2.5: Anxious Interrogations

Prompt A:
Juliet is waiting for the Nurse to return from her meeting with Romeo about their marriage in frustration that she is late. Once the Nurse comes, she sees how irritated Juliet is, but does not yet tell her of the good news. The Nurse keeps providing excuses that she must catch her breath because she is tired and her muscles hurt from running to speak with Romeo. Juliet blames the Nurse's age for her being slow. When Juliet keeps asking her what Romeo said, she puts off telling her until the very last moment. In the meantime, to delay the news even further, she goes on to speak about how attractive and amazing Romeo is. Finally, when Juliet gets very annoyed with the Nurse, she finally decides to tell her that Romeo told her to meet in Friar Lawrence's cell to get married. Juliet is ecstatic and dismisses the Nurse to get the rope ladder for Romeo to climb into Juliet's room after their marriage.

Prompt B:
Do not take anyone or anything for granted.

Prompt C:
Nurse- Why are you putting off telling Juliet the news?
Nurse- Do you actually feel the pain you are describing or is it just to annoy Juliet?
Nurse- Why are you complimenting Romeo so much? Aren't you supposed to hate him because he is a Montague?
Juliet- How do you plan on keep your marriage a secret from your parents?
Juliet- What would you have done if Romeo didn't want to marry you? Do you think it would have prevented the deaths of many of the people who died?

1.2 Mistakenly Invited

Prompt A: Summary
Paris is hoping to marry Juliet, Lord Capulet's daughter, and tells him of this. Lord Capulet is skeptical about marrying Juliet off since she is not even fourteen, but after Paris brings up the fact that there are even younger mothers in Verona, he agrees that it will be Juliet's decision if she wants to marry Paris. He tells Paris to come to his feast and provides his illiterate servant with a list of people to invite that night. Romeo is discussing his feelings for Rosaline with Benvolio when the servant asks Romeo if he will read the list of invitations. To thank Romeo, the servant invites them to the feast, unaware of the fact that they are Montagues.

Prompt B: Theme
The theme of this scene is that love comes when you least expect it.

Prompt C: Questions
Lord Capulet- Why do you think that girls who marry earlier are "marred" too soon?
Paris- Why doesn't the age difference matter you?
Romeo- How will you get into the Capulet house if you are a Montague?
Romeo- Are you going in hopes of seeing Rosaline?
Benvolio- Why do you want to attend the Capulet party?