Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 2 Analysis

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In Act 3, Scene 2, lines 115-124 of the play, Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, shows Juliet in distress as the news of Tybalts death, her cousin, and Romeo’s banishment, her husband creates a sorrow so deep it cannot be expressed by words. The enmity of the two households, the Capulets and the Montagues has led to many deaths in the play. In the beginning of the story, the clansmen of both families start fighting on the streets of Verona, which angered Prince Escalus, ruler of Verona, and declared that whoever disturbs the peace of the city, shall receive the death penalty. In the meantime, Romeo who is lovesick, thinking about Rosalie whom rejects his advances of courtship. The Capulets are holding a masque, and Romeo finds out and …show more content…

At the end of the day, the star-crossed lovers declared their love to each other, and prepares to wed. Romeo heads to the monastery from the Capulet’s orchard, where friar Laurence who often gives advice to him lives, and recounts of his meeting with Juliet and the love he holds for her and states that he wishes to marry her. The friar warns Romeo not to be haste, for he was thinking of Rosaline just the other day; eventually, he consents, pinning his hopes on the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, would end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. After his meeting with friar Laurence, carrying a joyous mood, he encounters Benvolio and Mercutio, idling on the streets, making fun of Tybalt, soon, the Nurse comes and informs Romeo of Juliet’s message, and tells the Nurse to notify Juliet to meet at friar Laurence’s cell for their cryptic wedding ceremony. Juliet anxiously waiting for more than three hours for the Nurse to come back and apprise her the wedding arrangements. When the two arrives at the friar’s cell, they confess their love to each other and waits to be married by friar