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Why does Romeo not tell his friends about Juliet?
Romeo does not tell his best friends about Juliet. He doesn’t want his friends to make fun of him and Juliet. He might be a little insecure. Romeo doesn’t want to tell them that he’s marrying the enemy, because their parents might stop the wedding.
What event may or may not happen onstage in front of the audience if you were the director how would you stage the end of Act Two?
If you were the director, how would you stage the end of Act Two? the wedding; there are no lines written for this scene, so it may or may not take place on stage. Answers will vary. Most audiences will want to see them get married, so most directors have some sort of ceremony in front of the audience.
What does Juliet think about Romeo’s love for her?
Here Juliet describes her feelings for Romeo. Like Romeo, Juliet experiences love as a kind of freedom: her love is “boundless” and “infinite.” Her experience of love is more openly erotic than Romeo’s: her imagery has sexual undertones.
What information about Romeo in this specific scene do Benvolio and Mercutio not know?
Act 2, Scene 1 Benvolio and Mercutio do not know that Romeo is headed to the Capulet orchard. They do not know Romeo is now in love with Juliet Mercutio calls out to Romeo in search of him by teasing him about Rosaline’s seductive beauty.
Do Romeo friends think his love is real?
No. They just know he is in love, but they do not know who with. They think he is lovesick for Rosaline, and because he is lovesick for her they think he is weak and incapable of having a duel with Tybalt.
What makes Romeo reveal himself to Juliet?
Not knowing he’s there, Juliet speaks, wondering why Romeo must be a Montague, and she a Capulet. She thinks a name is simply a word, and it would be easy for Romeo to take a new name, and therefore not be forbidden to her. Romeo reveals himself, agreeing to forsake the name Romeo if he can have her love.
How does the Friar really feel about Romeo and Juliet’s wedding?
When Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet, Friar Lawrence agrees because he thinks their marriage might bring about the end of the feud between their two families. He states, “For this alliance may so happy prove / To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3. 91–92).