Today's session focused on Juliet's soliloquy as she awaits Romeo on her wedding night and on the slaying of Mercutio as an inflection point of the play that puts in motion the events leading to the play's tragic ending. Regarding the soliloquy, we studied the text and discussed to whom or to what Juliet is addressing . I explained how the metaphors refer to night that Juliet longs to arrive. Aiden then worked on drafting in writing an explanation of how the death of Mercutio is pivotal to the play. Last, we listened to a dramatic presentation of the final scenes of Act II as I find that students benefit from hearing Shakespeare's language rather than just reading it.