Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks, Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods. Leap to these arms, untalked of and unseen.īy their own beauties, or, if love be blind, Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,
The text of this speech captures her excitement about the night ahead of them. The tragic irony in this moment is that Juliet is the only person who is yet to hear this news, and we witness her alone in her bedroom dealing with all her nerves and excitement about spending her first night alone with Romeo since their marriage. If he is discovered in the city from the following day, he shall be put to death.
Romeo flees, knowing the weight of his actions, crying “O, I am fortune’s fool.” The scene ends with the Prince declaring Romeo banished from Verona. He curses the families’ feuding with his dying breath “A plague o’ both your houses!” Romeo, enraged, murders Tybalt in revenge. A fight breaks out and, despite Romeo’s best efforts to keep the peace, Mercutio is slain. Knowing that Romeo will not engage with Tybalt, his best friend Mercutio steps in to defend his honour. This time, however, Romeo refuses to fight: after his secret marriage to Juliet, he now regards once-rival Tybalt to be his kinsman, and does not wish to cause further tension between the houses. At the top of Scene 1, the Montagues and Capulets clash once more. ContextĪfter two acts of comedy and romance, Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet is where things truly escalate in terms of plot and tragedy.
The speech almost reads like an incantation-a spell cast to end the day as quickly as possible so that she might see her new husband!įinding Juliet’s desire and frustration is key to playing this monologue in the larger context of the piece, it also shines in contrast to the tragedy surrounding it: death and misfortune is already besieging the star cross’d lovers’ happiness and future. Juliet implores the gods and nature itself to bring in nightfall so that she might see her beloved Romeo … and consummate their marriage. Arguably Juliet’s most famous monologue from Romeo And Juliet, this short excerpt is a classic audition piece for actors everywhere.
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