Act 2, Scenes 3-6

I think that when Romeo says that his joy is, "worth their lives", he is being a bit over dramatic. Even though that they might be separated because of their family feud, it is a little exaggerated to say the can lose their lives. I knoe that they both die at the end, but that's not the point. In Act 2, Scene 4, lines 148-180, during the conversation between Romeo and the nurse, the nurse says about Juliet, "O, there is a nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife aboard; but she, good soul, had as lief see a toad, a very toad, as see him. I anger her sometimes, and tell her that Paris is the properer man; but I'll warrant you, when i say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world." What the nurse means by this is that Juliet does not love Paris and views him as a toad, and that she is angered when one mentions his proposal. When Romeo hears this, he realizes that Juliet doesn't have feelings for another, but towards him. It pretty much sums up to as, "Juliet is single and disinterested in Paris, now is the time to make my move (Propose)"