Month: November 2015

in Mantua Romeo wakes up and has just had a dream in where Juliet finds him dead but kisses him back to life. Romeo’s servant Balthasar arrives with the news from Verona. to say Juliet’s dead. Romeo decides that the only thing he can do is go to Juliet’s grave and commit suicide there. He knows a poor apothecary who sells drugs. Then Romeo heads for Verona.

The Nurse comes to wake Juliet up in the morning and discovers that she is dead. Then the Friar enters the scene Andes telling them to take Juliet to the Capulets tombs.

Everyone is cheerful and getting prepared for the wedding.

Juliet enters to apologies to Capulet about the way she reacted and is gonna marry Paris now being so confident that the plan would work. Capulet is so exited that he moves the wedding to tomorrow.

In this scene Paris is at Friar Lawrences cell and is talking to him about marrying Juliet. She enters and they talking to Friar about how ugly Paris is and basically takes the mick out of him. Paris leaves and Juliet and Friar Lawrence begin to talk alone. Juliet speaks how that if she isn’t with Romeo she might commit suicide. Friar Lawrence talks to her about a plan that could fix everything. He talks about a potion that could make her look dead for 48 hours and that when they find her dead that they will take her to the Capulet catacomb where Romeo will wait for her. Friar Lawrence tells her that he will send someone to tell Romeo about this plan he has come up with, he also says that the nurse shouldn’t sleep in her room tonight so that she can take the potion.

In this scene romeo and Juliet have just spent the night with each other and it the morning and romeo has to leave before they catch him. Juliet request for him to stay as if it was still night. after the nurse comes to warn Juliet that her mother is coming. Juliet mother is coming top give Juliet the great news about how she can get married to paris on Thursday, but Juliet get married again because she has just married romeo. then lord Capulet comes and says that if you don’t marry paris he will disown her as there daughter and make her live on the streets. after that lord Capulet had stormed off so Juliet turned to her mother and asked for help and she left her. Then the nurse says that she may be better off marrying Paris saying that he looks better and would be a better husband. Juliet get angry and storms of to Friar Lawrence cell.

Paris is sticking around hoping he can marry Juliet. Juliet’s still depressed about Tybalt and Romeo. Capulets way to cheer her up is to force her into a marriage with Paris. Juliet has no choice Lord Capulet decides to go full speed ahead.

Romeo is hiding at Friar Laurence’s he tells him on the Tybalt situation. Friar wants him to see the banishment as good news and there is no execution but Romeo is too focused on the banishment part. There’s a knock at the door. The Friar tells Romeo to hide but Romeo refuses. The nurse was at the door. The Friar comes up with a plan that’s better because it doesn’t involve romeo committing suicide. Romeo and Juliet can have one night together before Romeo leaves Verona. Hearing this plan, Romeo recovers and runs off to see Juliet.

Juliet, who hasn’t heard about what romeo. Romeo is supposed to meet her in her room. When the Nurse enters, Juliet realizes right away that something has gone wrong. Juliet thinks Romeo has been killed. The nurse tells Juliet that her husband has just murdered her cousin. Juliet’s first reaction is to curse Romeo. Juliet says to the Nurse and tells her she can’t say things like that to her husband. If he hadnt killed Tybalt then Tybalt would have killed Romeo. She had to choose between the cousin she has loved all her life and her new husband. She chooses Romeo. Just as she’s decided to forgive Romeo she remembers that he been banished and starts to get upset the Nurse promises to find him so they can at last say goodbye.