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Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 6

Nutshell Summary:
- At Friar Lawrence’s cell, Romeo and Lawrence wait for Juliet.
- Romeo reveals his youthful impatience, and Lawrence warns him to “love moderately.”
- Juliet arrives, and she and Romeo are married.

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

- T4 Love as holy, sacred
- T7 Impetuous Youth vs wise Age
- T8 Dualism: paradox

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

- C1 Romeo: Idealist, melodramatic, adolescent, foolish; worthy hero?
- C6 Juliet: guarded (insists on substance), adolescent and foolish (too eager to believe Romeo’s ornament?), idealist (money-counters are fools!)
- C5 Friar Lawrence: Wise

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


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