Scenes in this act
- Prologue Prologue
The Chorus announces that Romeo's old desire for Rosaline has died and that he and Juliet now love each other.
- Scene I Romeo Leaps the Orchard Wall
After the ball, Romeo cannot leave and jumps the wall of the Capulets' orchard.
- Scene II Declaration in the Capulets' Garden
In the Capulets' garden, Romeo has just leapt the wall, after hearing Mercutio's mockery from afar, and sees Juliet appear at the window.
- Scene III Romeo Asks the Friar to Marry Them
At dawn, Friar Laurence gathers herbs in a basket and meditates on them: the earth is at once the womb and the tomb of all that lives, nothing in it is so bad that it has no good, nothing is so good that it does not become abuse when misused, and virtue becomes vice when misapplied.
- Scene IV Mercutio, Romeo, and the Nurse in the Street
In the street, Mercutio and Benvolio look for Romeo and wonder that he has not come home.
- Scene V Juliet Waits for the Nurse's Message
At nine o'clock, Juliet sent the Nurse to find Romeo, with half an hour to return, and now, near noon, three hours later, the Nurse has still not appeared.
- Scene VI The Meeting in the Friar's Cell
In the cell, Friar Laurence asks heaven that the act of marrying the two not bring sorrow afterward, and Romeo answers that no pain cancels the joy of a single minute with her: let death do its worst, so long as he can call Juliet his.
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