Act 2 Events
What did Romeo and Juliet say they'd be willing to give up for each other?
Their (family) names
Where is Romeo Banished to?
Mantua
"Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!/ Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,/ So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes"
True Love v.s. Love at First Sight
"Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,/ Towards Phoebus’ lodging. Such a wagoner/ As Phaëton would whip you to the west"
Allusion
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the East, and Juliet is the sun"
Romeo
Why does Tybalt send a letter to Romeo's house?
He wants to challenge him to a duel
What was the reason Mercutio gave for why he got stabbed?
"Now, by Saint Peter’s Church, and Peter too,/ He shall not make me there a joyful bride!/. . .I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam, I will not marry yet"
Individuality v.s. Social Conformity
"But my true love is grown to such excess/ I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth."
Metaphor
"Help me into some house, Benvolio,/ Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!"
Mercutio
What was Romeo's reason for not swearing his love to the moon?
The moon is everchanging
What birds signified day and night?
Nightingale= Night
Lark= Morning
"Go, counselor./ Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain./ I’ll to the Friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die."
Fate v.s. Free Will
"I do protest I never injured thee/ But love thee better than thou canst devise/ Till thou shalt know the reason of my love."
Dramatic Irony
"In one respect I’ll thy assistant be,/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love."
Friar Lawrence
How is Juliet going to hide the fact she's going to get married from her parents?
She's going to say she's going to confession
What day does Capulet want Juliet to get married?
Thursday
"We will have vengeance for it, fear thou not./ Then weep no more. I’ll send to one in Mantua,/ Where that same banished runagate doth live,/ Shall give him such an unaccustomed dram That he shall soon keep Tybalt company."
Loyalty and Honour
"O God, I have an ill-divining soul!/ Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low,/ As one dead in the bottom of a tomb./ Either my eyesight fails or thou lookest pale."
Foreshawdowing
"Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday,/ Or never after look me in the face."
Capulet
What advice does Friar Lawrence give to Romeo (2 things)?
Take it slow and love moderately
What's Friar Lawrence's plan for Romeo (3 parts)?
1. Go to Mantua to serve his punishment
2. He'll send a messenger to update him about what's happening in Verona
3. Hopes to try to get the Prince to change his mind through convincing or wait overtime
"I take thee at thy word./ Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized./ Henceforth I never will be Romeo"
True Love v.s. Love at First Sight
"Not proud you have, but thankful that you have./ Proud can I never be of what I hate,/ But thankful even for hate that is meant love."
Paradox
"I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire./ The day is hot, the Capels are abroad,/ And if we meet we shall not ’scape a brawl"
Benvolio