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Act 3, Scene 1

Tybalt looks for Romeo. Mercutio fights him and is killed. Romeo kills Tybalt. The Prince banishes Romeo.

The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet
The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet. Frederic Leighton, 1855. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

This scene in five words

MercutioTybaltdieRomeobanished

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The quotes

3 big quotes in this scene.

A plague o' both your houses.

Mercutio · Act 3, Scene 1 · hate · death · family

Dying, Mercutio curses both families. The feud killed him and he was not in it.

Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.

Mercutio · Act 3, Scene 1 · death

Grave means serious, and a grave. He jokes as he dies.

O, I am fortune's fool!

Romeo · Act 3, Scene 1 · fate

Romeo has just killed Tybalt. He blames fate. He also did it.

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