Journal #4

Act 2, Scene 2

Juliet's talk of Romeo's name.
When Juliet says those lines, she is questioning whether a name makes the person. She is stating that there is no reason that her and Romeo shouldn't be together. This family name doeesn't reflect who Romeo is ,and shouldn't stop him from being with his love. She questions what a name is ,"is it nor hand, nor foot..". What Juliet means by this is so what, if names didn't exist, they would still be perfect for eachother, what does it matter? Juliet hates that names are so important, which is awful since her parents only care about name and reputation.

Act 2, Scene 2
Juliets wish that Romeo not swear by the moon when he professes his love for her.

The reason that Juliet doesn't want Romeo to swear their love by the moon , is that it changes so rapidly. The moon moves and changes form , but Juliet is very content with the way their love is. she doesn't want anything to change between them.

Act 2, Scene 2
Their love being compared to lightning

I think that the love between Romeo and Juliet was compared to lightning because it is so vast, quick, and powerful. They were complete strangers, but the moment they saw eachother they fell inlove. The love between them was so strong, they died for eachother. Everything happened so quickly , they saw eachother fell inlove, and died.