Romeo and Juliet

Act II summary

Name_________Tristan Duncan____________

Prologue:

Now that ________Romeo___ is in love with _______Juliet______, he has forgotten his old love,
Rosaline. However, because the two lovers are from enemy families, he does not have
access to her, and she does not have the means to ______Meet_____ him anywhere.

Scene 1:

Romeo’s friends search for him, but he leaps over an orchard _______wall______. The friends
try to get Romeo to reveal his hiding place by saying rude things about
_________Rosaline_____, but he is not in love with her any more, so it does not work.

Scene 2:

In the ____Capulet____’s orchard, Romeo sees Juliet talking to herself and is overwhelmed by
her beauty. He compares her to the ________Sun_______ in the east. He says her eyes are
brighter than _______Stars_______. He says he would like to be a __________palm______ on her
hand so he could touch her cheek. He calls her a bright _________Star_______ from the
heavens. Juliet, unaware of Romeo’s presence, says a ________name______ is not really a part
of a person and therefore not important. Even so, Romeo is afraid she will not accept him
because his last name is __________Montague____. Juliet is afraid her _______Family________
may find Romeo and kill him. She asks Romeo to _______promise_______ his love to her, but
then changes her mind, thinking their actions are “too rash, too __________Unadvised_____,
too ________Sudden______.” They finally agree that Juliet will send a messenger to Romeo at
________Nine______ o’clock the next day, and Romeo will send word to Juliet if he intends to
______marry________ her.

Scene 3:

At the beginning of the scene, _____Friar Laurence___________ is gathering plants and herbs.
He mentions that even weak flowers have both _________medicines______ and
_______poisens_____ in them, just like people, who have both grace and rude will. When
Romeo tells him that he wants to _________marry___________ Juliet, the friar cannot believe
that Romeo has changed his mind so suddenly. However, he agrees to perform the
ceremony because it may turn the two _____households_______’ hate into “pure
_____love__________.”

Scene 4:
Benvolio and Mercutio learn that _____Tybalt_________, who is an excellent swordsman, sent a
letter challenging ________Romeo________. When _______Romeo_________ shows up, he and
Mercutio have a battle of wits, which ends with Mercutio saying that being with friends is
better than “groaning for _______Love____.” ____________Nurse_____ and her servant,
_______Peter_________ enter, looking for _________Romeo___________.
___Mercutio________makes rude comments and sings a rude song to her before he leaves
with Benvolio. Alone with Romeo, _______Nurse________ warns him not to seduce Juliet.
Romeo responds by saying that he wants to marry Juliet that afternoon at ________Friar
Lawrence’s_______ cell. The nurse tells Romeo that _________Count Paris______ wants to marry
Juliet, too, but that Juliet prefers Romeo.
Scene 5:

Juliet is impatient because the nurse has been gone _________Three_______ hours. The Nurse
returns, but tells Juliet that she is too out of _________Aweary_______ to deliver the message
right away. Then she says her __________Bones_____ hurt. Then she asks where Juliet’s
_________Mother___________ is. Finally, as Juliet becomes frantic, the Nurse gives her the news
that she will become a bride. Meanwhile, the Nurse will fetch a ________Fetch______ so Romeo
can climb to Juliet’s balcony for the honeymoon.

Scene 6:

Friar Lawrence is worried that Romeo and Juliet’s love is too passionate and will be brief, like
the explosion when _________Fire_______ and _______Powder________ “kiss.” He also says they
may become sick of their sweet love, as one becomes sick of ____________Honey________
when he eats too much of it. His advice is to “love ________moderately_________.” Romeo,
however, is so in love that he cannot find words to express his feelings. Juliet cannot, either,
saying that “They are but _____beggars__________ who can count their ______worth_________,”
meaning that she has so much love that she cannot even sum it up. Friar Lawrence marries
them.