Act ii: Rising action

Scenes I & II

• Romeo sneaks around
• Juliet has second thoughts
• Juliet confuses herself and the audience
• They agree on 9 o'clock

Scenes III & IV

• Romeo tells Friar Laurence of his undying love
• Nurse interrogates Romeo
• Romeo gives wedding plans to Nurse

Scenes V & vi

• Nurse frustrates Juliet
• Friar Lawrence gives Romeo advice that he doesn't listen to at all

Types of Conflict

• person vs. person
• person vs. society
• person vs. self

Iambic Pentameter

• five iambs
• iamb=metrical foot composed of unstressed and stressed syllables

Blank verse

• poetry
• unrhymed
• iambic pentameter
• most important poetic form in dramatic poetry

couplet

Bibliography