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The balcony scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with detailed explanatory notes.
Romeo stands below Juliet’s balcony, marveling at her beauty. Not knowing he’s there, Juliet speaks, wondering why Romeo must be a Montague, and she a Capulet. She thinks a name is simply a word, and it would be easy for Romeo to take a new name, and therefore not be forbidden to her.
Watch Act 2 Scene 1 from Romeo and Juliet and prepare yourself for the greatest love story ever told.
Actually understand Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 2. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
Act 2, scene 2. ⌜ Scene 2 ⌝. Synopsis: From Capulet’s garden Romeo overhears Juliet express her love for him. When he answers her, they acknowledge their love and their desire to be married. ⌜Romeo comes forward.⌝. ROMEO. He jests at scars that never felt a wound. ⌜Enter Juliet above.⌝.
What Happens in the Balcony Scene of Romeo and Juliet? Romeo climbs the Capulet family's garden wall and sees Juliet alone on her balcony. Unaware of his prescence, Juliet sighs and speaks her feelings of love out loud.
Romeo comes out of hiding just as a light in a nearby window flicks on and Juliet exits onto her balcony. “It is the east,” Romeo says, regarding Juliet, “and Juliet is the sun.” He urges the sun to rise and “kill the envious moon.” He urges Juliet to take her “vestal livery” and “cast it off.”
Romeo stands below Juliet’s balcony, marveling at her beauty. Not knowing he’s there, Juliet speaks, wondering why Romeo must be a Montague, and she a Capulet. She thinks a name is simply a word, and it would be easy for Romeo to take a new name, and therefore not be forbidden to her.
Scene 2, the balcony scene (so-called because it is often staged with Juliet on a balcony, though the stage directions suggest only that she is at a window above Romeo), is one of the most famous scenes in all of theater, owing to its beautiful and evocative poetry.
Romeo hides in the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet talking about him. We explore the famous Balcony Scene (Act 2, Scene 2) with annotated play text, galleries and videos of the scene in performance.