“Romeo, Romeo where for art thou Romeo deny thy father and refuse thy name”
Although these words are not addressed to Romeo he does hear them from his hiding position in the grounds. He is happy to hear them as he considers whether or not he should respond to them. Juliet meanwhile continues talking of the lack of importance of names, saying that Montague is “not hand nor arm nor face nor any other part belonging to a man”.
“That which we call a rose by any other world would smell as sweet.”
This above quote points out that a name is nothing and a word means nothing more than a word. Then she talks of how great Romeo is and just then he makes himself heard and gives Juliet the shock of her life. Romeo then swears that his love is true and that he would give his name up for their love. The scene finishes by Juliet being called back by the nurse and Juliet telling Romeo that if his love is true to send word to her at when and where they can be wed.
Second scene
The second scene begins with the same sort of position as the first with Romeo coming to visit her in secretly at her chamber. However the situation is different, the language is used in a very different way and from the use of certain words even the most unobservant of audiences could pick up very easily what is going on in the story. The scene is set just a short time after Romeo has killed her cousin Tybalt and is therefore banished from the kingdom. They are both worried about how their love could continue and the air is full of emotions. Juliet is about to be married off to Paris as no one but the nurse and Friar Lawrence knows of the secret marriage between them. In fact Juliet is being advised by the nurse to marry Paris and to forget about Romeo as he has been banished. Romeo arrives just after Capulet has walked in to tell Juliet that she shall wed Paris in just a few days. Juliet argues with him and he hits her and tells her that he is ashamed of her.
Romeo climbs into her chamber and all the above ideas are going on in their heads as they consummate their marriage Romeo wakes up in the morning and Juliet tries to persuade him not to leave, by telling him that it is yet morning.
“It is the sound of the Nightingale not that of The Lark”
The above meaning that it is the sound of a bird of the night not the day and that therefore Romeo does not need to go. As his banishment starts at sunrise of that day.
Conclusion
These two scenes have many similarities in that, for example, they are both set at the Capulet mansion and they both have meetings in secrecy away from prying eyes. Also they are both scenes where lots of questions are going through the minds of both Romeo and Juliet like, how their love can survive. However they are also very different, for example, in the first scene it all seemed so simple all they had to do was to denounce their surnames and they would live happily ever after, so to speak. Whereas in the second scene the sheer harshness of the argument between their families was really at a strong point and it seemed that it was almost impossible to make anything of their love.
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