Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

Romeo and Juliet

(c. 1591)

William Shakespeare

(1564–1616)

Romeo and Juliet Discussion and Performance (Act II scene i)

What is love, and how do we show/know it?: Prepare a performance of the balcony scene according to the list below.  As part of your 6-minute presentation, point out a "translation of the experience of love" that your classmates should take especial notice of while watching your group's act.  Explain why that part of the text/performance is worth noting in its expression of love.

 

Group 1 lines 1–79 "Can I go forward...bosom of the air."	Group 2 lines 80–127 "O Romeo...wanting of thy love."	Group 3 lines 128–89 "By whose direction...I will come again."	Group 4 lines 190–248 "O blessed...my dear hap to tell."
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Sample Student Response to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Response 1:

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