1. Francis Gilbert

2. • OCR coursework task for GCSE English: Act
2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet
• Remind yourself of Act 2 scene 2 in the text and in one or
more performed versions of the play.
• Explore the ways in which Romeo and Juliet are
presented in this scene and elsewhere in Shakespeare’s
play, and in the performed verisons.
• You should consider:
• the thoughts and feelings Romeo and Juliet express
• the ways other characters react to them
• what makes the relationship between Romeo and Juliet
so moving.

3. • ANSWER THE QUESTION!!
• PEEL: make POINTS, provide EVIDENCE, provide
EXPLANATION of those POINTS, and make LINKS
between POINTS…
• Analyse the language and imagery, the staging, the filmic
techniques…

4. • Different from who he used to be: he no longer cares for
Rosaline…
• Totally in love…
• Brave, “macho”…
• Selfless?
• Sensual, sexual…
• Determined to marry Juliet
• Very poetic
• Lovable? Charming?
• Silly? Funny?

5. Points Evidence
• So happy he feels he’s living • “Will you leave me so unsatisfied?”
in a dream… • “Would that I was a glove on that hand…”
• No longer in love with • “Th' exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for
mine.”
Rosaline… • “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
• Uncertain • “Juliet is the sun…”
• “With love’s light wings did I o'erperch
• Totally in love… these walls”
• Brave, “macho”… • “Shall I speak…”
• “My name, dear saint, is hateful to
• Selfless? myself/Because it is an enemy to thee.”
• Sensual, sexual… • “I am afeard/Being in night, all this is but a
dream,/Too flattering sweet to be
• Determined to marry Juliet substantial.”
• “My life were better ended by their
• Very poetic hate/Than death proroguèd, wanting of
thy love.”
• Lovable? Charming? • “Oh, that I were a glove upon that
• Silly? Funny? hand/That I might touch that cheek!”
• “O, speak again, bright angel! For thou
art/ As glorious to this night, being o'er my
head, /As is a wingèd messenger of
heaven”

6. • So happy he feels he’s living in a dream = “Being in night, all this is but a
dream,/Too flattering sweet to be substantial.”
• No longer in love with Rosaline = “He jests at scars that never felt a
wound…”
• Uncertain = “Shall I speak?”
• Totally in love = “Juliet is the sun…”
• Brave, “macho”… = “With love’s light wings…”
• Selfless? = ““My life were better ended by their hate/Than death
proroguèd, wanting of thy love.”
• Sensual, sexual…= ““Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand/That I
might touch that cheek!”
• Determined to marry Juliet =“Th' exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for
mine.”
• Very poetic = ““O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art/ As glorious to
this night, being o'er my head, /As is a wingèd messenger of heaven”
• Lovable? Charming? = TAKE YOUR PICK??
• Silly? Funny? = DISCUSS THE LEONARDO Di CAPRIO’S
INTERPRETATION?

7. • Very troubled by the family feud…
• Concerned that there is a prowler…
• Extremely worried for Romeo’s safety
• Worried that Romeo will think that she is “too easily won”
• Uncertain that Romeo has “honourable intentions”
• Playful and more imaginative than Romeo
• Believes that they are “moving too quickly”
• More sincere?
• Adoring of Romeo and his body…

8. Points Evidence
• Very troubled by the family • “My bounty is as boundless as the
feud… sea,/My love as deep.”
• Concerned that there is a • “In truth, fair Montague, I am too
prowler… fond,/And therefore thou mayst think
my 'havior light.”
• Extremely worried for Romeo’s • “Do not swear at all./Or, if thou wilt,
safety swear by thy gracious self,/Which is the
• Worried that Romeo will think god of my idolatry,/And I’ll believe
that she is “too easily won” thee.”
• Uncertain that Romeo has • “I gave thee mine before thou didst
request it,/And yet I would it were to
“honourable intentions” give again.”
• Playful and more imaginative • “What man art thou that, thus
than Romeo bescreened in night,/So stumblest on
• More sincere? my counsel?”
• Adoring of Romeo and his • “If they do see thee they will murder
body… thee.”
• “What satisfaction can thou hast
tonight?”

9. • Very troubled by the family feud= “Romeo, Romeo…Wherefore art
thou Romeo?”
• Concerned that there is a prowler = “What man art thou that, thus
bescreened in night,/So stumblest on my counsel?”
• Extremely worried for Romeo’s safety = “If they do see thee they will
murder thee.”
• Worried that Romeo will think that she is “too easily won” = ““In truth,
fair Montague, I am too fond,/And therefore thou mayst think my
'havior light.”
• Uncertain that Romeo has “honourable intentions”= ““What
satisfaction can thou hast tonight?”
• Playful and more imaginative than Romeo = ““I gave thee mine
before thou didst request it,/And yet I would it were to give again.”
• More sincere? = ““My bounty is as boundless as the sea,/My love as
deep.”
• Adoring of Romeo and his body = “Do not swear at all./Or, if thou
wilt, swear by thy gracious self,/Which is the god of my idolatry,/And
I’ll believe thee.”

10. • The way SHAKESPEARE appears to present the lovers:
you need to think about his use of language, imagery and
verse form, as well as stage directions…(see other
presentation)
• The way the films present the lovers; their similarities and
differences; the mis-en-scene, the costumes, settings;
the use of music and sound; the acting and actors; the
camera shots and editing…