In scene 4, Mercutio and Tybalt are on a street and they talk about Tybalt. They discuss about how Tybalt had sent a letter to the Montague’s house threatening them about death for their presence at the Capulet’s party. In lines 13-15, Shakespeare uses a metaphor, saying that Romeo is already, stabbed in the centre of his heart by a bluntly shot cupid’s arrow. When Romeo arrives to meet with Mercutio and Benvolio, they have a bit of a quarrel; they blame it on the heat how it made everyone moody. Romeo calls Mercutio a “goose” which means fool. Mercutio calls Romeo and spills his views on Romeo’s love life, and descirbes Romeo as an idiot when it comes to love. When the Nurse came along, she talked to Romeo and warned him about Paris, and how Juliet will go pale every time she sees him.

     Juliet talks about the Goddess Phoebus and Paris. When the Nurse returns, she is up set and out of breath. The nurse is very worried about Juliet and confronts her by telling her she chose the wrong guy. She was very dramatic about the engagement, which symbolizes her love towards Juliet, and how much she cared for her as her own daughter. They end up in a quarrel and Juliet leaves to go to Friar Lawrence to get married with her beloved Romeo.

     The two lovers met with Friar Lawrence. In lines 9-10, Friar foreshadows about the future when he says “these violent delights have violent ends” which relates to the ending of the book, and how Romeo and Juliet die. Romeo also uses foreshadowing when he says “then love-devouring death” which symbolizes how the love devours them and they will lose their life. The two get married in the Holy Church.




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