Act 2
Scenes 1-5
Romeo runs back to the Capulet house
to get another look at Juliet.
Romeo tells Friar Laurence he is no
longer in love with Rosaline, but he is
now in love with Juliet. Romeo then asks
Friar Laurence to perform a marriage
ceremony.
While waiting for Juliet to appear,
Romeo says…
Friar Laurence is pruning plants. It is
important because he references that
plants can…
Juliet is unaware that Romeo is listening
when she says…
In the pool, Juliet asks Romeo to “swear
not by the moon.” Why…
Friar Laurence is hesitant to do this
because he is afraid that….
Eventually, he does because…
At the beach, Mercutio and Benvolio
make fun of Tybalt by saying he is weak.
They also make fun of Romeo for being
in love.
At the church…
The Nurse tells Juliet to…
The Nurse finds Romeo and he tells her
to send Juliet…
Important Quotes
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / 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” (Act 2.2, lines 2-5).
1. What figurative language is present when Romeo says “Juliet is the sun” (Act 2.2, line 3)? What is he trying to show?
2. What does the word “envious” mean?
3. What is the moon envious according to Romeo?
“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” (Act 2.1, lines 35-38).
1. What does “wherefore” mean? (Hint: it is not a location)
2. What will Juliet do if Romeo will not change his name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet” (Act 2.2, lines 46-47).
1. What is Juliet’s opinion of names and their significance?
“O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, / That monthly changes in her circled orb, / Lest that thy love prove likewise variable” (Act 2.2, lines 118120)
1. Why does Juliet NOT want Romeo to swear by the moon?
“A thousand times the worse, to want thy light! / Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; / But love from love, towards school with heavy
looks” (Act 2.2, lines 172-174).
1. What does the simile “Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books” mean (Act 2.2, line 173)?
2. What does “but love from love, towards school with heavy looks” mean (Act 2.2, line 174)?
“Alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead! / stabbed with a white wench’s black eye; shot through / the ear with a love song; the very pin of his hear / cleft with
the blind bow-boy’s butt shaft; and is he a / man to encounter Tybalt” (Act 2.4, lines 14-18).
1. Why does Mercutio say Romeo is already dead?
2. Who is “the blind bow-boy”?
“The sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness” (Act 2.5, lines 12-13).
1. What does this line mean?
Act 2: end 57:28
-Romeo runs back to the Capulet house
-Balcony scene
-it is the east, and Juliet is the sun
-Romeo talks about Juliet without her knowing
-Juliet talks about Romeo without knowing he is there
-wherefore art thou Romeo
-what’s in a name? a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
-Pool
-why “swear not by the moon”
-If want to marry me, what must Romeo do?
-“love goes toward love like school boys from their books”
-Friar Laurence is surrounded by plants, teaches about herbs
-relates herbs to poison and medicine
-Romeo tells Friar Laurence that he is no longer in love with Rosaline and is now in love with Juliet
-Romeo asks Friar Laurence to marry Juliet
-What is the Friar’s concern? Romeo switches loves quickly- lust not love
-What will be a benefit of the marriage? Households get along now.
-At the beach, Mercutio and Benvolio make fun of Tybalt
-Talk about having a duel
-Make fun of Romeo for being in love- they think it is Rosaline
-Nurse finds Romeo
-Where will Juliet meet Romeo
-Nurse takes forever to tell Juliet to meet Romeo at Friar Laurence’s cell
-Juliet gets pissed
-Church/Confession
-Juliet and Romeo get married
-the sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness