Romeo And Juliet Sparknotes Act 3

But the nurse is so distraught she stumbles over the words making it sound as if romeo is dead.

Romeo and juliet sparknotes act 3. He must leave before the morning comes or be put to death. The viciousness and dangers of the play s social environment are dramatic tools that shakespeare employs to make the lovers romance seem even more precious and fragile. Romeo cannot entertain her claims. Act 3 scene 2 in capulet s house juliet longs for night to fall so that romeo will come to her untalked of and unseen 3 2 7.

Juliet tries to convince romeo that the birdcalls they hear are from the nightingale a night bird rather than from the lark a morning bird. Just before dawn romeo prepares to lower himself from juliet s window to begin his exile. Benvolio s keen instinct is telling him that a brawl could erupt in the street at any moment and he warns mercutio that they should go home at once. Plot summary act 3 act 3 scene 1.

Though mercutio and tybalt s deaths and romeo s banishment are undoubtedly disastrous they are avoidable occurrences instead of being mandated by fate which would be the case in a classical tragedy. Suddenly the nurse rushes in with news of the fight between romeo and tybalt. Act 3 opens with mercutio and benvolio walking as usual around the town. The argument that that romeo and juliet is not a classical tragedy gains some credence with the circumstances surrounding the terrible events that occur in act 3.