Juliet enters, and Romeo greets her excited for the impending nuptials. The three then head out to perform the ceremony. This scene concludes act 2. The wedding is never actually seen in the play. Act 3 begins with it having already taken place without the audience ever seeing it. This ...
The love that Romeo and Juliet share is the opposite of the selfish love that Shakespeare references in the opening acts of the play. Shakespeare compares Juliet to the sun, and she is one of the most generous characters in the play. She reveals her selflessness when she declares, "My bo...
Act II, Scene 4: Benvolio and Mercutio discuss Romeo. Tybalt has sent a challenge to Romeo's house. Mercutio says that he has already been slain by his love for Rosaline and is in no condition to confront Tybalt. As they discuss Tybalt, Romeo enters.
Act IV, Scene 1: Paris is at the Friar Lawrence's cell arranging his wedding. The Friar expresses concert over the date being so soon and Paris' lack of consent from Juliet herself. Paris attributes her lack of enthusiasm to Tybalt's death and says tha
Analysis of Act 3 Scene 5 in Romeo and Juliet In this scene we see Juliet loose the closeness of all the people she loves: first Romeo who has departed after spending the wedding night with her; secondly by her father who viciously turns on her when she refuses to marry Paris; thirdly ...
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 : figurative language “It is the east, and juliet is the sun” Metaphor “Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief” Personification “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, as daylight doth a lamp” ...
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While the original play does not give Romeo an age, many interpreters guess that he would have been approximately sixteen years old. In Act 2, scene 4, and in Act 3, scene 1, Romeo is referred to as "young Romeo." Juliet is described as being thirteen. Create an account to start thi...
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Juliet finds out that Romeo has killed her cousin and is devastated, not by the loss of life, but over the banishment of her lover. They again devise a plan to be together, but an obstacle presents itself: Juliet’s father has arranged for her to marry Count Paris in two days time. ...