Romeo and Juliet

Act ThreeRomeo and JulietBenvolio and Mercutio walk along in a public place (streets of Verona)Line 4 These hot days is the mad blood stirring He feels that there is a fight brewing between the Montagues and the CapuletsMercutio (hot headed) wants a fightTybalt (hot headed) CapuletTybalt and Mercutio exchange insultsTybalt says Thou consortest with Romeo line 44this instigates (causes) the fightBenvolio tries to stop themRomeo enters and Tybalt wants to fight with him

Act Three Scene 1

Mercutio goes to defend RomeoThe Capulets and the Montagues fight and Mercutio is hurtFATAL you will find me a grave man line 96A plague on both your houses (line 98) Hes upset that hes been killed for someone elses feudMercutio dies and Romeo realizes that the worse is yet to comeTybalt comes back and Romeo is in a rage over Mercutios death and fights himTybalt is slainkilled by Romeos swordRomeo flees and citizens enter and call for the prince to comeBenvolio explains honestly what has happened and then Capulets wife says that Benvolio is not telling the truth because he is friends with Romeo Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live line 179Prince exiles RomeoAct Three Scene 1 continued

Setting: Capulets orchard Juliet enters aloneSOLILOQUYWaiting for Romeo for the consummation of their marriage (They are going to make love that night)ALLUSION line three As Phaeton would whip you to the west and bring in the cloudy night Wants the sun to set so that night can come. Phaeton is son of Helio (the sun)

Nurse enters and she is visibly upset and she says that Romeo is dead! (of course Romeo is NOT dead)Tells Juliet that Tybalt is dead and then corrects herself and says that Romeo is merely banished and that Romeo killed TybaltJuliet is very UPSET! She tells the nurse to find Romeo and ask him to come so she can say farewell and give him her ringScene Two

Romeo hides in Friar Laurences roomFriar tells Romeo that he is banishedRomeo did not yet know that he was banished because he fled after he killed TybaltRomeo says that banishment is worse than deathFriar Laurence tries to convince Romeo that banishment is certainly NOT worse that death, but Romeo is not convincedRomeo rolls around on the floor sobbing and lamenting his fateScene Three Link to Video

Nurse arrives and tells Romeo to be a man for Juliets sakeRomeo doesnt listen and threatens to kills himself with a dagger that he finds on the floorFriar Laurence comes up with a plan: After the Capulets are asleep, Romeo will go to Juliets chamber for their wedding nightRomeo is to leave for Mantua early the following morningRomeo is to wait in Mantua for a letter from Friar LaurenceScene Three continued

Friar Laurence will publish Romeo and Juliets marriage at the right timeHe believes that the Montagues and Capulets will reconcile (become friendly again) when they learn of the marriageHe feels that the Prince of Verona will be overjoyed that the two families are married and that they will be reconciledHe believes that Romeo will eventually be pardoned by the Prince and welcomed back to VeronaAll will be well again once all of this falls into place!Scene Three continuedScene Four occurs while Romeo is upstairs with Juliet at the Capulets houseParis comes over to see how Juliet is doing with all of the terrible newsJuliets parents believe that she is grieving the death of TybaltTo cheer Juliet up, her parents decide that she is to marry Paris in three days timeThey decide for three days because they dont want the marriage to take place too closely to Tybalts deathAc t Three Scene Four Link to Video

Setting: Early morning in Juliets room Juliet tries to convince Romeo that it is still night so that he wont leaveRomeo says that hell stay so that her family will kill himone night with Juliet was all that he needed to fulfill his lifes desires!Eventually, Romeo leaves for MantuaAct Three Scene Five Link to video

Juliet imagines that she sees Romeo dead in a tombThis FORESHADOWS what is to comeLady Capulet goes to Juliet to see if she can help hershe thinks that Juliet is crying over the death of Tybalt when, in fact, Juliet is upset about Romeos banishmentLady Capulet tells Juliet that they will send someone to Mantua in order to poison RomeoLady Capulet tells Juliet that she will marry Paris in three days timeJuliet refuses and says that shed rather marry her enemy which is DRAMATIC IRONYAct Three Scene Five continuedCapulet orders Juliet to marry Paris or he will disown herHis honor is more important that his daughters happiness (this is a change from the beginning of the play)After her parents leave her room, Juliet panics because:She is already marriedsin to marry twiceNurse tells her that Romeo is as good as dead now that he is banishedNurse thinks that Juliet should marry Paris which causes Juliet to no longer trust her beloved nurseAct Three Scene FiveJuliet realizes that the nurse is no longer her ally so she pretends to go along with the plan to marry Paris so that the nurse is placated (wont bother her anymore)After the nurse leaves, Juliet speaks of her as a most wicked fiend line 237Juliet decides to go to Friar Laurences cell for confessionAct Three Scene Five