Romeo finds his way to the orchard below Juliet's balcony. He proposes his love to her, and asks to marry her the next day. Juliet agrees after drawing attention to the fact that their names mean nothing, and that they are the same people without their names. Juliet warns him to leave before anybody discovers him in the house of his enemy, but he argues that he would fight until he is dead for her.
The next day Romeo finds Friar Lawrence picking herbs for medicine. Romeo, through riddle, tells Friar that he is in love, but Lawrence clearly does not care for jibberish, and asks him to get to the point. I have grown to enjoy this man's outlook on poetic waists of time. Romeo is, once again, criticized for his quick change of heart, but continues to ask the Friar to marry him to Juliet. It may have been the beautiful valley that created an aura of hope, but, after some consideration Friar Lawrence came to the conclusion that this marriage could mend the fuse that burnt out the light of peace, leaving the two families in the darkness of bitter hate.
Later, in the hours of scene 4, Mercutio and Benvolio are in a search for Romeo. It would seem that Tybalt has challenged Mercutio to a dual. As Romeo approaches Mercutio departs on one of his drawn out rants. This develops into a battle of wits between the three fools. The ill-supplied wits run out as Juliet's nurse approaches. The nurse is looking for Romeo, and Mercutio being the immature adolescent he is, mocks her with bad jokes. Romeo apologizes for Mercutio, and asks the nurse to send Juliet to confession this afternoon where she and Romeo can get married. Although the nurse agrees to comply to make Juliet happy, it is not hard to sense her anger towards Romeo.
Romeo is waiting with Friar Lawrence for Juliet. Lawrence foreshadows the violent end to the unrest between the families (for the umpteenth time). Romeo and Juliet are joined in marriage secretly.
The next day Romeo finds Friar Lawrence picking herbs for medicine. Romeo, through riddle, tells Friar that he is in love, but Lawrence clearly does not care for jibberish, and asks him to get to the point. I have grown to enjoy this man's outlook on poetic waists of time. Romeo is, once again, criticized for his quick change of heart, but continues to ask the Friar to marry him to Juliet. It may have been the beautiful valley that created an aura of hope, but, after some consideration Friar Lawrence came to the conclusion that this marriage could mend the fuse that burnt out the light of peace, leaving the two families in the darkness of bitter hate.
Later, in the hours of scene 4, Mercutio and Benvolio are in a search for Romeo. It would seem that Tybalt has challenged Mercutio to a dual. As Romeo approaches Mercutio departs on one of his drawn out rants. This develops into a battle of wits between the three fools. The ill-supplied wits run out as Juliet's nurse approaches. The nurse is looking for Romeo, and Mercutio being the immature adolescent he is, mocks her with bad jokes. Romeo apologizes for Mercutio, and asks the nurse to send Juliet to confession this afternoon where she and Romeo can get married. Although the nurse agrees to comply to make Juliet happy, it is not hard to sense her anger towards Romeo.
Romeo is waiting with Friar Lawrence for Juliet. Lawrence foreshadows the violent end to the unrest between the families (for the umpteenth time). Romeo and Juliet are joined in marriage secretly.
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