Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? Romeo: Not having that, which having, makes them short. Benvolio: In love? Romeo: Out - Benvolio: Of love? Romeo: Out of her favour, where I am in love. - Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Why is Romeo sad? What would make the hours short? What does Romeo mean when he says that he is "out of favor"?

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Antwan Herman

17 June, 00:16

Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? Romeo: Not having that, which having, makes them short. Benvolio: In love? Romeo: Out - Benvolio: Of love? Romeo: Out of her favour, where I am in love. - Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Why is Romeo sad? What would make the hours short? What does Romeo mean when he says that he is "out of favor"?

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Cadence Chavez · Answer 1

Romeo is sad because he knows that he probably won't ever know her or her know him. Romeo means that she is a Capulet and he is a Montague, so it will most likely never happen.