ACT II: Scene 1 An open place adjoining Capulet’s Garden
ROMEO
My heart is here. Where else can I
be?
(He climbs the wall and leaps
down within it.)
(Enter BENVOLIO and
MERCUTIO.)
BENVOLIO
Romeo! Where are you?
MERCUTIO
He is too smart to be here. He
must have gone home and is in bed
by now.
BENVOLIO
I saw him run this way and leap
over this orchard wall. Call him,
Mercutio.
MERCUTIO
I will conjure him up with my
magic powers. Romeo! Oh,
Passionate Lover! If you are there
let us hear a sigh or some rhyme
and I will be satisfied. If you are in
a compromising situation, just cry
out, Ah me! Or, say love and dove.
Cry out to Venus, the goddess of
love, or to her red-headed son,
Cupid, who shoots so well. Romeo
does not hear me. He does not
move. He must be dead and I must
bring him magically forth. I call
you by the name of the bright-eyed
Rosaline with the high forehead and
red lips, the fine foot, straight leg,
and quivering thigh, and the area
between those thighs. Appear
before us now!
BENVOLIO
If he hears you, he will be mad.
MERCUTIO
He shouldn’t be. I am speaking
truthfully when I conjure him in the
name of his beloved. Now, if I
were conjuring a man for her, then
he should be angry.
BENVOLIO
Come on. He has hidden himself
among these trees. He is blinded
by love so he longs for the dark.
MERCUTIO
If love were blind, it would never
find someone. He sits under a tree
and wishes his love were its fruit
that looks like a woman’s private
ACT II: Scene 1 An open place adjoining Capulet’s Garden
parts. Good night, Romeo. I’m
going to my house, to my bed. This
field is too cold for me to sleep
upon. Come on. Are you ready to
go?
BENVOLIO
I’m ready. It’s pointless to try and
find him, if he does not want to be
found.
(Exit all)