Romeo & Juliet Act 1 scenes
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- Act I
- "Then move not while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips by thine my sin is purged."
- "Then have my lips the sin that they have took."
- Act II
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance, not of ornament.
- For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone till Holy Church incorporate two in one
- Act III
- Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons. Gentlemen for shame! Forbear this outrage!
- Come, sir, your passado!
- This scene is depicted as Romeo and Juliet first seeing and meeting each other at the Capulet party. Almost immediately they kiss and fall in love. The two although have no idea that their households are sworn enemies.
- Act IV
- What if it be a poison in which the friar subtly hath minist'red to have me dead lest in this marriage he should be dishonored because he married me before to Romeo?
- "O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, environed with all these hideous fears, and madly play with my forefathers' joints"
- An important part of Act 2 is when Friar marries Romeo and Juliet. Although he has a premonition about the marriage, he does it to end the life-long family feud between the Montagues and Capulets.
- Act V
- My poverty but my will consents.
- Art thou so bare and full of wretchedness and fearest to die? Famine is in thy cheeks, need and oppression starveth in thy eyes, contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back... Then be not poor, but break it and take this
- On this hot day, tempers flare as Tybalt confronts Romeo and insults him for coming to the party. As Romeo is reasoning with Tybalt, Mercutio realizes that he is a coward. Tybalt proceeds to fight Mercutio, where Romeo attempts to break up the fight. Tybalt then stabs Mercutio under his arm and runs away. In his dying breaths, Mercutio curses both the Montague and Capulet family. Romeo, out of revenge, challenges and kills Tybalt for his actions.
- Act V
- I do defy thy conjurations. And apprehend thee for a felon here.
- Wilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy!
- Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.
- As Juliet is about to drink the vial when she is fearful of all the possible events that may occur as she awakens in the tomb. She thinks that Romeo may not be in the tomb with her or she will suffocate with all of her dead Capulet family members.
- After hearing about Juliet's "death", Romeo is heartbroken by this and curses the stars. Next, he coerces a poor apothecary into selling him poison. Apothecary knows this is illegal, but does this anyway because of the ducats. Romeo now plans to kill himself in Juliet's tomb so they can be together.
- As Paris pays his final respects to Juliet, he sees Romeo enter the graveyard. After finding out what he is doing, Paris decides to apprehend Romeo for his crimes. Romeo warns Paris that he is crazy and threatens him. Paris ignores this and is then killed by Romeo. He then enters the tomb and admires Juliet's beauty, proving to the audience that she is still alive. Romeo proceeds to drink the poison, quickly killing him.
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