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Romeo and Juliet Act Three. Scene One  Mercutio, and Benvolio encounter Tybalt and a few Capulets in the street who are looking for Romeo  Romeo enters.

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1 Romeo and Juliet Act Three

2 Scene One  Mercutio, and Benvolio encounter Tybalt and a few Capulets in the street who are looking for Romeo  Romeo enters the scene and tells Tybalt that they are not enemies, but instead that he loves Capulets  Mercutio and Tybalt fight, and Tybalt kills Mercutio when Romeo tries to break it up

3 Scene One Continued  Mercutio’s death enrages Romeo and when Tybalt comes back Romeo kills him  The prince, Montagues, and Capulets demand to know what happened from Benvolio.  The Capulets believe Benvolio is lying because he is a Montague and they demand that the prince punish Romeo

4 Scene One Continued  The prince exiles Romeo from Verona and vows that both families will be punished because their feud has now affected his family.  The prince tells the Montagues to tell Romeo to leave immediately because if he is found in Verona he will be killed.

5 Scene Two  Juliet is dreaming about her first night with Romeo as a married couple  Nurse tells her about Romeo killing Tybalt and being exiled  Juliet is feeling sorry for herself because her new husband has been exiled, so nurse goes to get Romeo so they can spend some time together.

6 Scene Three  Romeo is hiding in Friar Lawrence’s cell  He is also feeling sorry for himself because of his punishment  Friar Lawrence believes this is a sign of immaturity and an ungrateful person  Romeo does not even feel urgency to hide when there is a knock on the door because he thinks death would be better than being exiled

7 Scene Three continued  Friar Lawrence wants Romeo to leave Verona and stay in the city of Mantua for a while  Friar Lawrence will explain the marriage to the Montagues and the Capulets and try to get Romeo pardoned for his crime  When he has figured all of this out, he will send for Romeo to come back to Verona

8 Scene Four  Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris are discussing Paris’ proposal  Capulet tells Paris that they will convince Juliet to marry him  They plan a small wedding to occur in three days

9 Scene Five  Romeo and Juliet are parting because it is early in the morning  Romeo says “More light and light, more dark and dark our woes!”  Romeo leaves and Lady Capulet comes to see Juliet  Juliet tells her mother that she is not well and her mother believes that this is her grief over Tybalt’s death

10 Scene Five Continued  Lady Capulet tells Juliet that she wants to send someone to Mantua to poison Romeo so the Capulets can have their revenge  Lady Capulet informs Juliet about her upcoming wedding day  Juliet says, “I will not marry yet. And when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris.”

11 Scene 5 Continued  Capulet is furious when Juliet tells him she does not want to marry Paris  He believes that Paris is an excellent match for her and he worked hard to make this wedding happen  He calls Juliet ungrateful and tells her she can either marry Paris or leave his house and live on the streets  He refuses to hear her reasons or explanations

12 Scene Five Continued  Juliet is upset and doesn’t know what to do because she is already married  She is torn between making her parents happy and breaking her marriage vows  The nurse believes she should ignore her vows and love for Romeo and marry Paris because he is so much better than Romeo

13 Scene Five Continued  Juliet tells the nurse to tell her parents that she will marry Paris and that she feels so bad she is going to Friar Lawrence to confess her sins  She cannot believe the nurse took her parents’ side and she vows to herself not to marry Paris  Juliet says, “If all else fail, I myself have power to die


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