The ThemeTracker below shows where, and to what degree, the theme of Language and Wordplay appears in each scene ofRomeo and Juliet. Click or tap on any chapter to read its Summary & Analysis. How often theme appears: scene length: ...
Act 2, Scene 2 Quotes 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. Related Characters: Juliet (speaker), Romeo Related Themes: Page Number and Citation: 2.2.36-39 Cite...
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...
Romeo uses the following metaphor in Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, after sneaking into Juliet's garden and catching a glimpse of her on her balcony: But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Romeo compares Juliet to the sun not ...
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...
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 ...
Act 5, Scene 3 ...her forever. He embraces Juliet and kisses her one last time, then takes out thepoison, drinks it, and dies, remarking how “quick” the apothecary’s drugs are.(full context) ...She looks upon Romeo’s corpse and, seeing a cup in his hand, realizes he haspoiso...
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One example is from Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare'sRomeo 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; ...
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...