Shakespeare’s Language of Love
Act II Scene II

The analysis consider an extract of the tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ one of the great play written by Shakespeare. It tells about two star-crossed lovers that died for their love.

Reading the title, intelligent reader may supposes that the scene was setter in a open space in the Capulet’s garden. Romeo was in her orchard trying to see her, while she was in her balcony to tell the night her love for him.

Considering the Layout, the text is a dialogue between the two protagonists and it is arranged in free-verse. Its genre is a play, a tragedy. Indeed in the play there are stage directions that provide information about the setting, the characters’ actions and movements. Questions and exclamations marks are more frequent than full stops. They are used to emphasize some sentences.
The two names Romeo and Juliet are always written in Capital letters to mark the speaker and to make lecture more clear.

The dialogue start with a speech of Romeo that entered in Capulet’s orchard. Romeo said ‘He jets a scars that never felt a wound’, that are about Mercutio who has never felt any pain of love. Romeo was hidden in Capulet’s orchard when he saw Juliet and he started its monologue. In this part of the speech he celebrate the beauty of Juliet. He compared Juliet to the sun because both of them were shining. He said also that she is a ‘maid’ of the moon because Juliet is a chaste maid.
In this moment Juliet went out and Romeo changed his tone, this is why he said: ‘It is my lady, o, it is my love!’. After that he asked himself what Juliet was saying in that moment because she was speaking but he didn’t heard what she said. He said that her eyes are like stars and that she was talking to them.
Juliet said ‘ay me!’ and Romeo that heard it and he compared Juliet to an angel. An angel is glorious to the night because he appeared in a glory. Romeo in this part speak of all the things that men do when they see an angel. This things are the same that he do when he see Juliet.
Now Juliet start to talk and she said her famous words: ‘O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?’ she was not speaking with Romeo, but she was asking why he must be a Montague. She also said that if he will swear his love for her, she will give up her name of Capulet. Romeo asked himself if he had to hear more than this or to speak and Juliet continued her speech. She said once again that if he will change his name they could celebrate their love.
Romeo started to talk with her and he said that for her he could change his name. Juliet did not see Romeo, she only heard him and she did not know who was.
She asked him ‘what man art thou that thus bescreen’d in night  so stumblest on my counsel?’ and he answered that he did not know how to call himself and he said that he hate his name because it is her enemy.
She recognized Romeo and she asked him if he was really Romeo. He answered that if this name  dislike her he was not Romeo.

In this scene, called also ‘the Balcony Scene’, the two lovers show their love. While Romeo goes to her garden to see a sign of her love, she goes to her Balcony to tell stars her love. They come from rivals families, therefore their love is full of obstacles. This is the reason why Romeo is hidden in Capulet’s orchard and why she said that if he will swear his love, she will change her name. if they change their name may they could stay together.