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Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 1:

Nutshell Summary
- After the party, Romeo leaps the wall into Juliet’s orchard.
- His friends look for him. They call out, mocking his lovesickness for Rosaline.
- Mercutio is especially crude and bitter in his teasing.

Themes Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of THEME in Romeo and Juliet see
https://dai.ly/x80qt0r)

- T5 Sacred marriage; love as cosmic, eternal; gravity means seriousness; authentic life (heart) vs the Wasteland (head/society); Troubadours; Rumo.
- T4 Love as crude sex— contrast with Romeo’s spiritual, cosmic sense of meaningful purpose, mission, gravity.

Characters Discussed:
(For more detailed discussion of CHARACTER in Romeo and Juliet see
https://dai.ly/x80pud8)

- C3 Mercutio: cynical, bitter, lonely, sad outsider; no hero’s quest — contrast with Romeo’s grand adventure; Peter Pan’s ultimate end.
- C1 Romeo: Worthy hero, redeemer of the Wasteland living, liver of authentic life.

This video on Shakespeare’s LANGUAGE might also help:
https://dai.ly/x80qtdh


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