Act 1 Scene 2: The Possible Solution

Prompt A:
In this scene, Lord Capulet is walking back to his home along with Paris and a servant. Capulet talks about how he wants Juliet (his daughter) to be married soon as she is coming of age. He believes that the likely candidate for her groom would be Paris. Capulet decides to host a party at his house to get Juliet out into the world and to meet Paris. Capulet leaves his servant with the invite list. However, the servant cannot read and he has to ask for help from Romeo and Benvolio who just happen to be walking by. When Benvolio finds out what this party is, he believes that Romeo should go to find another love. Romeo agrees but is still troubled about his love in the process.

Prompt D:
Romeo says, "Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars. One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun." From these lines, we can tell that Romeo, no matter what comes across him, is always sad and obsessed over his love "rejecting" him. He believes that he has gone through all this suffering from love while others say they have too. Romeo truly believes that no one has a situation as sad and as depressing as his. Most of all, this tells us that Romeo is too attached to love in general and that he sounds like a hopeless romantic from this.

Prompt F:
I will be discussing the relationship between Romeo and Benvolio. Even though Benvolio is Romeo's cousin, he acts as Romeo's father figure in a way. He behaves as Romeo's mentor more than anything else as he gives him advice on his troubles. In act 1 scene 2, Benvolio continues to advise Romeo to pursue other beauties. When they find out about the Capulet party, Benvolio sees this as a golden opportunity for Romeo to find another woman. Benvolio convinces Romeo to go the ball where, as Benvolio predicted, he would meet another beauty.