Act II

Act IIScene 1

Dramatic Irony :

Benvolio and Mercutio look for Romeo who is hiding

Main Literary Device

• We know where Romeo is but Benvolio and Mercutio do not.

• We know Romeo is over Rosaline and in love with Juliet but Benvolio and Mercutio do not.

Act II Scene 2

Literary Devices:

“But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun” (II.2. 2-3)

• Juliet’s beauty compared to the SUN

Balcony Scene

Metaphor

“ By a name  I know not how to tell thee who I am:  My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself,  Because it is an enemy to thee” (II.2. 53-56)

• Juliet compared to a saint• Name to an enemy

Metaphor, Personification

“O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head  As is a winged messenger of heaven” (II.2. 26-28)• Juliet compared to an angel

Personification

“I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight” (II.2.75) • Night = wearing a cloak

“By love, who first did prompt me to inquire;  He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes” (II.2. 80-81)

• Love = who, he, him

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite” (II.2. 133-135)• Love compared to a sea

Simile

Simile

Personification

Proof of Romeo’s Love

1. Climbing the high wall 2. Risking his life (if found he will be

killed)

3. Swearing his love by the moon

4. Proposes Marriage

5. Doff’s his name

Act II Scene 3

Romeo’s visit to Friar Laurence

Friar’s Criticisms

• moving too fast

Friar’s Agreement

• Thinks the marriage will bring both families together

Friar’s Hobby

• collects weeds and flowers• both poisonous and therapeutic• “Young men's love then lies   Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (II.3.67-68) • mistaking lust for love

• “Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear,   So soon forsaken?” (II.3.66-67)

• fickle

• “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast” (II.3.94)

Why does Romeo choose to tell Friar and not his friends?

Act II Scene 4

Mercutio Answering the Letter

• Romeo cannot fight because he’s still hung up on Rosaline and not man enough

Mercutio’s Insults for the Nurse

• “a sail” = • “a fan to cover her

face” = • “ancient lady” =

FAT

UGLYOLD

Mercutio, Benvolio and Romeo meet Nurse in street

Plan • Juliet tell her parents she’s going to confession

• Go to church and get married

• Nurse waits for rope ladder

• After marriage Romeo climbs up to Juliet’s room

Act II Scene 5

Nurse’s Complaints

• Bones hurt

• Out of breath

• Headache

• Back hurts

• Juliet’s attitude

Nurse delivers message to Juliet

Act II Scene 6

Parallel Characters

• Maria =

• Tony =

• Riff =

• Bernardo =

• Anita =

• Police =

• Chino =

• Doc =

Juliet

Romeo

Mercutio

Tybalt

Nurse

Prince EscalusParis

Friar Laurence

Romeo and Juliet get married