5 Quote Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Act 2 Scene 2

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Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2:

Nutshell Summary:
- In Juliet’s orchard, Romeo overhears her talking about him, lamenting their stupid in-group / out-group names.
- Romeo declares his love.
- Juliet struggles to remain guarded/wise, but is as foolish as Romeo.
- Juliet extracts a promise of serious intent from Romeo.
- Juliet says she will send her nurse to Romeo with plans for marriage.

Themes Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of THEME in Romeo and Juliet see
https://dai.ly/x80qt0r)

- Light Imagery
- T1 Wasteland
- T3 Self vs. Society
- T4 Love as healer/destroyer
- T4 Love as infatuation
- T5 Sacred Marriage — insistence on gravity, constancy of love
- T8 Dual nature of love/passion
- T6 Swift passing of time
- T7 Fast-burning youth (Icarus)
- T7 Youth as healer of wasteland
- T10 In-group / out-group; arbitrary nature of tribalism

Characters Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of CHARACTER in Romeo and Juliet see
https://dai.ly/x80pud8)

- C1 Romeo: Worthy hero
- C6 Juliet: worthy hero sees wasteland clearly
- C6 Juliet: impetuous, guarded, conflicted
- C3 Mercutio: cynical, bitter, lonely, sad outsider; no hero’s quest — contrast with Romeo’s grand adventure; Peter Pan’s ultimate end

This video on Shakespeare’s LANGUAGE might also help:
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