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Summary: Act 2, prologue
The Chorus delivers another short sonnet describingthe new love between Romeo and Juliet: the hatred between the lovers’families makes it difficult for them to find the time or place tomeet and let their passion grow; but the prospect of their lovegives each of them the power and determination to elude the obstaclesplaced in their path.
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Summary: Act 2, scene 1
But soft, what light through yonder windowbreaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
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Having left the feast, Romeo decides that he cannot gohome. He must instead try to find Juliet. He climbs a wall borderingthe Capulet property and leaps down into the Capulet orchard. Benvolioand Mercutio enter, calling out for Romeo. They are surehe is nearby, but Romeo does not answer. Exasperated and amused,Mercutio mocks Romeo’s feelings for Rosaline in an obscene speech.Mercutio and Benvolio exit under the assumption that Romeo doesnot want to be found. In the orchard, Romeo hears Mercutio’s teasing.He says to himself, “He jests at scars that never felt a wound”(2.1.43).
Juliet suddenly appears at a window above the spot where Romeois standing. Romeo compares her to the morning sun, far more beautifulthan the moon it banishes. He nearly speaks to her, but thinks betterof it. Juliet, musing to herself and unaware that Romeo is in hergarden, asks why Romeo must be Romeo—a Montague, and therefore anenemy to her family. She says that if he would refuse his Montaguename, she would give herself to him; or if he would simply swearthat he loved her, she would refuse her Capulet name. Romeo respondsto her plea, surprising Juliet, since she thought she was alone.She wonders how he found her and he tells her that love led himto her. Juliet worries that Romeo will be murdered if he is foundin the garden, but Romeo refuses to budge, claiming that Juliet’slove would make him immune to his enemies. Juliet admits she feelsas strongly about Romeo as he professes he loves her, but she worriesthat perhaps Romeo will prove inconstant or false, or will thinkJuliet too easily won. Romeo begins to swear to her, but she stopshim, concerned that everything is happening too quickly. He reassuresher, and the two confess their love again. The Nurse calls for Juliet,and Juliet goes inside for a moment. When she reappears, she tellsRomeo that she will send someone to him the next day to see if hislove is honorable and if he intends to wed her. The Nursecalls again, and again Juliet withdraws. She appears at the windowonce more to set a time when her emissary should call on him: theysettle on nine in the morning. They exult in their love for another momentbefore saying good night. Juliet goes back inside her chamber, andRomeo departs in search of a monk to aid him in his cause.
O Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art thou Romeo?
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Read a translation of Act 2, scene 1 →Analysis: Act 2, prologue–scene 1
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The prologue to the second act reinforces themes thathave already appeared. One love has been replaced by another throughthe enchanting power of the “charm of looks,” and the force of parental influencestands in the way of the lovers’ happiness. This prologue functionsless as the voice of fate than the first one does. Instead it buildssuspense by laying out the problem of the two lovers and hintingthat there may be some way to overcome it: “But passion lends thempower, time means, to meet, / Temp’ring extremities with extremesweet” (2.Prologue.13–14).
Act 2 is the happiest and least tragic act in the play.In it, Shakespeare devotes himself to exploring the positive, joyful,and romantic aspects of young love. Scene 1, the balcony scene (socalled because it is often staged with Juliet on a balcony, thoughthe stage directions suggest only that she is at a window aboveRomeo), is one of the most famous scenes in all of theater, owingto its beautiful and evocative poetry. Shakespeare plumbs the depthsof the young lovers’ characters, and captures the subtleties oftheir interaction, as in Juliet’s struggle between the need forcaution and an overpowering desire to be with Romeo.
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Many of the most important scenes in Romeo andJuliet, such as the balcony scene, take place either verylate at night or very early in the morning, since Shakespeare mustuse the full length of each day in order to compress the actionof the play into just four days. Shakespeare exploits the transitionbetween day and night with a recurring light/dark motif, sometimesdrawing a sharp distinction between night and day, at other timesblurring the boundaries between them. Romeo’s long, impassioneddescription of Juliet in the balcony scene is an example of thistheme. Romeo imagines that Juliet is the sun, rising from the eastto banish the night; in effect, he says that she is transformingnight into day.