Romeo And Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2, aka "the balcony scene," is often called the most romantic scene in all of Shakespeare, and some say it is one of the most romantic scenes in all of literature. What do you think? Is the famous balcony scene romantic and sweet, or is it creepy and over-the-top? Defend your argument with at least 3 pieces of evidence from the text.

I think it is romantic and sweet

Explanation:

Several things happened in this scene that I consider to be romantic.

Firstly, Romeo had to sneak into capulets orchard. Just to have a glimpse of Juliet's bedroom balcony. One could view Juliet's bedroom balcony from by here

Secondly Juliet made an appearance at a window and Romeo gave a speech showing his love for her, even though she couldn't even hear him. In his lines, he compared Juliet to the sun and said the moon must be jealous because she was so beautiful.

Thirdly, Juliet is unaware that romeo was somewhere around and she began to think out loud about Romeo. In her words she was wishing that he could give up his family name. Both their families were enemies

This scene revealed their love for each other and at Juliet's request, they made plans on how to get married

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)