Excerpt from ​Romeo and Juliet, ​Act 3, Scene 2 JULIET 3.2.41 Ay

Excerpt from ​
Romeo and Juliet, ​
Act 3, Scene 2 JULIET
3.2.41 Ay me, what news? Why dost thou wring thy hands? NURSE
Ah, ​
weraday​
! He's dead, he's dead, he's dead!
We are ​
undone​
, lady, we are undone!
3.2.42 woe the day ruined Alack the day! He's gone, he's killed, he's dead! JULIET
Can heaven be so ​
envious​
?
NURSE​
Romeo can,
3.2.45 vicious 3.2.46 Though heaven cannot. O Romeo, Romeo! Who ever would have thought it? Romeo! JULIET
3.2.49 What devil art thou that dost torment me thus? This torture should be roared in dismal hell! Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou ​
but​
"ay"
just And that bare vowel "I" shall ​
poison more
be more poisonous to myself Than the ​
death­darting eye​
of ​
cockatrice​
!
deadly eye, a mythical serpent I am not I​
if there be such an "ay",
Or those eyes shut​
, that make thee answer "ay".
I'll no longer be myself​
3.2.54 or if Romeo's eyes are shut If he be slain, say "ay", or if not, "no"! Brief sounds​
determine of my ​
weal​
or woe!
NURSE
those brief words, happiness 3.2.58 I saw the wound, I saw it with mine eyes —​
God save the mark​
—here on his manly breast.
God save me A ​
piteous corse​
, a bloody ​
piteous corse​
,
pitiful corpse Pale, pale as ashes, all ​
bedaubed​
in blood,
covered All in ​
gore​
­blood. I ​
swoonèd​
at the sight.
JULIET
O, break, my heart! Poor ​
bankrupt​
, break at once!
gory, fainted 3.2.63 ruined heart To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty! Vile earth​
to earth ​
resign​
! End ​
motion​
here!
And ​
thou​
and Romeo ​
press​
one heavy ​
bier​
!
my earthly body, rest, life my body, lay on, funeral bed Excerpt from ​
Romeo and Juliet, ​
Act 3, Scene 2 NURSE
3.2.67 O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had! O courteous Tybalt, honest gentleman! That ever I should live to see thee dead! JULIET
What storm is this that blows so ​
contrary​
?
3.2.70 much grief Is Romeo slaughtered and is Tybalt dead? My dearest cousin, and my dearer ​
lord​
?
Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the ​
general doom​
!
husband end of the world For who is living, if those two are gone? NURSE
Tybalt is gone, and Romeo ​
banishèd​
.
3.2.75 banished from Verona Romeo that killed him, he is banishèd. JULIET
3.2.77 O God! Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood? 1
NURSE​
3.2.78 It did, it did, alas the day, it did! 1
JULIET​
O serpent heart, ​
hid​
with a ​
flowering​
face!
Did ever dragon keep so ​
fair​
a cave?
3.2.79 disguised, lovely beautiful Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical! Dove­feathered raven! ​
Wolvish­ravening lamb​
!
Despisèd ​
substance of divinest show​
!
wolf­like lamb reality of heavenly appearance Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st. 4​
A damnèd​
saint, an honorable villain!
2​
dim​
3.2.85 O nature, ​
what hadst thou to do​
in hell
what were you doing When thou didst ​
bower​
the spirit of a ​
fiend
In ​
mortal paradise of such sweet flesh​
?
Was ever​
book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound​
? O, that deceit should dwell
enclose, devil such lovely human form was there ever a with such a beautiful cover In such a gorgeous palace! NURSE​
There's no trust,
3.2.92 No faith, no honesty in men. All ​
perjured​
,
liars Excerpt from ​
Romeo and Juliet, ​
Act 3, Scene 2 All ​
forsworn​
, all ​
naught​
, all ​
dissemblers​
.
Ah, where's my ​
man​
? Give me some ​
aqua vitae​
.
deceitful, worthless, false servant, brandy These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old. Shame come to Romeo​
!
JULIET​
Blistered be thy tongue
shame on Romeo 3.2.99 For such a wish! He was not born to shame! 2​
Upon his ​
brow​
shame is ashamed to sit,
1
face​
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned Sole monarch of the universal earth!
3.2.103 O, what a beast was I to ​
chide​
at him!
criticize NURSE
3.2.105 Will you speak well of him that killed your cousin? JULIET
3.2.106 Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my ​
lord​
, what tongue shall smooth thy name
husband When I, thy three­hours wife, have mangled it? But, ​
wherefore​
, villain, didst thou kill my cousin?
why​
3.2.110 That villain cousin would have killed my husband. Back, foolish tears, ​
back to your native spring​
!
Your ​
tributary​
drops belong to woe,
back into my eyes stream of Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy. My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain,
3.2.115 And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband. All this is comfort. ​
Wherefore​
weep I then?
why Some word there was, worser than Tybalt's death, That murdered me. I would forget it ​
fain​
,
gladly​
3.2.120 But O, it presses to my memory Like damnèd guilty deeds to sinners' minds. "Tybalt is dead, and Romeo...banishèd." That "banishèd," that one word "banishèd" Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt's death
3.2.125 Was woe enough if it had ended there. Or if sour woe ​
delights in fellowship
wants company Excerpt from ​
Romeo and Juliet, ​
Act 3, Scene 2 And ​
needly will be ranked​
with other griefs,
must be accompanied Why followed not, when she said "Tybalt's dead," Thy father, or thy mother, nay, or both,
3.2.130 Which ​
modern lamentation​
might have moved?
a normal amount of sadness But with ​
a rearward​
following Tybalt's death,
those words "Romeo is banishèd." To speak that word Is​
father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet,
is like saying All slain, all dead! "Romeo is banishèd!"
3.2.135 There is no end, no limit, ​
measure​
, ​
bound​
,
measurement, boundary In that word's death​
. No words can ​
that woe sound​
.
in the death that brings, 2​
1​
are​
, ​
express that woe Where is​
my father and my mother, Nurse?
NURSE
3.2.139 Weeping and wailing over Tybalt's ​
corse​
.
corpse Will you go to them? I will bring you ​
thither​
.
there JULIET
3.2.141 Wash they his wounds with tears? Mine shall be ​
spent
used up When theirs are dry, for Romeo's banishment. Take up those cords​
. Poor ropes, you are ​
beguiled​
,
pick up that rope­ladder, cheated Both you and I, for Romeo is exiled. He made you for a highway to my bed,
But I, a ​
maid​
, ​
die maiden­widowed​
.
3.2.147 virgin, will die a virgin widow Come, cords. Come, Nurse, I'll to my wedding­bed, And Death, not Romeo, ​
take my maidenhead​
!
NURSE
Hie​
to your ​
chamber​
. I'll find Romeo
3.2.151 hurry, bedroom To comfort you. I ​
wot​
well where he is.
know Hark ye​
, your Romeo will be here at night.
listen I'll ​
to​
him. He is hid at Lawrence' cell.
go to JULIET
O, find him! Give this ring to my true knight, ​
[hands her a ring] And bid him come to take his last farewell. [They exit] will take my virginity 3.2.155