Juliet Thou mayst prove false. At lovers' perjuries They say Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo, Read more about Act 2, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: “ lovers commit perjury (breaking an oath) so often that it’s said that Jove, king of the gods, laughs when it happens.”
Read more about Act 2, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: “Someone in love will dare to attempt anything which love is capable of”
Read more about Act 2, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: “He, who’s never been rejected by a woman, is making jokes about my broken heart”
Friar Laurence Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint. Read more about Act 2, Scene 6: Popup Note Index Item: Cultural Reference
Juliet Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me. But old folks, many feign as they were dead; Read more about Act 2, Scene 5: Popup Note Index Item: Tennis Match
Nurse Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter? Romeo Ay, nurse; what of that? Both with an ‘R’. Nurse Ah, mocker, that's the dog's name; ‘R’ is for the — No, I know Read more about Act 2, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "R" is for the –
Romeo Nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress. I protest unto thee — Nurse Good heart, and, i' faith, I will tell her as much! Lord! Lord, she will be a joyful woman! Romeo What wilt thou tell her, nurse? Thou dost not mark me. Nurse I will tell her, sir, that you do protest, which, as I take it, is a gentlemanlike offer. Read more about Act 2, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "protest"
Nurse And thou must stand by too, and suffer every knave to use me at his pleasure? Read more about Act 2, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "use me at his pleasure"
Read more about Act 2, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "take him down, an a were lustier than he is"
Romeo A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. Read more about Act 2, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: Language
