Act 2 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Act 2 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Romeo is a motague who is in love with Juliet. Juliet is a capulate,

the only problem with this is that the two families have a ongoing

fuge between them. Romeo at this point in the story is standing

quietly under Juliet's balcony, Juliet was standing on her balcony,

and not realising Romeo was there because it was dark. Juliet was

expressing her love to Romeo, she was saying that If Romeo really

loved her then he would change his name because it was the names that

were getting in the way.

At the start of Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo is very immature in saying a few

things, like:

'cast it off ' meaning that Juliet shouldn't worry anymore because

Romeo is there to save her and protect her.

Romeo can also be impracticable in the way he acts and the way he

expresses his love to Juliet, for example:

'I'll be new baptized'; meaning that Romeo will change his surname and

not communicate with his family so that he can be with ...