Dear Diary,
Today, I met Friar Lawrence. I was walking around at the gardens when a man entered by himself. While picking flowers, the man, who I later realized to be Friar Lawrence, talked to himself. He said that “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,/Checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light” (II.3.1-2). I thought that this could be subtly talking about Romeo and his love of Rosaline and Juliet, as before, Romeo loves Rosaline, but she did not love him back, making his life “frowning night.” However, now, after that balcony scene with Juliet, we learned that Romeo loves her, and, she loves him back. This is a relief for Romeo, “checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light.” Light, as shown throughout the speeches Romeo had given to Juliet earlier, is a good thing,…show more content… Additionally, he easily finds out that Romeo must be “uproused by some distemperature.” This told me that he must be very attentive, and easily decipher things people, such as Romeo, may be trying to keep hidden. I will keep this for further reference. To this, Romeo replied, “I have been feasting with mine enemy,/Where on a sudden one hath wounded me” (II.3.49-50). This meant that because Romeo was in love with Juliet, and she is a Capulet, who is Romeo’s family’s enemy. He is surprised how suddenly he had fallen in love with her, and how fast she has fallen in love of him. By telling this to the Friar so easily, I learned that he is either very trusting of people, or he is very gullible, and will tell anything to anyone that he meets. Additionally, based on the tone of Romeo’s speech, it always has something to do with war. For example, in the earlier quote above, Romeo says that “sudden one hath wounded me.” Also, in another example, Juliet, during the balcony scene, talks about loving Romeo as a bird, but then suddenly says, “Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing” (II.2.187). By adding in the verb “kill,” she suddenly changes the topic from love, to
