Notes on R & J Act 3

Scene 1:
At the beginning of the this scene, Mercutio talks about how bad tempered Benvolio is. Then, Tybalt came. He tried to find Romeo. When Romeo came, he did not want to fight with Tybalt, but Mercutio got mad. He took out his sword and fought with Tybalt. Unfortunately, he got stabbed. Tybalt then ran away. Before Mercutio died, he said that he died because of this two families. Romeo was sad and he thought the beauty of Juliet made him weak. When Tybalt was back, Romeo took out the knife and killed him. Then prince and Capulets came. Lady Capulets wanted Romeo to die. Then, prince exiled Romeo.

Scene 2:
At the beginning of the scene. Juliet was waiting for her husband. But nurse brought the bad news. Romeo was banished and Tybalt was killed by Romeo. Juliet became a little bit crazy. She said she was glad that Romeo was alive, Tybalt did not kill Romeo. When Juliet wanted to suicide. Nurse said she knew where can find Romeo. She would find him to comfort Juliet.

Scene 3:
At beginning of the scene, friar brought the news of the banishment to Romeo. Romeo cried and said this was not a mercy, it was even worse than death, because he could not see Juliet anymore. Friar started to comfort him. At that time, the nurse came. She told friar that Juliet was doing the same thing just like Romeo did. Romeo felt really bad because he killed Juliet's cousin, and he wanted to suicide. And friar stopped him, he started to curse Romeo, because he was crying like a lady, and did not do anything. Then, he found a method, which was later announced the news of the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, and tried to cancel the banishment. From this scene, we can clearly see that friar is a peacemaker, he tried to do things for two families, also for his friends, Romeo.

Scene 4:
Paris came to propose marriage. And Juliet was not there. In order to bind the noble Paris with Capulets, Lord Capulets said that Juliet would agree his command to marry Paris. And they chose to marry on Thursday, which was 2 days after. From this scene, I would say Capulet was a cold-blooded person. If he really loved Tybalt, he would not need to saying that people would thought they do not care about Tybalt if they god married on Wednesday.

Scene 5:
This is the scene that especially showed the hatred between Lord Capulet and Juliet. The scene began with Romeo and Juliet standing together. Romeo did not want to leave but it was time. When Romeo left, Lady Capulet came. She told Juliet that she would have a marriage with the noble Paris. Juliet did not want to and she begged Lord Capulet. Lord Capulet was really mad and he cursed her really hard and said she had to marry Paris on Thursday. When Capulets left, nurse told Juliet that it was a probably good choice to marry Paris. Because of this, Juliet hated the nurse also. I think Lord Capulet seen Juliet as a tool. He did not consider Juliet's feeling. Juliet also felt desperate because even her confidant betrayed her.