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Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 2
Juliet waits for her wedding night. The Nurse tells her Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished.
Romeo and Juliet has 24 scenes in 5 acts, and Act 3 has 5 of them. Act 3, Scene 2 comes after Act 3, Scene 1 and before Act 3, Scene 3. The 4 key lines here come from Juliet and the Nurse.
This scene in five words
JulietlearnsRomeoisbanished
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The quotes
4 big quotes in this scene.
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds
Juliet · Act 3, Scene 2 · time · love · light and dark
Juliet tells the sun's horses to hurry so night will come and Romeo with it.
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Juliet · Act 3, Scene 2 · love · hate
Romeo killed her cousin. For a moment she sees him as a snake with a pretty face.
Romeo is banished
Nurse · Act 3, Scene 2 · fate · family
The Nurse brings the news. To Juliet it is worse than ten thousand dead Tybalts.
Come gentle night, come loving black-brow'd night, Give me my Romeo
Juliet · Act 3, Scene 2 · love · light and dark · death
Juliet wants the dark. Night is where love happens in this play, and where death does.
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