Romeo and Juliet Act III

  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 2. 1.

    Juliet is waiting for night to come so Romeo will come be with her. " Juliet is waiting for night to come so Romeo will come be with her. "...That runaways' eyes may wink, and Romeo
    Leap to these arms, untalked of and unseen.
    Lovers can see to do their amorous rites..." (III. 2. 6-8)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 2. 2.

    The Nurse tells Juliet of Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment. Juliet is more worried about her husband. "Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banishèd.
    Romeo that killed him—he is banishèd." (III. 2. 70-71)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 2. 3.

    The Nurse says that she will bring Romeo to her by night. "Hie to your chamber. I’ll find Romeo
    To comfort you. I wot well where he is.
    Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night.
    I’ll to him. He is hid at Lawrence' cell." (III. 2. 139-142)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 3. 1.

    Friar tells Romeo about his banishment. "A gentler judgment vanished from his lips:
    Not body’s death, but body’s banishment." (III. 3. 10-11)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 3. 2

    The Nurse comes looking for Romeo, telling the plan of Juliet. He threatens to kill himself. "O holy Friar, O, tell me, holy Friar,
    Where is my lady’s lord? Where’s Romeo?" (III. 3. 83-84)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 5. 1.

    Romeo is in Juliet's room, the Nurse comes in and says Lady Capulet is coming in. Romeo leaves. "Your lady mother is coming to your chamber.
    The day is broke. Be wary, look about." (III. 5. 39-40)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 5. 2

    Juliet says she will mix a posion for Romeo herself, (a plan to see Romeo)
    "Madam, if you could find out but a man
    To bear a poison, I would temper it," (III. 5. 96-97)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 5. 3.

    Lady Capulet tells Juliet she is to marry Paris, she refuses.
    "Here comes your father. Tell him so yourself,
    And see how he will take it at your hands." (III. 5. 124-125)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 5. 5.

    Juliet stops trusting Nurse. "Ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend!
    Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn,
    Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue
    Which she hath praised him with above compare
    So many thousand times? Go, counselor.
    Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain.
    I’ll to the friar to know his remedy.
    If all else fail, myself have power to die." (III. 5. 236-243)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 1. 1.

    Benvolio and Mercutio meet Tybalt in the streets, Romeo joins in the confrontation "Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford
    No better term than this: thou art a villain." (III. 1. 31-32)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 1. 2.

    Mercutio and Tybalt fight. Tybalt kills Mercutio by stabbing him. Romeo gets upset and decides to fight Tybalt, and says "Tybalt, that an hour
    Hath been my kinsman! O sweet Juliet,
    Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
    And in my temper softened valor’s steel!" (III. 1. 74-77)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 1. 3.

    Romeo and Tybalt fight. Romeo murders Tybalt in return of killing Mercutio. "Romeo, get out of here. The citizens are around, and Tybalt is dead. Don’t stand there shocked. The Prince will give you the death penalty if you get caught. So get out of here!" (III. 1. 94-97 Benvolio)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 1. 4.

    Capulets arrive. Lady Capulet wants Romeo dead, the Prince banishes him instead. "I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give.
    Romeo slew Tybalt. Romeo must not live." (III. 1. 142-143)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 3. 3.

    Romeo is told to spend a few hours with his wife, before escaping to Mantua. "Go hence. Good night. And here stands all your state:
    Either be gone before the watch be set,
    Or by the break of day disguised from hence.
    Sojourn in Mantua. I’ll find out your man,
    And he shall signify from time to time
    Every good hap to you that chances here.
    Give me thy hand. 'Tis late. Farewell, good night." (III. 3. 167-173)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 4. 1.

    Capulet tells Paris Juliet will marry him on Thursday. "Monday! Ha, ha. Well, Wednesday is too soon,
    O' Thursday let it be.—O' Thursday, tell her,
    She shall be married to this noble earl.—" (III. 4. 20-22)
  • Jul 19, 1300

    III. 5. 4.

    The Nurse tells Juliet just to marry Paris, because he is better than Romeo. "I think you are happy in this second match,
    For it excels your first. Or if it did not,
    Your first is dead, or ’twere as good he were,
    As living here and you no use of him." (III. 5. 223-226)
  • Period: Jul 19, 1300 to Jul 20, 1300

    Act III