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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