JULIET O bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of any tower, Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears, Or hide me nightly in a charnel house, O’ercovered quite with dead men’s rattling bones, With […]
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Finally! the Friar may have a plan… (4.1.68-76)
FRIAR Hold, daughter, I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate an execution As that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris, Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then is it likely thou wilt undertake A thing […]
Continue ReadingLonging to die – marrying Paris is impossible (4.1.60-67)
JULIET Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time, Give me some present counsel, or, behold, ’Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that Which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honour bring. Be not so long to […]
Continue ReadingHands and hearts, sealed indissolubly (4.1.55-59)
JULIET God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands, And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo sealed, Shall be the label to another deed, Or my true heart with treacherous revolt Turn to another, this shall slay them both: (4.1.55-59) So Juliet spells it out for him, as the […]
Continue ReadingFriar! Don’t just stand there, do something! (or else) (4.1.50-54)
JULIET Tell me not, Friar, that thou hearest of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise, And with this knife I’ll help it presently. (4.1.50-54) Juliet’s frustration with the Friar here is […]
Continue ReadingCan the Friar help? (4.1.44-49)
JULIET O shut the door, and when thou hast done so, Come weep with me, past hope, past cure, past help! FRIAR O Juliet, I already know thy grief, It strains me past the compass of my wits. I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it, On Thursday next be […]
Continue ReadingParis, reverting to outright creepiness (4.1.37-43)
JULIET Are you at leisure, holy father, now, Or shall I come to you at evening mass? FRIAR My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. My lord, we must entreat the time alone. PARIS God shield I should disturb devotion! Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye; Till then adieu, […]
Continue ReadingJoyless banter with Paris (4.1.29-36)
PARIS Poor soul, thy face is much abused with tears. JULIET The tears have got small victory by that, For it was bad enough before their spite. PARIS Thou wrong’st it more than tears with that report. JULIET That is no slander, sir, which is a truth, And what I spake, I spake […]
Continue ReadingParis cannot do flirting (4.1.22-28)
PARIS Come you to make confession to this father? JULIET To answer that, I should confess to you. PARIS Do not deny to him that you love me. JULIET I will confess to you that I love him. PARIS So will ye, I am sure, that you love me. JULIET If I do so, it […]
Continue ReadingEnter Juliet, with nerves of steel (4.1.15-21)
PARIS Now do you know the reason of this haste. FRIAR [Aside] I would I knew not why it should be slowed. – Look, sir, here comes the lady toward my cell. Enter JULIET. PARIS Happily met, my lady and my wife! JULIET That may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARIS […]
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