Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Full Text Upd Jun 2026

The scene opens on a hot Verona street. Benvolio warns Mercutio that the Capulets are about and that the heat makes tempers flare. Tybalt arrives, looking for Romeo to duel him for crashing the Capulet ball. When Romeo refuses to fight (now secretly married to Juliet, Tybalt’s cousin), Mercutio steps in. Romeo physically tries to stop the fight; as he does, Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. Mercutio dies, cursing both families. Enraged, Romeo kills Tybalt. The Prince arrives, and despite Benvolio’s plea for mercy, Prince Escalus banishes Romeo from Verona on pain of death.

Things have fallen out, sir, so unluckily That we have had no time to move our daughter. Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly, And so did I. Well, we were born to die. ’Tis very late. She’ll not come down tonight. I promise you, but for your company, I would have been abed an hour ago. romeo and juliet act 3 full text

JULIET: My Name Is Nor The Part Of Thee, But Thou Art Not Thee, Though Thou Art Romeo. The scene opens on a hot Verona street

MERCUTIO: No, I Am Spared: But Some Say, In Romeo's Beard, In The Manner Of The Old Play, Where The Player King Could Not Say A Word, But The Word Was In The Language Of The King, And If The King Saw The Word, The King Was Angry, And The King Was Gone, For The King Was Not There: By My Beard, If Thou Saw The Word, Say, The King Was Angry, And The King Was Gone. When Romeo refuses to fight (now secretly married

Yon light is not daylight, I know it, I. It is some meteor that the sun exhaled To be to thee this night a torchbearer And light thee on thy way to Mantua. Therefore stay yet. Thou need’st not to be gone.

FRIAR LAWRENCE: (To ROMEO) O, Romeo, O, What O, Hark, O, O

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