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Romeo and Juliet Act 2 William Shakespeare

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Use your own words in response to these questions. Don't quote or restate Shakespeare; demonstrate that you understand the content of the play by using original explanation. Make sure you provide ample support, evidence, or explanation.

Prologue and 2.1 1. Make an event list 2. The chorus tells us some important stuff in lines 9-14. What problems obstacles will Romeo and Juliet face? 3. Romeo is no longer with Mercutio and Benvolio. Why not? Where do they suspect hes gone, and what do they see as his reason to run off? 2.2 1. Make an event list 2. Update your character sheets: Romeo Juliet 3. During the balcony scenes (one of the most famous scenes in drama), Romeo says the following
ROMEO It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon

Romeos making a metaphor here. What is it? 4. Juliet says the following (2.2.33-36):
JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore* art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
*wherefore means why

What does she mean here when she says that she will no longer be a Capulet? Explain why this is such a significant promise? 5. Juliet says the following (2.2.43-47):
Juliet What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title.

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What does Juliet think about Romeos name? How does his name and family affect her feelings for him? 6. Romeo and Juliet say the following (2.2.66-78):
ROMEO With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do that dares love attempt; Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me. JULIET If they do see thee, they will murder thee. ROMEO Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. JULIET I would not for the world they saw thee here. ROMEO I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.

What is Romeos view of love, and what does he say he is willing to do for love? What is your opinion of his views? Explain why you feel the way you do. 7. In lines 2.2.85-106, Juliet says the following:
JULIET Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries Then say, Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully: Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse an say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my 'havior light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange. I should have been more strange, I must confess, But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware, My true love's passion: therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered.

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How does Juliet feel about what Romeo heard her say earlier? If she feels this way, why did she say all of that in the first place? Also, Juliets comments in these lines show the way people sometimes play the flirting game and arent straightforward when it comes to love. Surely youve seen people play this game before. Why do you think people do this? 8. In 2.2.117-124, Juliet says the following to Romeo:
JULIET Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say 'It lightens.' Sweet, good night! This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest Come to thy heart as that within my breast!

This reveals some significant differences between Juliet and Romeo on their views of this relationship and love. Explain the differences. 9. In lines 2.2.142-148, Juliet tells Romeo the following:
JULIET Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of love be honourable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow, By one that I'll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite; And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world.

This is still the first night that Romeo and Juliet have met. Explain why she might be in such a rush to get married (Think about her parents and what they have said to her)? Remember, Juliet is not even 14 years old. Does she have a nave/immature trust of Romeo and his declarations of love? Explain your answer. 10.Juliet says, Parting is such sweet sorrow. This statement has an oxymoron in it. I can understand how paring is a sorrowful event, but explain how a sorrowful even can be sweet as well. 2.3 1. Make an event list 2. Update your character sheets: Friar Lawrence, Romeo 3. In 2.3.Friar Lawrence says:
Poison hath residence and medicine power: For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part; Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart.

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Here, he points out the way that the same herb can have poisonous and healing properties, depending upon how it is used. That seems to be one of the major themes o the playthe way that something can be good and bad at the same time. What else in the play has the same good/bad qualities? Be sure to explain how it is simultaneously good and bad. 4. Why has Romeo come to see Friar Lawrence? 5. Romeo makes a declaration of his love for Juliet. Friar Lawrence responds by saying:
FRIAR LAURENCE Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste, To season love, that of it doth not taste! The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears; Lo, here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit Of an old tear that is not wash'd off yet: If e'er thou wast thyself and these woes thine, Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline: And art thou changed? pronounce this sentence then, Women may fall, when there's no strength in men.

Explain the Friars reaction to Romeos declaration. What is his criticism of young men (Romeo in particular) and the way they love? 6. What is the difference between infatuation and love? [1/2 pg (13 lines, 12 pt. Times New Roman) typed journal response) 7. What is Friar Lawrences motivation in marrying Romeo and Juliet? When you consider his reaction to Romeos declaration of love for Juliet, is the Friars decision to marry the two young adolescents okay? Fully explain your answer. 2.4 1. Make an event list 2. Update your character sheets: Romeo, Nurse 3. According to the conversation between Mercutio and Benvolio at the beginning of the scene, what has Tybalt done? 4. Why has the nurse showed up? 5. In 2.4.151-159, the nurse tells Romeo:

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NURSE Pray you, sir, a word: and as I told you, my young lady bade me inquire you out; what she bade me say, I will keep to myself: but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say: for the gentlewoman is young; and, therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing.

What is the nurse saying here? What does this show about how she feels about Juliet? 6. In lines 168-171, what does Romeo tell the nurse? 2.5 1. Make an event list 2. Update your character sheets: Nurse, Juliet 3. What is the nurse doing throughout the scene? Why doesnt she simply answer Juliets questions?

2.6
1. 2. 3. Make an event list Update your character sheets: Friar The Friar tells Romeo:
FRIAR These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

What is he warning against here? Knowing what you know about the play, what literary techniques is Shakespeare using here?