![]() Romeo's leap over the Capulet wall is symbolic of his flight to a spiritual conceptualization of love. Mercutio jests that Romeo will think of Rosaline as a medlar fruit, which was supposed to look like the female genitalia, and himself as a poperin pear shaped like the male genitalia. To Mercutio, love is a conquest, a physical endeavor. ![]() He calls to Romeo using physical and sexual innuendo to describe the female allure. Having joked at Romeo's Petrarchan miseries earlier in the play, Mercutio now adds a more cutting edge to his barbs. Romeo previously wallowed in a "prison, kept without food" (I.2.55) as his unrequited love for Rosaline withered from lack of reciprocation. By leaping the wall surrounding the Capulet orchard, Romeo physically separates himself from Mercutio and Benvolio - a separation that reflects the distance he feels from society, his friends, and his family. His inability to reveal his love of a Capulet heightens his isolation. In this scene, Romeo begins a separation from his friends that continues throughout the play. Romeo continues to hide, and Benvolio persuades Mercutio to leave the scene, knowing Romeo's love of solitude. Mercutio beckons to Romeo by teasing him about Rosaline's seductive beauty. His friends are unaware that Romeo has met and fallen in love with Juliet. He leaps the orchard wall when he hears Mercutioand Benvolio approaching. Romeo hopes to see Juliet again after falling in love with her at first sight during the Capulet masquerade ball. This scene takes place outside the Capulet orchard. Analysis of Setting in the Opening Scenes of Luhrmann's Film, Romeo + Juliet. ![]()
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