Romeo And Juliet Acts 1 To 3 Flashcards
Act 1.1
Sunday: 9:00am
Brawl between the Montagues and the Capulets
Prince interferes and threatens to kill the both lords if trey disturb the peace again.
Lord montague and bonvolio are talking bout why Romeo depressed
Romeo talk to benvolio and says a girl doesn’t love him back.
Act 1.2
Sunday 12PM
Paris’ marriage proposal and lord caplet says she too young (13)
Caplet changes his mind and says if he can noo her tonight at his party then it’s okay
Caplet gives a quest list to a serving man who doesn’t know how read to, so he is on the streets and unknowly ask Romeo and benvolio to read it for him
Romeo finds out rosaline will be there
Serving man says that if they don’t belong to the montage house then they are invited.
Benvolio says to go
Act 1.3
Sunday 12:30 ish
Lady Capulet asks for her daughter and asks her nurse how old Juliet is, and the nurse tells her she will turn 14 in two weeks
Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about marriage, she says it would be an honor although she had never thought of it
Lady Capulet tells her that paris wants her as a bride, so to check him out to see if she likes him
Juleit says that she will try to like him if that’s what she (her mother) wants
Act 1.4
Sunday 7:00 PM
Romeo and his friends (Mercutio and Benvolio) head to the capulet’s party wearings mask (masquerade party)
Romeo says that he will not dance, and Mercutio says he must, in order to get vengeance on love (also implying other things T-T)
Benvoilvio says that once they enter they must start dancing and Romeo still refuses because he had bad feeling from a dream (Mercutio talks about the dream lady aka Queen Had)
They continue to head over to the capulets in a hurry
because Benvolio says “supper is done, and we shall come to late”
Act 1.5
Sunday 8:00 PM
Capulet welcomes the guest, and tells them to begin dancing
Capulet and his cousin argue about how long ago they wore those mask (30-25 years ago when they met their wives)
Romeo asks a servingman who a certain girl was and says that when the dance is over her him go over to her and “touch her”
Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice and says killing him in honor of his family isn’t a crime, but Capulet stops him saying he will not disrespect him in his home, nor allow chaos over his guest
Romeo holds Juliet’s hand and refers to it as a pilgrim, and eventual kisses her twice
The Nurse tells Juliet that her mother wants to see her, and as soon as Juilet steps aside Romeo asks the nurse who her mother is thus finding out her last name is Capulet
Romeo tells Benvolio that she is a Capulet and now his life is in the hands of a family enemy, and Benovilio says that they should go now
Capulet tells everyone not to go yet but them is told that it is late and says goodnight to everyone
Juliet tells the nurse to go asks the boy who wouldn’t dance his name, and the nurse comes back saying that he is Romeo, a Montague, the only son of her family enemy
Act 2.1
Sunday 12 AM
Romeo goes to the Capulet’s garden hoping to find Juliet, and Benvolio and Mercutio are looking from him. Mercutio calls out for him by saying some explicit things about Rosaline to get Romeo to come out but it didn’t work, so they leave.
Act 2.2
Monday 2-3 AM?
Romeos goes to Juliet’s balcony, and overhears her thoughts about how she wishes they didn’t have enemy names. Romeo talks to Juliet so his presence is known to her and says something to woo her (look back at 2.2 notes for details), Romeo makes her a true promise of love since Juliet has loved him from the very beginning. She says that he will send a messenger to Romeo so he can say when and where they will be married at 9am. She says it is almost morning so he should go. They say goodnight and Romeo says he will talk to his priest.
2.3
Monday 6-7 AM
Romeo goes to friar Lawrence, he asks if he can marry him and Juliet that same day, Friar Lawrence agrees in hopes that it will end the families feud and replace it with love. (church yard)
2.4
Monday 12PM
Benvolio and Mercutio are wondering where Romeo is, and talk about how Tybalt sent a letter to the Capulet home and think its a challenge towards Romeo. Mercutio says he will accept the fight in honor of Romeo as he thinks he can’t take him because he is too good of a fencer. (he doesn’t do it tho)
Romeo meets Benvolio and Mercutio, and Mefcuito points out that Romeo looks skinnier (jokingly) and talks about how Roem walked out on them last night. Romeo says he had important business and Mercutio makes sexual comments on that “business”. Then Mercutio says isn’t joking better than being sad about not being able to “be in some girl”
The Nurse meets Romeo and his friends, and Mercutio makes fun of how large she is and makes rude commentary on her. Mercuti And Benovlio say that they will meet Romeo at the Capulet home for lunch, and then leave.
The Nurse brings to talk to Romeo And says that he better not be playing Juliet and Romeo reassures her that he is not. Romeo then tells the Nurse that Juilet must meet him at Friar Lawrence’s to be married this afternoon. Romeo alsos says that he will send one of his men to help Juliet jump the garden walls, the same walls he will be jumping after they are married.
2.6
Monday 1 PM
Friar Lawrence talks to Romeo and says that he hopes nothing bad comes out of their marriage and Romeo agrees.
Juliet finally comes rushing in and gives Romeo a hug, and greets the friar. Romeo asks her how happy she feels right now that they are to be married soon, and she says she has more thoughts than words because of how happy she is.
Friar Lawrence says to follow him so they can be married.
3.1
Monday 2PM
Benovlio and Mercutio are walking on the Streets of Verona on a hot day and run into Tybalt who asks Romeo for a duel. Romeo walks in and denies the duel for reasons Tybalt doesn’t know, so Mercutio takes up his offer and dies. Romeo thinks that Juliet has made him weak so he avenges Mercutio and kills Tybalt and then runs away.
3.2
Monday 4PM
Juliet wishes that it was night already so that Romeo would come and be with her and do the do.
The Nurse comes in with the ladder that Romeo is/was going to use to come into Juliet’s room at night, and tells her that Romeo killed Tybalt. Juliet curses Romeo out, but then takes back everything she said bad about her husband. Juliet says that he is in great pain and that Romeo’s banishment is like a thousand of Tybalt’s deaths and her own parents’ combined. So the Nurse says she’ll go get Romeo to comfort her.
3.3
Monday 3PM
Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he isn’t going to be killed but is banished from Verona. Friar says that Romeo is ungrateful because Romeo thinks that banishment is worse than death because he won’t be able to see Juliet. Romeo falls to the ground and drowns in his pains.
Someone knocks on the church’s doors and the friar orders Romeo to go hide but Romeo doesn’t care and just stays put. It turns out to be the Nurse so the Friar lets her in. Romeo asks how Juliet is and she says that she is sad just like him right now.
Romeo thinks of killing himself but the friar gives him a pep talk about how he looks like a woman crying and how if he leaves this earth he will take his woman’s happiness and reason to live with him and she will feel guilty the whole life. Romeo doesn’t do it.
Friar says to go to Juliet and comfort her and then leave before the night agruss take their posts and elave to mantua until they can make their marriage public and fix their families problems.
The Nurse leaves to tell Juliet that Romeo is on his way to see her and gives Romeo the ring Juliet gave her and it makes Romeo very happy.
3.4
Monday 12PM
Capulet is talking to Paris and tells him that since Tybalt’s death they haven’t had time to convince Juleit to agree to marry Paris. Paris says that these time are filled with grief, so now isn’t the best time for romance, he say goodnight to Lady capulet and to give his regards to Juliet
Lord Capulet tells Lady Capulet to head to Juliet’s room before going to bed, to tell her she’ll be married on Thursday to Paris. Lord Capulet says that they won’t celebrate it in grand, they’ll only invite two dozen people because they don’t want people to think that they don’t care about Tybalt’s death
3.5
Tuesday 6 AM
Romeo is with Juleit at her window and doesn’t want to leave even though it’s almost morning and they’ll kill him if he doesn’t leave now. So they kiss and he leaves, and she’s crying.
The Nurse comes in saying that her mother is coming. The mother says why is she still crying over her cousin, she looks stupid. Juleit says she wants to avenge Tybalt’s death by killing Romeo herself, but Lady Capulet says she’ll send someone to do it and poison his drink in Mantua. But Juleit says she wants to do it herself and mix in the poison.
Lady Capulet tells her the news that she’ll be married to Paris on Tuesday morning at Saint Peter’s Church. But Juliet claims that it is too soon and not the right time.
Juliet tells her father her response to the marriage and he is enraged by her response and says that if she doesn’t marry Paris, he will disown her and never speak to her again. So Juleit asks Lady Capulet for help but she turns her back on Juliet as well.
Juliet asks Nurse for advice on what to do but the Nurse says to marry Paris because he is much better looking and richer than Romeo. So Juliet tells the Nurse to tell her mother then she is going to go confess to Friar Lawrence because she made her father angry, but really shes just going to see if Friar Lawrence has come up with a plan yet, and says if that fails then she’ll kill herself.
