Romeo eagerly asks Balthasar for news about Juliet and expects a letter from Friar Laurence.

The Nurse finds Juliet unresponsive and thinks she is really dead, not knowing that Juliet only took a sleeping potion.

This shows how fully committed Capulet is to the wedding. He has no idea about Juliet’s real plan or the fact that she has already taken the potion. His joyful energy adds to the dramatic irony, because the audience knows what he doesn’t: Juliet will not be waking up for the wedding.

Juliet says she feels a cold fear so strong it makes her body go numb, almost like she’s dying. This shows Juliet is terrified about drinking the potion. Even though she agreed to the plan, she’s now facing the risk of dying or waking up alone in a tomb. This moment shows her bravery and how much she loves Romeo, she’s willing to take a big risk to avoid marrying Paris.

Lord Capulet decides to move Juliet and Paris’s wedding to the next morning, instead of waiting longer. Juliet now has less time to carry out the plan with Friar Laurence to avoid the marriage.

Metaphor, he compares Juliet’s crying to a flood. This helps the reader imagine how extremely sad and overwhelmed she is.

Fickle means changing often and not staying loyal or steady. It describes someone or something that is not reliable or consistent. Juliet is talking to Fortune (luck) as if it’s a person. She calls it “fickle” because her luck keeps changing, first she secretly marries Romeo, then he gets banished. She hopes Fortune won’t be fickle anymore and will bring Romeo back to her. This shows how helpless she feels and how she’s blaming fate for her pain.

Romeo says he would rather be caught and killed than leave Juliet. He’s so deeply in love that he’s willing to risk his life just to stay a little longer. This shows his reckless love and how emotion, not reason, is guiding him.

Capulet tells Paris he will offer Juliet’s hand in marriage, and he’s sure Juliet will obey him completely. This shows how little power Juliet has, her father makes decisions for her, not caring what she wants.

Romeo is saying that being banished from Verona feels like being cut off from the entire world. To him, leaving Verona means leaving Juliet, and that’s worse than death. He feels like he’s being sent to hell, even though the Prince was being merciful by not giving him the death penalty.

Personification is used here, Juliet talks to the horses of the sun (from Greek mythology), asking them to gallop quickly so night can arrive faster. She’s treating the horses of the sun as if they are real and fast like people.

Romeo is trying to stay calm and avoid a fight. He knows Tybalt is family now, but he can’t say that out loud because the marriage is still a secret. So he speaks kindly and walks away, but Tybalt thinks Romeo is being a coward.

“Procure” means to get or arrange something. Juliet is saying she will send someone (the Nurse) to Romeo the next day, and he should give her the time and place for their marriage.

“Bescreen’d” means hidden or concealed. Juliet is asking Romeo who he is, since he is covered by the darkness of night and has overheard her private thoughts.

Demesnes is an old word that means lands or territory belonging to someone like a domain. demesnes” means Rosaline’s physical territory or body, particularly the areas below the waist. Mercutio uses the term in a humorous, mocking way to tease Romeo’s romantic obsession.

Personification: “Heavens smile” gives the heavens human ability to smile.

The “white wench’s black eye” is a metaphor that represents how Romeo has been emotionally wounded. The black eye is a symbol of how powerful and dangerous love or attraction can be.

Personification: Morning “smiles”; night is “frowning.” Simile: darkness like a drunkard reels, compares darkness to a drunk person stumbling away.

“Doff thy name” means take off your name like clothing. She’s saying his name isn’t part of him, so he should get rid of it to be with her.

She compares Romeo to a rose, meaning he would be just as wonderful with another name. The rose symbolizes love, beauty, and identity.

Metaphor is used in line 1382, “And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.” Juliet compares her longing for Romeo’s message to the speed of love and Cupid’s flight.

Metaphor and symbolism is used in lines 1171-1172, “Alas poor Romeo! He is already dead; stabbed with a white wench’s black eye;” Metaphor: Mercutio is exaggerating that Romeo is “dead” from love (Rosaline’s eye). Symbolism: “Black eye” refers to Rosaline’s dark, attractive eyes that wounded Romeo.

Personification and simile is used in lines 1059-1063, “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, and flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day’s path and Titan’s fiery wheels:” Personification: Morning “smiles”; night is “frowning.” Simile: Darkness “like a drunkard reels, compares darkness to a drunk person stumbling away.

In lines 895-897, “Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself”, “Doff thy name” means take off your name like clothing. She’s saying his name isn’t part of him, so he should get rid of it to be with her.

Metaphor and symbolism is used in lines 890-891, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;” She compares Romeo to a rose, meaning he would be just as wonderful with another name. The rose symbolizes love, beauty, and identity.

Simile is used in lines 667-668, “ It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear”, Romeo compares Juliet’s beauty to a bright jewel in a dark-skinned person’s ear. She shines brightly and stands out in the darkness, just like a sparkling gem. He compares her beauty to a bright jewel standing out in darkness.

A metaphor was used in line 519, “Under love’s heavy burden do I sink”, He compares love to something heavy to show how much it’s hurting him. He feels overwhelmed and crushed by the pain of love.

A simile was used in line 438, “ A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone”, Simile (uses “as” for comparison). The Nurse exaggerates how big the bump on Juliet’s head was, comparing it to a rooster’s testicle (a funny image back then).

A metaphor was used in line 285, “ “She is the hopeful lady of my earth”,Lord Capulet is comparing his daughter Juliet to the lady of the earth, meaning she is the center of his world. Juliet is precious and deeply important to him, like a queen who rules over his life.

Metaphor is used in line 284, “Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she”, Capulet says the earth has swallowed his other children — meaning they have died. Juliet is his only living child, and all his other hopes (his children) have been buried.

Personification is used in lines 113-114, “ To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate.” Peace and hate are described as if they can grow like plants and become “canker’d” (infected or rotten). The Prince is saying that peace has become spoiled and that their hate is old and festering like a disease.

Find a word that is unfamiliar to you; look it up and add the definition. “Pernicious rage” means deadly or destructive anger. In this scene, the Prince is scolding the fighting families (Capulets and Montagues), saying that their violent anger is dangerous and damaging to everyone in Verona.