Read this excerpt from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and then answer the question that follows.
Juliet: Well, do not swear, although I joy in thee,
I have no joy of this contract to-night:
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.' Sweet, good night!
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest
Come to thy heart as that within my breast!
[JULIET: Well, don't swear. Although you bring me joy, I can't take joy in this exchange of promises tonight. It's too crazy
We haven't done enough thinking. It's too sudden. It's too much like lightning, which flashes and then disappears before
you can say, "it's lightning." My sweet, good night. Our love, which right now is like a flower bud in the summer air, may
turn out to be a beautiful flower by the next time we meet. I hope you enjoy the same sweet peace and rest I feel in my
heart.)
Romeo: O. wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?
TROMEO: Oh, are you going to leave me so unsatished?)
Answer the following question in complete sentences using the RACE method.
Romeo pronounces his love for Juliet hours after they have met in the famous balcony scene. Juliet
describes Romeo's promises as "too rash, too unadvised, too sudden" Explain what Juliet means
about Romeo in this exchange. From what you've read in Acts I and II, how does Romeo's impulsive
nature impact the action in the play and what you know of the final outcome of this tragedy?