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Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Juliet talks to herself on her balcony. Romeo answers. They promise to marry.
Romeo and Juliet has 24 scenes in 5 acts, and Act 2 has 6 of them. Act 2, Scene 2 comes after Act 2, Scene 1 and before Act 2, Scene 3. The 6 key lines here come from Romeo and Juliet.
This scene in five words
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The quotes
6 big quotes in this scene.
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!
Romeo · Act 2, Scene 2 · light and dark · love
Juliet at her window. To Romeo she is the sun rising.
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · love · family
Not where are you. Why are you Romeo, a Montague? Why the one name I cannot love?
That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet
Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · love · family
A name is just a word. Romeo would be the same person with any other name.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep
Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · love
Her love has no bottom, like the sea. The more she gives, the more she has.
It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden
Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · love · time · youth
Even Juliet knows this is too fast. She says so. Then she goes ahead.
Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow
Juliet · Act 2, Scene 2 · love
Saying goodbye hurts and feels good at the same time.
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