Romeo and Juliet

Act II summary

Name________BreAnne Campbell_______________________

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 ____________________’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
________glove____________ on her hand so he could touch her cheek. He calls her a bright
_________angel___________ 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 ________relatives____________ may find
Romeo and kill him. She asks Romeo to _________swear___________ his love to her, but then
changes her mind, thinking their actions are “too rash, too ____________________, too
____________________.” 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 _________love___________ her.

Scene 3:

At the beginning of the scene, _________Frair Lawrence___________ is gathering plants and

herbs. He mentions that even weak flowers have both _______poison_____________ and
_________Powerful Medicine___________ 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 __________families__________’ 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
____________________ cell. The nurse tells Romeo that ____________________ wants to marry
Juliet, too, but that Juliet prefers Romeo.
Scene 5:

Juliet is impatient because the nurse has been gone ____________________ hours. The Nurse
returns, but tells Juliet that she is too out of ____________________ to deliver the message right
away. Then she says her ____________________ and ____________________ hurt. Then she asks
where Juliet’s ____________________ is. Finally, as Juliet becomes frantic, the Nurse gives her
the news that she will become a bride. Meanwhile, the Nurse will fetch a ____________________
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 ____________________ and ____________________ “kiss.” He also says they
may become sick of their sweet love, as one becomes sick of ____________________ when he
eats too much of it. His advice is to “love ____________________.” Romeo, however, is so in
love that he cannot find words to express his feelings. Juliet cannot, either, saying that “They
are but ____________________ who can count their ____________________,” meaning that she has
so much love that she cannot even sum it up. Friar Lawrence marries them.