After the Capulet Ball, Romeo ditches his friends and hides out in the orchard behind the Capulet's house. When Romeo jumps over the Capulet's wall he symbolically separates himself from his friends. While Benvolio and Mercutio try to find Romeo they shout dirty things about Rosaline in hopes of bringing Romeo back. After no response from Romeo, they decide to leave the scene. After they leave, Romeo starts to wander around the balcony, until Juliet appears. He is talking to himself about the beautiful Juliet, and then Juliet starts to talk about her love for Romeo. She explains that if he just changed his name, they could be together. When Romeo hears this he cannot resist the offer, and reveals himself. When she sees Romeo she is startled, and tells him that if her family finds him they will kill him. The romantic Romeo does not care if he is killed, he just wants to know that Juliet loves him. Juliet starts to question Romeo about how he got there, but Romeo's answers are not practical. For example, he says "love's wings brought me here to you." When Romeo starts to say how serious his love is for her, Juliet does not believe him. She tells him that if he is serious about her, then he will arrange a marriage for themselves. Romeo does not think about what he is getting himself into, and accepts. Soon Romeo and Juliet run out of things to talk about and start babbling, just so they don't have to leave each other .This scene represents how guarded Juliet is about the situation, while Romeo wants to rush into their love. .
Act II, Scene 3.
In this scene we meet a very important character, Friar Lawrence. He is a religious figure, but he is also into herbs and plants. When we first meet this character he is collecting plants, which is very strange because he is seen more as a religious figure. At the beginning of the scene he says something interesting, which is "bad things can turn good, and good things can turn bad.
