JULIET Go get thee hence, for I will not away. What’s here? a cup closed in my true love’s hand? Poison I see hath been his timeless end. O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after? I will kiss thy lips, Haply some poison yet […]
Continue ReadingHe’s dead; come away, Juliet! (5.3.151-159)
[Noise within] FRIAR I hear some noise, lady. Come from that nest Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep. A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. Come, come away. Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead; And Paris too. Come, I’ll dispose of thee […]
Continue ReadingThe lady stirs – where’s Romeo? (5.3.144-150)
FRIAR Romeo! O, pale! Who else? What, Paris too? And steeped in blood? Ah, what an unkind hour Is guilty of this lamentable chance! [Juliet rises.] The lady stirs. JULIET O comfortable Friar, where is my lord? I do remember well where I should be; And there I am. […]
Continue ReadingWhere’s Romeo? And what’s all this blood? (5.3.139-144)
FRIAR Romeo! [Friar stoops and looks on the blood and weapons.] Alack, alack, what blood is this which stains The stony entrance of this sepulchre? What mean these masterless and gory swords To lie discoloured by this place of peace? [Enters the tomb.] (5.3.139-144) Ages ago I noted that […]
Continue ReadingFriar: O no o no o no – but maybe it’s just a bad dream? (5.3.130-139)
FRIAR How long hath he been there? BALTHASAR Full half an hour. FRIAR Go with me to the vault. BALTHASAR I dare not, sir. My master knows not but that I am gone hence, And fearfully did menace me with death If I did stay to look on his intents. FRIAR Stay […]
Continue ReadingFriar: who’s in the tomb? (5.3.121-129)
Enter FRIAR [LAWRENCE] with lantern, crow, and spade. FRIAR Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight Have my old feet stumbled at graves! Who’s there? BALTHASAR Here’s one, a friend, and one that knows you well. FRIAR Bliss be upon you! Tell me, good my friend, What torch is yond that vainly […]
Continue ReadingWith a kiss… (5.3.116-120)
ROMEO Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark! Here’s to my love! [Drinks.] O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. [Dies.] (5.3.116-120) Does it seem trivial, or inappropriate, or just postponing […]
Continue ReadingLast look, last hug, last kiss (53.112-115)
ROMEO Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing Death! (5.3.112-115) This is a moment that connects with, makes sense of, all those previous moments of body language in the play. And most […]
Continue ReadingThe yoke of inauspicious stars – star-crossed… (5.3.108-112)
ROMEO Here, here will I remain With worms that are thy chambermaids; O here Will I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. (5.3.108-112) Where is here? in the tomb, this palace of dim night, certainly. But there’s implied action, perhaps: here is […]
Continue ReadingI will stay here with you, always (5.3.101-108)
ROMEO Ah, dear Juliet, Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe That unsubstantial death is amorous, And that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour? For fear of that, I still will stay with thee, And never from this palace of […]
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