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