... reading books of romantic poetry). Juliet is clearly smitten with Romeo, but it is possible to see her as the more incisive of the two, and as nudging Romeo to a more genuine level of love through her observation of his tendency to get caught up in the forms of love rather than love itself. Act II, prologue-scene i (Read: Act II, Scene i) Summary: Act II, prologue The Chorus delivers another ... short sonnet describing the new love between Romeo and Juliet: the hatred between the lovers' families makes it ... difficult for them to find the time or place to meet and let their passion gro...

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