Two swift arrives as tardy as to slow. not only is this really the crux of the play, don t act compulsively for love, the language is kind of amazing to, jeff. yeah, moderation was one of the ideals of renaissance ethics. so, the idea of the arrest of hilly golden mean, don t be too hot, don t be too cold. don t be too fast, talk to slow. shakespeare, as you discussed, is adapting this play from an earlier text by arthur in some 30 or 40 years earlier. he takes a romance that develops over the course of a year and conscious it down into three days. so, the speed with which romeo and juliet fall in love with each other draws people to question whether or not this is genuine love. could it be genuine love. because romeo is just coming off this apparently terrible breakup that he had yesterday with rosalynn. now, he is head over heels in love with juliette.