romeo

 Romeo and Juliet’s prologue has a very dire tone, the text portrays a lot of death and tragic struggle. Such as, “Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,” or, “A pair of star crossed lovers take their life,” and that’s basically saying the populace are killing, or at least injuring, each other, and two people in love, with the fates against them, kill themselves.
  I feel like, maybe, this prologue is just so over the top, it seems almost as if it might have been written with satirical intent, though that would depend on Shakespeare's society and their perception of drama. (I might be wrong.) For instance, if a movie with that sort of blatant melodrama somehow made it onto the big screen, I would laugh at it for being so over the top, and I think most others would, too. Whether or not it was meant as satire, the overt tone of Romeo and Juliet’s prologue was definitely seriously inclined. (And if the prologue is indeed statirical, then I’d say act 2’s scene 2 would be too, they’re similarly over the top in that satirical seeming way.)
  Act 2’s scene 2, on the other hand, seems less dire, though it was maybe somewhat bittersweet leaning toward bitter, the overall tone was lighthearted, (in comparison to the prologue, at least) and had so many principles of romantic storytelling crammed all into one place, it reminded me of the time I ate 5 twinkies all together as a kid, a sweet overdose. For example, “...Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night.”
  I also noticed an emphasis on doubt: Juliet was reluctant to dive head first into a commitment, being that she had just met Romeo, Eg: “... Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say ‘it lightens.’” - Juliet - and she doubted Romeo’s sincerity. Eg: “...Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say ‘Ay’; and I will take thy word. Yet, if thou swearst, thou mayst prove false.”  (Probably a pretty smart way to go about that sort of situation, in general.) She also dismissed many of Romeo’s vows and promises, seemingly preferring that he proved his love rather than go on and on about it. Eg: “Well, do not swear.” - Juliet - Romeo seemed really, really determined to declare his feelings with dramatic and maudlin promises. He just wouldn’t give up, no matter how many times Juliet tried to steer him away from that.
  Overall, the overt mood to act 2, scene 2, was intensely romantic, with some bittersweet thrown in. The prologue’s overt mood was super dark in comparison, though I think that both scenes have a lot in common in regards to their over the top style, and their (possible) satirical attributes. So, there is a big difference in the overt mood and tone between the the two scenes, but they both have underlying or hidden similarities.