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In Act II Scene 2 of 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo overhears Juliet profess her love for him, leading to their mutual declaration of love and desire to marry. The scene is rich with figurative language, showcasing their deep feelings and the challenges posed by their feuding families. Subsequent scenes depict the excitement and impatience surrounding their secret marriage plans, with the Nurse acting as a messenger and intermediary.

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RJ Act 2 Scene 2 4 5

In Act II Scene 2 of 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo overhears Juliet profess her love for him, leading to their mutual declaration of love and desire to marry. The scene is rich with figurative language, showcasing their deep feelings and the challenges posed by their feuding families. Subsequent scenes depict the excitement and impatience surrounding their secret marriage plans, with the Nurse acting as a messenger and intermediary.

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Romeo and Juliet - Act II Scene 2

Synopsis:
From Capulet’s garden Romeo overhears Juliet express her love for him. When he
answers her, they acknowledge their love and their desire to be married.

1. NOTE: This is one of the most famous, iconic scenes in the ENTIRE PLAY. Let’s break
down and analyze some of Romeo and Juliet’s comparisons/instances of figurative
language in this scene. Don’t just use the No Fear for the meaning – put it into your
own words.

SPEAKE LINE: ANALYSIS/


R? MEANING:
(R or J):

a. “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair


sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick
and pale with grief that thou, her maid, art far more
fair than she” (II.ii.4-6)

b. “Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having


some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in
their spheres till they return” (II.ii.15-17)

c. “See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O,


that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might
touch that cheek!” (II.ii.24-26)
d. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by
any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo
would, were he not Romeo called…” (II.ii.46-48)

e. “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these


walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out, and
what love can do, that dares love attempt.
Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me” (II.ii.71-
74)

f. “Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye than


twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet, and I
am proof against their enmity” (II.ii.76-78)

g. “I am no pilot; yet, wert thou as far as that vast


shore washed with the farthest sea, I should
adventure for such merchandise” (II.ii.87-89)

h. “Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face,


else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek for
that which thou hast heard me speak tonight”
(II.ii.90-92)

i. “O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon,


that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that
thy love prove likewise variable” (II.ii.114-116)

j. “I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too


rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the
lightning...This bud of love, by summer’s ripening
breath, may prove a beauteous flower when next we
meet” (II.ii.124-129)

k. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love


as deep. The more I give to thee, the more i have,
for both are infinite” (II.ii.140-143).

l. “‘Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone, and


yet no farther than a wanton’s bird, that lets it hop
a little from his hand, like a poor prisoner in his
twisted gyves, and with a silken thread plucks it
back again, so loving-jealous of his liberty”
(II.ii.190-195).

2. What time does Romeo tell Juliet to send a messenger to him and why?

WHEN:
WHY:
Romeo and Juliet - Act II Scene 4

Synopsis:
Mercutio and Benvolio meet the newly enthusiastic Romeo in the street. Romeo
defeats Mercutio in a battle of wits. The Nurse finds Romeo, and he gives her a
message for Juliet: meet me at Friar Lawrence’s cell this afternoon, and there we will
be married.

1. How does Mercutio feel about and describe Tybalt? Find a quotation and
analyze/explain it below:
LINE DESCRIBING TYBALT (textual ANALYSIS/EXPLANATION:
evidence):

2. Why are Mercutio and Benvolio so annoyed with Romeo?

3. What warning does the Nurse give Romeo?

4. What scheme has Romeo devised? (he tells the Nurse he will have a man
bring something to Juliet’s house)

Romeo and Juliet - Act II Scene 5

Synopsis:
Juliet waits impatiently for the Nurse to return. Her impatience grows when the Nurse,
having returned, is slow to deliver Romeo’s message. Finally, Juliet learns that if she
wants to marry Romeo, she need only go to Friar Lawrence’s cell that afternoon.

1.
a. In what length of time did the
nurse promise to return?

b. How long has the nurse been


away?

c. In what way, according to Juliet,


could the nurse be a better
messenger?

2. The nurse stalls and puts off answering Juliet’s questions about the
marriage plans with four different excuses. List her excuses below:

1.

2.

3.

4.

3. List one COMPLIMENT the Nurse gives Romeo and one COMPLAINT she has
about him below with textual evidence and citation:
COMPLIMENT: COMPLAINT:

SUBMIT ON Schoology when finished

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