Read the lines from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Enter Nurse and PETER.Mercutio: A sail, a sail!Benvolio: Two, two; a shirt and a smock.Nurse: Peter!Peter: Anon!Nurse: My fan, Peter.Mercutio: Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan’s the fairer face.
Read the lines from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: Well said; follow me this jest now till thou hast worn out the pump, that, when the single sole of it is worn, the jest may remain after the wearing sole singular.Romeo: O single-soled jest! solely singular for the singleness.
Shakespeare includes speeches by both Romeo and Juliet in Act II, Scene ii to
Read Romeo’s soliloquy from Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,Who is already sick and pale with grief,That thou her maid art far more fair than she:Be not her maid, since she is envious;Her vestal livery is but sick and green, And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
Read the exchange between Romeo and Nurse in Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; And there she shall at Friar Laurence’ cell, Be shriv’d and married. Here is for thy pains.Nurse: No, truly, sir; not a penny.Romeo: Go to; I say, you shall.Nurse: This afternoon, sir? well, she shall be there.Which plot detail adds to the mood of anticipation?
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