The importance of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

<Tab/>In Act II, scene II, "The Balcony Scene", Juliet is on the balcony in her room, daydreaming and talking about Romeo. As she is talking about him, Romeo overhears her. They begin talking of their love for each other. Juliet states the danger that they are both in for loving a member of their family's rival family. Romeo says that he does not care, though, and that his "...life were …

…accepts Romeo murdering Tybalt because of course she would pick her husband over her cousin. If Romeo had not been her husband and they had not even talked yet, I don't think Juliet would have still been interested in getting to know Romeo. Juliet would have probably ended up having to marry Paris, so unless she committed suicide from being married to him, I think Romeo and Juliet both would have lived a lot longer.