Romeo and Juliet

Act II summary

Name________Josef_______________________

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 ________light____________. He says he would like to be a
_________finger___________ on her hand so he could touch her cheek. He calls her a bright
________lightning____________ 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 ______leave______________ his love to her, but then
changes her mind, thinking their actions are “too rash, too _______sudden_____________, too
_____________harsh_______.” 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 Lawrence______________ is gathering plants and

herbs. He mentions that even weak flowers have both ________poison____________ and
______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 ________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 ______revenge______________.” _______Nurse_____________
and her servant, ________Peter____________ enter, looking for _____Benvolio_______________.
__________Mercutio__________makes rude comments and sings a rude song to her before he
leaves with Benvolio. Alone with Romeo, ___The Nurse_________________ warns him not to
seduce Juliet. Romeo responds by saying that he wants to marry Juliet that afternoon at
____his________________ 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 _______eight_____________ hours. The
Nurse returns, but tells Juliet that she is too out of ______time______________ to deliver the
message right away. Then she says her _______cousin_____________ and
_______brother_____________ hurt. Then she asks where Juliet’s _________family___________ is.
Finally, as Juliet becomes frantic, the Nurse gives her the news that she will become a bride.
Meanwhile, the Nurse will fetch a _______rope_____________ 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 ________lovers____________ and _____haters_______________ “kiss.” He also
says they may become sick of their sweet love, as one becomes sick of
_____food_______________ when he eats too much of it. His advice is to “love
_________kindly___________.” Romeo, however, is so in love that he cannot find words to
express his feelings. Juliet cannot, either, saying that “They are but ________nice____________
who can count their ________blessings____________,” meaning that she has so much love that
she cannot even sum it up. Friar Lawrence marries them.