virtuous:

I nurs'd her daughter, thank you talk'd withal;

I tell you he that can lay hold of her

Shall have the chinks.

Romeo: Is she a Capulet?

O dear account! my life is my foe's debt.

–Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

Which line of dialogue signals that Romeo is a star-crossed lover?

“a good lady”
“wise, and virtuous”
“he that can lay hold of her”
“my life is my foe’s debt”

Answer 1

“my life is my foe’s debt”

Explanation: Romeo realizes Juliet is a Capulet (his family's enemy), so his love is immediately bound up with enmity and ill fate—characteristic of a star-crossed lover.