Romeo and Juliet
Act 1, Scene 2
Setting: Lord Capulet and Paris are walking down the street after the brawl.
Paris is talking to Lord Capulet about marrying his daughter.



How old is Juliet?
Capulet thinks she is too young for marriage:
“She hath not seen the change of fourteen years.”
“Let two more summers wither in their pride
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.”

Vocabulary:
Mar: to scar, to injure, to hurt
Woo: to court; to win her heart; to charm into falling in love with him.

Personification:
Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she…
(All of Lord Capulet’s children have died but Juliet.)
Comprehension:
Capulet says to Paris, “My will to her consent is but a part….” Which means that his consent as a father is only part of the deal to allow Paris to marry his daughter; it also depends on whether Juliet wants to marry him. This shows Capulet to be an enlightened father at the time.

Personification:
Earth treading stars that make dark heaven light.
Earth treading stars represent young, beautiful girls.
Well appareled April
Limping Winter treads

Vocabulary:
Appareled: dressed (from the word apparel which means clothing)
Tread: to walk
Capulet is giving a party that night and invites Paris to attend so that he might check out the other ladies and compare them to Juliet.
“Hear all, all see, / And like her most whose merit most shall be / Which, on more view of many, mine, being one, / May stand in number, though in reck’ning none.”

Capulet then gives the guest list to his servant who happens to be illiterate.