Act 3, Scene 2

Juliet waits for her wedding night. The Nurse tells her Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished.

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.