Extract 4

Extract 4

1. Act 2 Scene 2

2. Details

   • 1. Significance of names
     • Highlights the contrast between the families in terms of conflict
       • Extract consists of the lovers sacrificing their identities
         • Identity represents pride, thus giving up family pride
         • Declaring their love for each other
     • Romeo
       • 'I'll be new baptized'
       • 'My name... is hateful to myself'
       • '[My name] is an enemy to thee'
     • Juliet
       • 'Deny thy father... refuse thy name'
       • 'Or if thou wilt not... I'll no longer be a Capulet'
       • Mercy to Romeo's name, by explaining it is:
         • 'Nor hand nor foot'
         • 'Nor arm nor face'
           • Identity does not barricade out love as a feeling for others
         • 'Nor any other part belonging to a man'
   • 2. Different complements from each other
     • 1. Romeo: 'Dear saint'
       • Refers back to Act 1 Scene 5, where Romeo used religious imagery to describe his love for Juliet
         • Described lips as hands meeting when pilgrims pray
         • Likened Juliet to a holy shrine with many followers
     • 2. Juliet's genuine love for Romeo
       • Admires Romeo even though Romeo is not present, talking to herself
         • Empathy from the audience, due to their passion for love for each other
       • Simple words: 'Dost thou love me?'
         • Contrasts with Romeo's elaborate diction

3. Significance of the extract

   • Famous scene that acts as the first declaration of true love for each other
     • 'O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou?'
   • Beginning of the turning point in the POV of Romeo towards the capulets
     • Observed in Act 3 Scene 1
   • Context
     • Romeo and Juliet had just met in the party
     • Romeo unable to leave Juliet, looks for her at the Balcony
       • Proceeded to exchange vows