Act+2+Scene+2

=**__Ac__**﻿**__t 2, Scene 2__** =

=Before the Scene = Before the Scene begins we see Mercutio and Benvolio calling to Romeo about Rosaline thinking that he is still in love with her. At the very beginning of the scene Romeo Says “he jests at a wound that never felt a scar”, not only showing that he heard Mercutio but also that he is not bothered by Rosaline and her Rejection of him anymore. =Scene Summary = =After the Scene = After the scene finishes Romeo goes to Friar Laurence’s Cell and asks him to marry him and Juliet. The Friar agrees hoping that it might stop the families from feuding.
 * 1) The play begins with Romeo saying that he does not hurt over Romeo any more.
 * 2) Romeo sees a light appear at a window, Juliet appears. Romeo then begins to compare Juliet to the sun and exclaims how the moon must be envious of Juliet’s beauty.
 * 3) When Juliet begins speaking she asks why Romeo must be Romeo and not another name. She then begins to question how much a name is worth and decides it is not worth much, and that it is simply a word and nothing else.
 * 4) Romeo reveals himself and at first Juliet is worried about who has heard her, when she realises it is Romeo she is no longer worried but simply embarrassed. The pair then begin declaring their love for one another.
 * 5) Juliet proposes to Romeo (lines 149-150). They plan how they will be married, despite their feuding families.
 * 6) The Nurse begins calling Juliet from within and Juliet responds between whisperings to Romeo. The pair do not wish to part but eventually they decide that they will see each other tomorrow when they will be married.

=Dramatization = Juliet goes off Stage and comes back on again many times, this represents their unwillingness to part. The Fact that Romeo can be speaking and Juliet cannot hear him. This could have had some level of Comedy because the actors would have been speaking fairly loud and the fact Juliet could not hear him appears funny. This shows us that Juliet is not in her room, it suggests she is outside. This makes a difference because if she isn’t her parents’ house it can be representative that she is not under her parent’s control.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Stage Directions:**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Height Difference / Positioning**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Nurse Calling form Within**

=<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Poetic Devices = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a lot of rhyming in this as it is one of the most poetic in the play. An interesting thing to note is that the couplets are sometimes split between Romeo and Juliet, one will say the first half of the couplets and the other will finish it off. This might help show them as a couple. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this Scene Shakespeare also uses a lot of imagery with Romeo and Juliet often comparing each other to the moon and the sun.

=﻿<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Context Analysis =

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the Renaissance the idea of marrying for love was becoming more popular. There are also a lot of references to Roman Gods, which relates to the new interest of the time in the Classics. Romeo and Juliet’s defiance of their parents on want of Independence was also becoming more common during the renaissance.

=<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Character Analysis = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Romeo:// Romeo is in love with being in love and when he realises that Rosaline will not return his affections he is quick to find another. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Juliet:// Although innocent Juliet seems to know the ways of the world. She also believes it would be an honour to be married and proposes to Romeo, something normally the male would do.

=<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Setting = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This scene is set in rich Capulet’s Orchard where Romeo happens to find Juliet on her balcony.

=<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Themes = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The pair says that they loved each and they have given each other their love. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Suddenness of their love could suggest that it is more lust than love. Romeo also States,” O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?” <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Juliet asks why Romeo must be a Montague, the son of her only enemy. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is only the second time the pair have met and they are exchanging vows of love and promising to be married the next day.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Love:
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lust:
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Conflict of the 2 Families
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Haste

=<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Film Adaptation = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the film this scene is set in a small courtyard with a pool. Although Juliet begins on a balcony she comes down when she sees Romeo. They end up in the pool and Romeo has to hide form a security camera and Guard. Although there is some dialogue missing it isn’t a huge amount. The general ideas of the scene are obtained but in the film Romeo and Juliet kiss quite a few times, something that doesn’t happen in the play.

=<span style="color: #2c67dd; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Key Quotes = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" (lines 2-3)// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is one example of light imagery used by Romeo and Juliet, comparing each other to the Sun and the moon.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" (line 33)// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: sub;">__Note: Wherefore means WHY not WHERE__ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here Juliet is asking Why Romeo must be Romeo and not some other name. This relates to the Conflict of the 2 families.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other word would smell as sweet." (lines 43-44)// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here Juliet is asking herself what a name is really worth. In the end she decides it is just a word and nothing more.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//"Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow." (lines185-186)// <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This Shows Romeo and Juliet’s unwilling ness to part and relates to their love because they do not wish to leave each other.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By Laura Cripps