In Act 2, scenes one to three of “Romeo and Juliet”, by Shakespeare, Romeo declares his love for Juliet. Benvolio states that the love that Romeo had for Rosaline was just physical and wasn’t actually real love. Mercutio makes comments and jokes about real love and sexual love; this shows how Mercutio is very down to earth, very out going and dramatic when he made the sexual jokes about Romeo and his love life.
Romeo and Juliet secretly meet outside of a window, in the territory of the Capulets. Romeo is standing behind a wall that separates him and her. Later he jumps over, telling Juliet that his love for her won’t let anything come in between them. Romeo also talks about the “night’s cloak” hides him from the other soldiers, which means the darkness of the night hides him. They talk about engagement and they promise to meet the next day with Friar Lawrence who will marry them. Shakespeare relates back to when Mercutio made jokes about sexual love that Romeo has for women, but right now the love he feels for Juliet is real. The engagement proves their love is real.
Friar Lawrence comes into play, and he carries aournd herbs/apothecary, who deals with poisonous plants and medicine. In scene 3, in Friar’s cell, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing from lines 16-23. Friar talks about how the herbs, plants, and stones, are used for bad purposes and are being misapplied, and he says they are used that way for an action made worthy. This foreshadows later into the play, when Juliet uses the poison to fake her death. When Friar meets Romeo, he could tell her didn’t get any sleep and he thought Romeo spent the night with Rosaline, but instead he replies he was “feasting with his enemy”, which are play on words because people are usually fighting with their enemy not feasting. This annoys Friar whom demands Romeo to speak clearly, and then Romeo announces he loves Juliet and wants Friar to marry them. Friar takes this marriage to another level, and thinks that this marriage could end the war between the Capulets and the Montagues.
Romeo and Juliet secretly meet outside of a window, in the territory of the Capulets. Romeo is standing behind a wall that separates him and her. Later he jumps over, telling Juliet that his love for her won’t let anything come in between them. Romeo also talks about the “night’s cloak” hides him from the other soldiers, which means the darkness of the night hides him. They talk about engagement and they promise to meet the next day with Friar Lawrence who will marry them. Shakespeare relates back to when Mercutio made jokes about sexual love that Romeo has for women, but right now the love he feels for Juliet is real. The engagement proves their love is real.
Friar Lawrence comes into play, and he carries aournd herbs/apothecary, who deals with poisonous plants and medicine. In scene 3, in Friar’s cell, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing from lines 16-23. Friar talks about how the herbs, plants, and stones, are used for bad purposes and are being misapplied, and he says they are used that way for an action made worthy. This foreshadows later into the play, when Juliet uses the poison to fake her death. When Friar meets Romeo, he could tell her didn’t get any sleep and he thought Romeo spent the night with Rosaline, but instead he replies he was “feasting with his enemy”, which are play on words because people are usually fighting with their enemy not feasting. This annoys Friar whom demands Romeo to speak clearly, and then Romeo announces he loves Juliet and wants Friar to marry them. Friar takes this marriage to another level, and thinks that this marriage could end the war between the Capulets and the Montagues.
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