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Scene 1• Tybalt is looking for Romeo• He finds Mercutio and Benvolio• Mercutio doesn’t want to tell him
where Romeo is• Romeo enters• He is now married
to Juliet
• Tybalt calls Romeo a villain• Romeo answers him in peace
Romeo as peacemaker
• Romeo is now Tybalt’s relative, by marriage
• Tybalt, of course, doesn’t know about the wedding
• Tybalt insults Romeo, but Romeo still will not fight
• Mercutio sees Romeo being insulted, and rushes to fight Tybalt
• Romeo tries to break it up• Mercutio is stabbed under
Romeo’s arm
• Tybalt and his friends run• Mercutio is fatally wounded• Even now, he makes jokes• “A plague on both your houses!”• This curse is foreshadowing - prophetic• Romeo blames himself
– Mercutio was defending Romeo’s name, and stabbed under his arm
– His love for Juliet has made him ‘effeminate’ (womanly)
• Benvolio comes back, to say that Mercutio is dead
Tybalt Returns• Romeo is angry –
probably feels guilty• Romeo fights to
avenge Mercutio• Tybalt is killed • Romeo stands
shocked at what he has done
• Benvolio hurries Romeo away- The Prince will condemn him to death
• Romeo laments what has happened, and leaves
The Prince’s Justice• Enter Prince, Montagues and
Capulets• Benvolio tells what happened• Lady Capulet demands that the
Prince should have Romeo killed, as he said before
• Montague argues that Romeo was obeying the law– Romeo killed Tybalt for killing
Mercutio• Prince is angry – Mercutio was his own kinsman• Romeo is banished• If he is found in Verona, he will be executed
Scene 2• “Gallop apace, you
fiery footed steeds…”• Classical allusion –
refers to the myth that the sun was a golden chariot
• She wants the day to pass quickly – Romeo will come at night
• (It is their wedding night, after all!)
Nurse arrives• She is so upset about Tybalt’s death that she
cannot tell her about it• Juliet thinks Nurse is saying Romeo is dead• Nurse finally says clearly that Tybalt is dead and
Romeo is banished for killing him• Juliet’s first reactions – Oxymorons show her torn
allegiance, Romeo and her family• Nurse: “There’s no trust, no faith, no honesty in
men” – “Shame come to Romeo!”• Then, Juliet defends him – she is loyal to Romeo
Juliet Comforts Herself• Tybalt is dead, who would have
killed her husband – so now her husband is safe!
• But Romeo is banished
• This is more painful to her now than Tybalt’s death
• Juliet starts talking about suicide
• Nurse promises to bring Romeo
– she guesses (correctly) that he is at Friar Lawrence’s cell
Scene 3• Friar Lawrence
tells Romeo of the banishment – better than death!
• Romeo thinks it is worse than death
• He cannot be with Juliet
• Anywhere else is Hell
Knock, Knock!
• Friar tells Romeo to hide, but he is too depressed
• The Nurse enters – tells Romeo to stand and be a man
• Romeo asks if Juliet hates him• His name causes Juliet pain – he wants to
cut his name out of himself• Romeo is talking about suicide as well!
Friar’s Scolding
• “Thy tears are womanish!”• Passion has destroyed Romeo’s reason• Juliet is alive – there you are happy!• Tybalt tried to kill you, but you killed him – There
you are happy!• The law banishes him instead of death – there you
are happy!• So….He should be happy!
Friar’s Plan• Go to Juliet’s bedroom
and comfort her• (Have wedding night)• But get out of Verona
before morning• Then go to Mantua, and
wait for message• They will fix everything,
and then call for him• Romeo agrees to this
Scene 4• Capulets meeting with Paris• It is too late for Paris to talk
with Juliet• Capulets think Juliet is sad
about Tybalt’s death, and this is why she stays in her room
• Dramatic Irony – really, she is with Romeo in her bedroom
• Capulet decided to cheer up his daughter by having her married
• They set the date – she will marry Paris in three days
Scene 5
• Begins with Romeo and Juliet in her bedroom
• They are saying goodbye – it is morning
• They do not want to say goodbye
• Finally, Juliet says Romeo must leave, for his own safety
• (He is IN CAPULET’S HOUSE, after all)
“Joyful Tidings”
• Juliet has a bad feeling – foreshadowing• Romeo departs, Lady Capulet Enters• Juliet speaks with double meanings• Dramatic Irony: we know what Lady C. does
not know• Lady C. tells Juliet that she will be married to
Paris on Thursday• Juliet says she will not (more double talk)
Enter Capulet• Lady C. tells him what Juliet said• Capulet is angry at her for refusing
Paris– Ungrateful – Paris is a perfect
husband!– What will it look like? – he will
not break his word to Paris• Nurse tries to help Juliet – Capulet
warns her not to stick up for her• He tells Juliet that if she will not
marry Paris, he will disown her• “hang, beg, starve, die in the streets!”
The Nurse’s Advice• Capulet and Lady C. exit, very
angry• Juliet cries to Nurse – what
shall I do?• The Nurse has an idea:
– Romeo will never come back– No one knows she married him– Paris is a better man anyway
• Her advice is to marry Paris!• Pretend her wedding did not
happen
Juliet agrees with her• (not really, of course)• The Nurse leaves to tell
her parents• Juliet monologue • She can never trust the
Nurse again• She will go to Friar
Lawrence• “If all else fail, myself
have power to die”
Scene 1
• Friar Lawrence meets with Paris
• Paris has told him of wedding plans
• He is VERY excited about the wedding
• Friar has objections – too fast, Paris does not know if Juliet will say yes
• Why doesn’t he tell him the truth?
• Juliet enters – double talk with Paris
Juliet is very upset• She begs the Friar to say that
he has a plan• She pulls out a knife, and says
that she will kill herself if she must marry Paris
• She continues to speak for some time
• This suggests that Friar Lawrence has not thought of a way out of their problem yet
• Finally, Friar says he has a desperate plan
The Friar’s Crazy Plan• 1. Tell your parents that you will marry Paris• 2. The night before the wedding, drink this drug
– Remember, he knows about drugs and medicines
• 3. The drug will make her sleep so deeply that she will seem to be dead
• 4. She will be buried in the family tomb• 5. Meanwhile, he will send letters to Romeo• 6. The drug will wear off in a day, and she will
awake – Romeo and Friar will be there• 7. Romeo will take her to Mantua
Scene 2• Capulet is making wedding
plans• Juliet enters – begs
forgiveness• Capulet decides to change the
day of the wedding to Wednesday – That’s tomorrow!!
• This change messes up the schedule of the Friar’s plan
Scene 3• Juliet’s bedroom – Nurse and
Lady C. help her get ready for wedding tomorrow
• The two older women leave• Juliet soliloquy
– says good bye to her mother
– If this works, she will go away with Romeo
– Her family will think she is dead
Juliet’s soliloquy• What if this doesn’t work? – she sets a knife ready
in case she needs it in the morning• What if this is really a poison?
– Friar would look bad or get in trouble
– She cannot believe this of him – a holy man
• What if Romeo is not there when she wakes up?– She fears she will go mad, among all the dead people
• She imagines she sees Tybalt’s ghost• Drinks the potion and falls down on her bed
Scene 4
• Dramatic Irony – Everyone is happy• Juliet is getting married this morning• (She lies “dead” behind the curtain)• Capulet sends Nurse to wake up Juliet
Scene 5
– “Is the bride ready to go to church?” (wedding)– “Ready to go, but never to return” (funeral)
• Paris and Capulets moan and wail in pain• (Dramatic Irony everywhere)
• Nurse tries to wake up Juliet, and realizes that she is “dead”• Screaming and panic! Capulets enter, and start crying as well• Friar and Paris enter
Friar Lawrence calms them
• She was never yours – you shared her with heaven• Now, heaven has all of her• Capulet – all that we prepared for her wedding will
now go for her funeral