Act III Quotes:
- “ Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man” page 72 scene I
A)Mercutio
B)Romeo
C)Mercutio is joking around; he is being morbidly funny. He is saying that he will be dead tomorrow. Foreshadowing.
2. “And for that offence
Immediately we do exile him hence”
Page 74 scene I
A)Prince
B)Citizens of Verona
C)The Prince is explaining that Romeo is exiled from Verona. If he is seen in Verona he will be killed. This is his punishment for killing Tybalt.
3. “I’ll not wed; I cannot love,
I am too young; I pray you pardon me”
Page92 scene V
A)Lord Capulet
B)Juliet / the Nurse and Lady Capulet
C)He is mocking Juliet. He is extremely angry that she will not marry Paris. How dare Juliet refuse this marriage?
4. “I’ll tell thee what, get thee to church o’Thursday, or never after look me in the face”
Page 91 scene V
A)Lord Capulet
B)Juliet / the Nurse and Lady Capulet
C)Lord C. is saying that he will disown Juliet if she does not marry Paris on Thursday.
5. “Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!”
page 72 Scene I
A) Romeo
B) Benvolio
C) He is saying that he is no longer calm, he is furious with Tybalt for killing Mercutio. He is in a rage and will now fight Tybalt.
6. “I beg for justice, which thou, Prince must give,
Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live”
Scene I page 74
A) Lady Capulet
B) Prince
C) She is asking the Prince to uphold the law. Tybalt is dead now she believes that Romeo deserves the same punishment.
7. “Wilt thou slay thyself,
And slay thy lady that in thy life lives,
By doing damned hate upon thyself?”
Page 83 Scene III
A)Friar Lawrence
B)Romeo
C)Friar Lawrence is mad that Romeo tried to stab himself. He is saying that Romeo is behaving irrationally, and that by hurting himself he will be hurting Juliet even more.
8. “tis not so deep as a well, nor wide as a church door, but tis enough, ‘twill serve”
Page 72 Scene 1
A)Mercutio
B) Romeo
C) He is saying that his stab wound is not huge, but it is enough to kill him.
9. “methinks I see thee, now thou art below,.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.”
Page 88 scene V
A) Juliet
B) Romeo
C) She is foreshadowing Romeo’s death. She believes that she is seeing him as if he is dead.
10. “more light and light; more dark and dark our woes!”
Page 88 Scene V
A) Romeo
B)Juliet
C) Romeo is saying that daylight comes and it gets lighter literally outside. However, as it gets light outside R & J’s problems become much worse. Romeo must flee Verona so he will not be caught and killed.