This scene starts off with Mercutio, Benvolio, and the other man talking about the hot day which could often lead to anger management. Soon after, Tybalt and his men from the Capulet's side came over to Mercutio, asking him if he knows where  Romeo is hiding. Soon, Romeo arrives and Tybalt challenges him for a fight. Romeo doesn't talk the fight to heart so he rejects. However, Mercutio takes his sword out and tries to kill Tybalt, Romeo tries to stop the fight, but by accident he get s Mercutio wounded, so he dies.  Romeo was raging that he was nice to Tybalt but what did he do kill his cousin, so Romeo challenged Tybalt for a fight, and soon kills him (Tybalt). Therefore Romeo planes to leave the city of Verona for good. 

When Juliet hear's about the deaths that had occurred she gets emotional but fells better later on.  She decides to stand by Romeo, so she told the Nurse to find Romeo and tell him to see her once before he leaves the city.  

Romeo at this point of time could only think about dying. Soon, the Nurse finds Romeo and argues with him for killing the Tybalt and not having enough strength of patience inside him. Romeo gets angry with himself and tries to stab himself with a dagger, but the Nurse takes it away from his hands. Friar Laurence tells Romeo to stop crying and tells him to see Juliet, because shes waiting for him. Romeo leaves to go and see Juliet one last time. 

Romeo and Juliet spend there time together that night, then soon enough he leaves. Lady Capulet comes in and tells Juliet that her father (Capulet) has decided that she's going to get married to Paris that  week. Juliet gets enraged when she hears this.  The Capulet threatens Juliet in disowning her and gets really mad with her, the only way he will change his mind is if Juliet gets married to Paris. When he leaves, Juliet asks the Nurse what she should do or don't do. The Nurse says that she should just listen to her father and get married to Paris, plus the fact that Romeo might die anyways. Knowing that the Nurse her only hope will not help her, so Juliet decided to lie to her mother about going to Laurence's place for disobeying her Father.  

In my opinion, I find this scene very interesting and intense, because so much happened in so very little time. The act before this was going very well, then all of the sudden the scene changes the mood so fast to dark, gloomy, sad, and mad. I think Shakespeare did this for a reason. He mad the scene very interesting and making his readers to read more and more. The language that Shakespeare used way very well chosen and explained. 






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    My name is Hosai Sadiq. I am in grade I0 and fifteen years old. My birthday is on November 30th. This is my blog on Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. 

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