The ThemeTracker below shows where, and to what degree, the theme of Family and Duty appears in each scene ofRomeo and Juliet. Click or tap on any chapter to read its Summary & Analysis. How often theme appears:
Romeo delivers this monologue in Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, after sneaking into Juliet's garden and catching a glimpse of her on her balcony. Romeo compares Juliet to a radiant sun, and then extends the metaphor by entreating her to "kill the envious moon." But, soft! what ...
The Romeo and Juliet quotes below all refer to the symbol of Potions and Poisons. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Act 2, Scene 3 Quotes For naught so vile that...
In Act 3, Scene 2, just after Romeo kills Tybalt, Juliet's nurse confuses her by rushing into her room and raving about the death of an unnamed man. This is yet another instance of dramatic irony in the play, since the audience is aware that the death the Nurse is referencing is Tyba...
The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. Rhetorical questions in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: In this soliloquy from Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet poses a series of rhetorical questions as she struggles to grasp...
Personification in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In the following passage from Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo sneaks into Juliet's garden and catches a glimpse of her on her balcony: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun...
Friar John Character Timeline in Romeo and Juliet The timeline below shows where the character Friar John appears in Romeo and Juliet. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Act 5, Scene 2 Another friar, Friar John , enters Friar Laurence’s ch...
One example is from Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which Romeo speaks four lines in iambic pentameter in the course of regular dialogue, making a quatrain in blank verse: ROMEO I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them ...
Analogy in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In this example from Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet puzzles over the main obstacle in her love for Romeo Montague: the Capulet and Montague families are rivals. She creates an analogy comparing Romeo to a rose, reasoning that ju...
In an address to her father in Act 4, Scene 2 ofRomeo and Juliet, Juliet uses anadiplosis to plea for forgiveness for her disobedience. In this case, the plea is actually an act, part of her scheme to flee with Romeo, but anadiplosis makes her begging all the more dramatic and convinci...