Time: Tuesday Morning Location: Friar Lawrence’s cell Characters: Paris, Friar Lawrence and Juliet Events: Paris goes down to Friar Lawrence’s cell to announce his marriage to Juliet, Friar does not agree with the marriage as Juliet is already Married to Romeo and he tries to delay the wedding. Juliet enters and Paris claims her as his lady […]
Time: Very early Tuesday Morning Location: Capulets house Characters: Juliet, Romeo, Nurse, Capulet, Lady Capulet Events: Juliet and Romeo finally part as Romeo accepts his banishment. Lady Capulet comes up to her room and starts talking about her getting married unaware that she and Romeo are already married. She says she will not marry so Lady Capulet […]
Time: Monday late evening Location: Capulets house Characters: Capulet, Paris, Lady Capulet Events: The Capulets are mourning the death of Tybalt and Paris has asked to go see Juliet so he can ask her to marry him but Lady Capulet tells him it’s late and that she will be sleeping. Capulet tells Paris to come […]
Time: Monday night Location: Friar Lawrence’s cell Characters: Friar Lawrence, Romeo, Nurse Events: Romeo is hiding at Friar Lawrence’s cell. He is talking about how banishment is the same as death and that he would rather commit suicide than be exiled from Verona. The Nurse knocks on the door to come in and she and […]
Time: Monday Night Location: Capulets house Characters: Juliet, Nurse Events: Juliet waits for the nurse to put up the ladder but as she comes into the room with them the nurse explains that Tybalt has been murdered Juliet is outraged until the nurse says that Romeo is the one who killed her at first Juliet is mad at […]
Location: A street in Verona Time: Monday Evening Characters: Romeo, Mercutio, Tybalt, Benvolio, Officer, Prince, Old Montague, Capulet, Their Wives Events: Mercutio and Benvolio Run into Tybalt and he explains that he wants to fight Romeo, Romeo arrives and Mercutio defends him, Romeo tries to push him away but Mercutio fights Tybalt. Tybalt eventually stabs […]
Location: A street in Verona Time: Midday Monday Characters: Mercutio, Benvolio, Romeo, Peter and Nurse Events: Romeo and Mercutio have some friendly banter, it slowly gets harsher until Benvolio steps in the prevent a fight from breaking out. The Nurse and Peter enter the scene, Romeo and Mercutio […]
Location: Frair Lawrence’s cell Time: Monday Morning Characters: Romeo, Frair Lawrence Events: Frair Lawrence starts off the scene talking about the weather and how gloomy it is he then begins filling a basket with weeds and precious flowers and explains that earth can contain life as well as death. “The earth that’s nature’s mother is […]
Statement: Shakespeare uses 4 metaphors in his passage about dreams, he uses these to convey an image that dreams are fickle and unreliable. Example: Mercutio refers to dreams as “the children of an idle brain”. And says that dreams are “as thin of substance as the air” meaning you cannot trust them or believe them. Explanation: […]
I fear too early, for my mind misgives (doubt, apprehension) Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin this fearful date With this night’s revels, and expire the term Of a despised life clos’d in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death But he that hath steerage of my course Direct my sail! […]