Scene I
Juliet and
Paris finally meet each other, to arrange the marriage with Juliet at the
Friar’s Cell. Juliet tries to prevent the marriage from happening by seeking
the Friar’s said. Juliet is given a potion to drink from Friar Laurence to make
her look as if she is dead. The Friar will make up a plan allowing Romeo to
rescue Juliet from the tomb and take her to Mantua.
Scene II
Juliet is
coming back home from her meeting with Friar Laurence. Juliet sees her father
Capulet making wedding preparations. She pretends to agree to her father’s
wished. Capulet is very happy that he moves up the wedding day.
Scene III
In her
bedchamber, Juliet asks the Nurse to let her spend the night by herself and
repeats the request to Lady Capulet. Alone, clutching the vial given to her by
Friar Lawrence, she worries for a brief moment that it might be real poison. lf
the Friar is untrustworthy and seeks merely to hide his role in her marriage to
Romeo, she might die. She frightens herself with the imagery of what it will be
like to awake surrounded by a bunch of dead bodies. She has a vision in which
she sees Tybalt’s ghost searching for Romeo. She begs Tybalt's ghost to quit
its search for Romeo, and toasting to Romeo, drinks the contents of the vial.
Scene IV
Lady
Capulet and the Nurse walk in talking about the wedding then Capulet walks in
and the Nurse tries to tell him to go and get some sleep but he refuses. Lady
Capulet and the Nurse leave and Capulet call for some servants to set up more
for the wedding. He thinks he hears Paris arrive so he calls the nurse and
tells her to wake up Juliet to get ready for the wedding while he meets Paris.
Scene V
The Nurse
attempts to wake up Juliet and realizes that she is dead. She calls Lady
Capulet, and the two of them just start speaking of how much of a horrible day
it is. Capulet comes into Juliet’s room to see if she's really dead, then he
fills with sorrow, and says how he can hardly speak. Friar Laurence, Paris and the
three musicians all arrive together and ask if the wedding is ready to start.
Capulet tells them that
Juliet is
dead. Friar Laurence tries to make them feel better by telling them that heaven
has welcomed her, and suggests Juliet should be taken to the church for her
funeral and burial. Everyone leave except for the musicians, who talk about
what to do now that the wedding is cancelled. They really don’t care about
making people feel better; they just want to make money.
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