Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In this scene Juliet starts in her soliloquy about how excited she is

to be able to spend the night with Romeo. However when the Nurse comes

in, she becomes confused and eventually she works out that her cousin

Tybalt has been killed. She is also saddened in this scene because the

Nurse tells her how Romeo is the one that killed Tybalt, and now he

has been banished so she may never see him again.

When we first enter the scene Juliet is very excited about spending

the night with Romeo. ‘ Bring in cloudy night immediately’ shows how

she wants night to come in so Romeo will arrive and they can

consummate their marriage. Juliet also uses commands like ‘ Gallop

apace’ and’ come night, come Romeo’ shows how she is ver confident and

not nervous about loosing her virginity. This also shows how strong

their love is and if it was an adolescent crush then she would be

scared and worried not wanting it to be here and being excited about

it.’ O I have bought the mansion of a love, but not possessed it, and,

though I am sold, Not yet enjoyed’. Shows how she has got Romeo and

she is sold to Romeo but he has not enjoyed her true love yet, so she

is waiting eagerly for him. ‘Learn me how to lose a wining match’ also

shows how she wants to consummate their marriage, by showing how

although she is loosing something precious to her she is winning her

marriage and gaining Romeo and a life of happiness.

However this happy and excited mood quickly becomes confused when the

Nurse enters. The Nurses sadness and confusion makes Juliet confused

because from Juliet asking questions about Romeo the Nurse says’ he’s

dead, he’s dead… ‘He’s killed, he’s dead’ Juliet is distraught to hear

this that she just can’t believe it. Then the Nurse confuses her even

more by saying that Romeo is hostile but to Juliet who doesn’t know