R&J Act 3 Summary Notes

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Romeo and JulietAct 3 Summary Notes

by Erin Salona


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Act 3, Scene 1

Mercutio and

Benvolio are walking

around Verona.

Benvolio warns that

the Capulets are

around and looking to

start a fight.

Mercutio easily startsarguments with

anyone. Benvolio is

the peace maker.


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Act 3, Scene 1

Tybalt shows up.

Tybalt has been lookingto fight with Romeo.

Tybalt starts an

argument withMercutio.

Tybalt accuses Mercutio ofassociating with Romeo, aMontague.

Benvolio tries to stopthe argument betweenMercutio and Tybalt.

Tybalt


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Act 3, Scene 1

Romeo arrives in ahappy mood.

No one else knows thathes just married Juliet.

Tybalt starts arguingwith him.

Romeo does not wantto fight Tybalt becausehe married Juliet. Mercutio doesnt know

about Romeos reason fornot wanting to fight.

Mercutio stands in forRomeo in the fight whichleads to fateful problems.

Romeo & Tybalt

Romeo to Tybalt: I do protest, I never injured thee,

But love thee better than thou canst devise,

Till thou shalt know the reason of my love:

And so, good Capulet,--which name I tender

As dearly as my own,--be satisfied.

Tybalt: Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford

No better term than this,--thou art a villain.


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Act 3, Scene 1

The First Fight 1. The hotheaded

Mercutio draws his swordand challenges Tybalt,the King of Cats

2. Tybalt draws hissword and the fightbegins.

3. Romeo tries to stopthe fight by steppingbetween Tybalt andMercutio.

4. Tybalt reachesunder Romeos arm andstabs Mercutio.

Mercutio


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Act 3, Scene 1

5. Tybalt and his

men run away.

6. While Mercutio is

dying he curses bothfamilies:

I am hurt.

A plague o' both your

houses! I am sped.

Mercutio

Mercutio to Romeo: Why the devil

came you between us?

I was hurt under your arm.


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Act 3, Scene 1

Romeo blameshimself for Mercutiosdeath.

1. He believes

loving Juliet has madehim a coward.

2. He should havefought Tybalt.

3. Romeo vows tokill Tybalt a rashdecision, his tragicflaw.

Romeo &

slain Mercutio


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Act 3, Scene 1

The Second Fight

1. Tybalt returns.

2. Romeo challenges

Tybalt 3. They fight.

4. Romeo kills Tybalt.

5. Romeo is stunned:

O, I am fortune's

fool!(I am the victim

of fate!)

Dying Tybalt


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Fate

Fate = Destiny

An inevitable outcome

based on the stars or

set circumstances

Pre-determination

Fortune

Events or life which has

already been decided

Romeo and Juliet areill-fated from the

beginning as star-

crossed lovers

Are the events in Act 3

and even earlier in the

play a result of FATE or

ACTIONS?

Do Romeo and Juliet

have control over their

lives, or has FATE

already decided their

outcome?


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Act 3, Scene 1

6. After Romeo kills

Tybalt, Benvolio tells

Romeo to go or the

Prince will kill him. 7. Romeo flees the

scene and goes to

Friar Laurence.

Tybalt

Benvolio: Romeo, away, be gone!

The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain.

Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death,

If thou art taken: hence, be gone, away!


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Act 3, Scene 1

The Aftermath

1. The Prince

arrives and demands

to know who startedthis.

2. Benvolio tells

the Prince exactly

what happened.


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Act 3, Scene 1

3. Lady Capulet:

Believes that Romeo

killed Tybalt

She calls Benvolio a

liar since he is a

Montague and

doesnt believe Tybalt

killed Mercutio.

She demands

Romeos death since

he killed Tybalt.

Furious

Lady Capulet


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Act 3, Scene 1

4. Lord Montague

says Romeo is not atfault

Romeo only did what

the law would havedone in killing Tybalt.

5. The Prince

doesnt have Romeo

killed

he banishes Romeofrom Verona

if Romeo returns, hewill be executed.

Lord & Lady Montague


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Act 3, Scene 2

Juliet

is unaware that

Mercutio and Tybalt

are dead.

She waits impatiently

for her wedding night.

Soliloquy full of

foreshadowing

Juliet: Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night


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Act 3, Scene 2

Nurse

Returns with the ropeladder

She is very upset

because she is a loyalCapulet servant.

She tells Juliet whathappened.

She confuses Juliet.

Juliet thinks that Romeo is dead

Or both Romeo andTybalt are dead

Juliet to Nurse: What storm is this that blows so contrary?

Is Romeo slaughter'd, and is Tybalt dead?

My dear-loved cousin, and my dearer lord?

Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the general doom!

For who is living, if those two are gone?


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Act 3, Scene 2

Nurse

tells Juliet that Tybalt is

dead

Romeo killed him.

Nurse curses Romeo andall men.

She wrongly thinks Juliet is

upset over Tybalt, not

Romeos banishment


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Act 3, Scene 2

Juliet is inconsolable because

Romeo is banished.

She says Romeosbanishment is worse

than death. Juliet wants to die a

virgin since Romeocannot be with her.

Nurse

goes to find Romeo andbring him to Juliet.

she will give Romeo aring from Juliet

Juliet: Come, cords, come, nurse; I'll to my

wedding-bed;

And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!


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Act 3, Scene 3

Romeo hides in FriarLaurences room.

Friar Laurence tells Romeohe is banished.

Romeo didnt know his

punishment because he ranaway after killing Tybalt.

Romeo says thatbanishment is worse thandeath.

Friar Laurence scolds

Romeo for thinkingbanishment is death;

but he cant get Romeo tolisten.

Depressed Romeo

Romeo: Is death mis-term'd: calling death

banishment,

Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe,

And smilest upon the stroke that murders me.


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Act 3, Scene 3

Romeo continues to

sob and roll around on

the floor

Nurse arrives, tells

Romeo to be a man

(get a grip), and stop

crying.

Romeo doesnt listenand threatens to kill

himselfwith a dagger

he finds on the floor

Nurse & womanish

Romeo

Nurse: Stand up, stand up; stand, and you be a man:For Juliet's sake, for her sake, rise and stand;


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Act 3, Scene 3

Friar Laurence comesup with a plan:

After the Capulets areasleep, Romeo will goto Juliets room for their

wedding night.

Romeo is to leavebefore dawn and to goMantua and

Romeo is to wait inMantua until he hearsfrom Friar Laurence vialetter.

Friar Laurence


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Act 3, Scene 3

Friar Laurence will publishRomeo & Juliets marriageat the right time

Friar believes theMontagues and Capulets willreconcile due to the

marriage Friar feels the Prince will be

overjoyed at thereconciliation betweenfamilies

Friar thinks Romeo will be

pardoned by the prince. Then, the prince will allow

Romeo to live in Verona.

And everyone will livehappily ever after.

Friar Laurence & Nurse


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Act 3, Scene 4

Scene 4 occurs whileRomeo is upstairs withJuliet at the Capulets.

Paris comes over to seehow Juliet is doing

Juliets parents believe thatshe is grieving for Tybaltsdeath.

To cheer Juliet up, herparents decide that shellmarry Paris in 3 days(Thursday)

Lord Capulet first decided onWednesday but realized itwould not look like the familywas grieving over Tybalt ifthey only waited 2 days.


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Act 3, Scene 5

Scene 5 occurs atdawn/ early morningin Juliets bedroom

Juliet tries to convinceRomeo that is stillnight so that he wontleave.

Romeo says hell stayand let her family kill

him. One night withJuliet is all he needs.

Eventually Romeoleaves for Mantua.

Juliet & her Romeo


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Act 3, Scene 5

Juliet imagines thatshe sees Romeolying dead in a tombFORESHADOWING

Juliet (to Romeo):O God, Ihave an ill-divining soul!Methinks I see thee, nowthou art below,As one dead in the bottom

of a tomb:Either my eyesight fails, orthou look'st pale.


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Act 3, Scene 5

Lady Capulet goes to seeJuliet

She thinks that Juliet is stillcrying over Tybalts death.

Juliet is really sobbing overRomeos banishment.

Lady Capulet tells Juliet thatthey will send someone toMantua to poison Romeo.

Juliet tells her mother thatshe will never be happywith Romeo until she sees

him. . .dead is her heart. Her mother does not catch on

to this pun on the worddead.

Sad Juliet


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Act 3, Scene 5

Marriage to Paris Lady Capulet tells Juliet

that she gets to marryParis on Thursdaymorning!

Juliet refuses to marry

Paris. She tells her mother it is

because Paris nevercourted her & themarriage is too quick.

She says she wouldrather marry her enemyRomeo! DRAMATICIRONY

Juliets begs her mother to

not force her to

marry Paris


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Act 3, Scene 5

Lord Capulet orders

her to marry Paris or

hell disown her.

His honor is more important

than his daughters

happiness.

Controlling Lord Capulet

and Juliet

Hang thee, young

baggage! disobedient

wretch!I tell thee what: get thee

to church o' Thursday,

Or never after look me in

the face:-- Lord Capulet


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Act 3, Scene 5

After Juliets parentsleave her room: Juliet panics because

she is already married.

Nurse tells her that

Romeo is as good asdead since he has beenbanished.

Nurse thinks that sheshould marry Paris.

The Nurses commentabout Romeo and Parissevers her relationshipwith Juliet.

Nurse: I think it best you married with the county.

O, he's a lovely gentleman!

Romeo's a dishclout to him:


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Act 3, Scene 5

Juliet realizes that the Nurse

wont help her.

She pretends to go

along with the plan tomarry Paris.

After the Nurseleaves, she speaks illof her: a most wicked

fiend. She leaves to go to

confession at FriarLaurences.

Juliet & Nurse

Juliet: I'll to the friar, to know his remedy:

If all else fail, myself have power to die.


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