羅密歐和朱麗葉

RomeoandJulietThesettingoftheplayisVerona,acityinItaly.ThemaincharactersareRomeoandJuliet,whobelongtotwohostilefamilies.TheCapuletsTheMontaguesRomeoandJulietbelongtotwohostilefamilies,theMontaguesandtheCapulets.Eachisdevotedtoeachother,butunionisimpossible.RomeokillsaCapuletandisbanished;Julietisengagedbyherparentstosomeoneelse,forwhomshehasnoaffection.JulietconsultsFriar（修道士）

Laurence,whosuggestsaschemetorelieveherfromtheforcedmarriageandtogiveRomeoanopportunitytotakeheraway.

Shetakesasleepingdrugandappearsdeadforforty-twohours.Sheistakentothetomb.Meanwhile,Romeohastensback,goestothetomb,andkillshimselfjustbeforeJulietwakes.FinallyJulietwakes,onlytofindRomeodeadandshealsokillsherself.ActII,scene2

theromanticpeakoftheplay

RomeohasclimbedintoCapulet’sorchard.HespeaksaloudofhisloveforJuliet,thinkingthatheisalone.InfactJulietisoutonthebalcony.Shetoohasfalleninlove,butsheisconsciousofthefactthatRomeobelongstothehostilefamily.QuestionsonActII,scene2Inthisscene,RomeohasemployedthreecomparisonstoexpresshisadmirationforJuliet.Identifythemandillustrate.Explainthethemeofthisplay.

ROMEO(JULIETappearsaboveatawindow)But,soft!

Whatlightthroughyonderwindowbreaks?Itistheeast,andJulietisthesun.

Arise,fairsun,andkilltheenviousmoon,whoisalreadysickandpalewithgrief,thatthouhermaidartfarmorefairthanshe:Benothermaid,sincesheisenvious;Hervestalliveryisbutsickandgreenandnonebutfoolsdowearit;castitoff.靜一下！有亮光從那邊窗口透出來(lái)！那邊是東方，朱麗葉是一輪朝陽(yáng)。初生的太陽(yáng)，露臉吧，把月亮趕走—月亮女神看到你，本是她的侍女，卻長(zhǎng)得多美啊，把她壓根兒給比下去了，她真是又氣又急，臉色都變黃既然她這么妒忌你，別去伺候她了，那修女的一身象征童貞的袍子，多蒼白，多難看，只有傻姑娘才穿上身，扔掉它吧！Shespeaksyetshesaysnothing:whatofthat?Hereyediscourses;Iwillanswerit.

Iamtoobold,'tisnottomeshespeaks:

Twoofthefaireststarsinalltheheaven,

Havingsomebusiness,doentreathereyestotwinkleintheirspherestilltheyreturn.

天上有兩顆最亮的星星，有事兒要離開(kāi)一會(huì)兒，只得去求她，由她那一雙亮晶晶的眼睛，替代著在天穹閃光。Whatifhereyeswerethere,theyinherhead?

Thebrightnessofhercheekwouldshamethosestars,asdaylightdothalamp;hereyesinheavenwouldthroughtheairyregionstreamsobrightthatbirdswouldsingandthinkitwerenotnight.

她滿臉生輝，遮蓋了星光—正像大白天的亮光壓倒了星光，她那雙眼睛，在天上，大放光明，小鳥(niǎo)唱起歌來(lái)，以為黑夜消逝了……ROMEOShespeaks:O,speakagain,

bright

angel!forthouartasglorioustothisnight,beingo'ermyheadasis

awingedmessengerofheavenuntothewhite-upturned

wonderingeyesofmortalsthatfallbacktogazeonhim

Whenhebestridesthelazy-pacingcloudsandsailsuponthebosomoftheair.

她開(kāi)口了!再說(shuō)一句吧，光明的天使，這夜晚，我就像下界的萬(wàn)民，一齊抬起頭，一邊倒退著，一邊仰望著，只見(jiàn)一位伸展著翅膀的天使，正踩著悠悠的白云，向天心駛?cè)?。Juliet,onherbalconyaboveRomeo,issaidtobelikethesun.Romeoalsocompareshereyestotwinklingstars,shesaysiftheyweresetintheheavens,nightwouldseemtobeday.Sheisalsocomparedtobeabrightangel,likeawingedmessengerofheaven.JULIET

'Tisbutthynamethatismyenemy;Thouartthyself,thoughnotaMontague.What'sMontague?itisnorhand,norfoot,norarm,norface,noranyotherpartbelongingtoaman.O,besomeothername!What'sinaname?Thatwhichwecallarosebyanyothernamewouldsmellassweet;SoRomeowould,werehenotRomeocall'd,retainthatdearperfectionwhichheoweswithoutthattitle.Romeo,doffthyname,andforthatnamewhichisnopartoftheetakeallmyself.Hereliesthecentralconflictofthedrama.Namesmatter–RomeoandJulietarethevictimsoftheoldfeudalideas.“蒙太古”算得什么呢！又不是手，不是腳，又不是胳膊，不是臉，又不是人身上的四肢百節(jié)……換一個(gè)別的姓吧！姓名又算得什么呢！我們叫做玫瑰的，不叫它玫瑰，聞著它不也一樣香？羅密歐也一樣啊，就算不叫他羅密歐，他還是保留著他那天生的完美啊—跟名字沒(méi)關(guān)系。羅密歐，丟掉你的姓吧，為了補(bǔ)報(bào)你失去那沒(méi)緊要的姓，把整個(gè)的我，拿去吧！Theme

Theplayisanexposureoftheoldfeudalworldwithitsint