Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones feels sorry for Roger because she sees him out alone late at night with his face dirty. She understands that he is not a hardened criminal. He is just a kid who made a bad choice and has no role models.
The literary movement characterized by the rejection of Romantic ideals and the shift in focus on everyday life is Realism.
"Be not her maid, since she is envious." -> Don't serve her; she's jealous.
"That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet." -> Names are just labels; they don't mean anything.
"O! that I were a glove upon that hand, / That I might touch that cheek." -> I wish I could touch her face.
"Her eye discourses; I will answer it." -> She speaks with her eyes.