5 Quote Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Act 3 Scene 2

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Breakdown of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 2

Nutshell Summary:
- Juliet impatiently waits for her wedding night with her husband.
- The Nurse arrives with news that Romeo killed Tybalt and is banished.
- Juliet struggles with mixed feelings: Tybalt is dead, but Romeo is alive.
- The Nurse says she will go to Romeo who is hiding at Friar Lawrence’s cell and tell him to visit Juliet before he leaves Verona.

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

T4 Dual nature of love; fire imagery (Icarus)
T8 Dualism: juxtaposition, contrast, paradox, oxymoron
T8 Dualism: joyous anticipation (act 2, sc. 5) = agonizing dread; positive passion and negative passion are two sides of same coin. Love/hate.

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

- C6 Juliet: Wiser than Romeo, courageous, perspective, worthy hero; adolescent, emotional, extreme thinking, all feeling, poetry = at one with Romeo.

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