Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2 Homework

Romeo and Juliet
Act 2, Scene 1






In front of the Capulets’ orchard after the party (about 3 a.m.). Benvolio and Mercutio are looking for Romeo who they saw leap over the orchard wall.

Lovers were supposed to sigh and cry,”Ah me!” Lovers were also supposed to be moody, write really bad poetry, and cry a lot over their love.
Mercutio is making fun of Romeo’s tendency to be all “emo” over love.

Conjure: to bring forth as a magician or a sorcerer (witch) would a spirit

Scene 2; Scene 2
Before he met Juliet, what adjectives did Romeo use to describe himself?
Grievous, heavy hearted, dark, heavy, dark humor
When he spies Juliet on the balcony, he begins to use imagery of light and lightness:
“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? // It is the East and Juliet is the sun. / Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon! /
If Juliet is the sun, then who is the moon?
The moon is waning, inconstant, constantly changing.

Homework:

Go through Act 2, Scene 2 and find all examples of personification, simile, metaphor, and allusion. Pay particular attention to all references to light and darkness.

Metaphor:
But soft, What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the sun.