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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.ii.) Like Romeo, Juliet sees love as a kind of freedom, “boundless” and “infinite.”. The suggestion that Juliet will “give” her “bounty” to Romeo is the most explicitly erotic moment in their conversation ...
- Romeo
Yet Romeo’s words also suggest that he retains a primarily...
- Mercutio
Mercutio is pleased when Romeo stops pining for Rosaline. He...
- Friar Lawrence
With these lines, the Friar leads Romeo and Juliet to their...
- Love
Significanly, that Juliet blames herself for seeing Romeo...
- Romeo
This trio of quotes advances the theme of fate as it plays out through the story: the first is spoken by the Chorus (Prologue.5–8), the second by Romeo after he kills Tybalt (3.1.131), and the third by Romeo upon learning of Juliet’s death (5.1.24). The Chorus’s remark that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed” and fated to “take ...
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mwestwood, M.A. | Certified Educator. Share Cite. Friar John, not to be mistaken for Friar Laurence, is the messenger that Friar Laurence sends to Mantua. However, when he arrives with the...
Yet Romeo’s words also suggest that he retains a primarily abstract and poetic understanding of love, more fantasy than reality. O sweet Juliet. Thy beauty hath made me effeminate. And in my temper softened valor’s steel! (III.i.) When Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo regrets not fighting Tybalt himself.
Analysis. Romeo comes out of hiding just as a light in a nearby window flicks on and Juliet exits onto her balcony. “It is the east,” Romeo says, regarding Juliet, “and Juliet is the sun .”. He urges the sun to rise and “kill the envious moon .”. He urges Juliet to take her “vestal livery” and “cast it off.”.
Act 2: Prologue. Act 2 Scene 1: Mercutio and Benvolio are looking for Romeo after the “feast”. Act 2 Scene 2: This is the iconic balcony scene where Romeo and Juliet confess their love for each other and plan to be married. Act 2 Scene 3: Romeo meets with the Friar to ask if he will marry Romeo and Juliet.
