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Summary- Act three, scene one

Benvolio and Mercutio are chilling out on the street and then Tybalt and his mates come along and asks for Romeo, Romeo turns up out of the blue and Tybalt wants to fight Romeo but Romeo says he doesn’t want to. He says “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none; therefore farewell, I see thou knowest  me not.” Tybalt insults Romeo and so Mercutio says he’ll fight him. They fight but Romeo steps in and because he did Mercutio gets stabbed and dies. Tybalt leaves but then he comes back and Romeo kills him. The prince turns up and says Romeo is banished from Verona.

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Summary- Act two, scene four.

On Monday afternoon somewhere in town, Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a fight. ” Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet Hath sent a letter to his father’s house.” Romeo enters and says he doesn’t love Rosaline anymore and then nurse enters and Benvolio and Mercutio mock her. Mercutio and Benvolio then leave and Romeo and the nurse chat about Juliet and Romeo getting married. They decide to get married later that day.

 

Summary- Act two, scene three

Romeo arrives at Frair Laurence’s cell as the day starts. Frair is collecting herbs and flowers while he thinks about their powers and effects and how they call kill and make someone live. Romeo comes into the scene and Frair thinks he has been with Rosaline but he says that he loves the daughter of rich Capulet- Juliet. Friar think he’s moving on too fast but Romeo says he loves Juliet and asks friar to marry them that day.

 

Summary- Act two, scene two

After Benvolio and Mercutio leave, Romeo hides in the orchard near where Juliet is standing. Juliet doesn’t know that Romeo is with her and he talks about her, how Juliet is the sun and she is far more beautiful than the moon that it replaces. Juliet asks herself why she is a capulet, and if she swore her love for Romeo she would be able to change her name to Montague. “Oh, Romeo, Romeo, why do you have to be Romeo? Forget about your father and change your name. Or else, if you won’t change your name, just swear you love me and I’ll stop being a Capulet.” Romeo appears and Juliet is surprised, and wonders how he found her and Romeo says that her love led him to her. Juliet knows that he’ll be killed if he’s found with her but Romeo stays. Juliet says she feels the same way about Romeo but juliet thinks it happened too quick, so Romeo swears to love Juliet and says he would do anything for her and all that. The nurse calls her, and she goes inside for a minute and then she comes back out and Romeo says they will get married tomorrow if he really loved her. Juliet sets a time for nine in the morning and then they leave.

Summary- Act two, scene one

Late sunday night, outside Capulet’s Orchard, Romeo doesn’t want to leave capulets property when his heart is with Juliet. ” Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.” Romeo leaves Mercutio and Benvolio and hides behind the orchard. Benvolio and Mercutio try to find him, and they still don’t know that Romeo is in love with Juliet so they start mocking Rosaline hoping that Romeo would come out to defend her. When Romeo doesn’t come out, they give up and leave.

Summary- Act one, scene five.

At Capulet’s house at the party, the three serving men are helping host the party. Capulet and cousin Capulet are talking about when they were young “back in the day” when they went to parties and they danced. He asks the girls to dance with him but they don’t and he claims that all girls have corns. Tybalt hears Romeos voice, then sees him and wants to kill him and he tells Capulet but Capulet tells him not to. Then Romeo finds Juliet and they kiss and chat, then the nurse comes in and says Romeos a montague. “Go ask his name.-If he be married, My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”

 

” I fear, too early: for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death. But He, that hath the steerage of my course, direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen.”

Summary- Act one, scene three

On sunday evening Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio are outside Capulets house. Romeo says ” I dreamt a dream tonight” and Mercutio says that “Dreamers often lie”. Romeo then tells then about his dream and insists that he is there because god wants him to go.

Summary- Act one, scene three

On Sunday evening, Lady Capulet, Juliet and the nurse are talking about how Juliet should marry so their family can become more wealthy and for Juliet to start a family. The nurse talks about how Juliet isn’t ready to get married and carries on about how she has nursed her from the day she was born and all that, but Lady Capulet and Juliet tell her to shut up. Juliet says that she isnt ready to marry yet and says, “It is an honor that I dream not of.”  Lady Capulet tries to persuade Juliet but she won’t get married yet. They go downstairs to join everyone else in the party.