Read the passage and select all that is true about it and the motif of time as it appears within the play. Select all that apply. Romeo: Ay me! sad hours seem long.

Was that my father that went hence so fast?

Benvolio. It was. What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours?

Romeo: Not having that, which having, makes them short.

Benvolio: In love? (I. i. 152-6)

Romeo and Juliet often try to slow time down or speed it up depending on the circumstances.
Romeo thinks love makes time go faster.
Time is not a developed motif within Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare plays around with the concept and illusion of time within Romeo and Juliet.