Act 3

• Scene 1


  • Mercutio and Benvolio banter before Tybalt enters looking for Romeo
  • Romeo refuses to fight him so Mercutio challenges him instead
  • Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, Romeo kills him in retaliation and is then banished to Mantua
• Scene 2 


  • Juliet waits for Romeo
  • The Nurse informs her of his banishment and Tybalt's death
  • Juliet is conflicted about who to be more upset for
• Scene 3


  • Friar Lawrence tries to console Romeo
  • He tells him to spend the night with Juliet and leave in the morning
• Scene 4


  Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris
• Scene 5


  • Romeo leaves Juliet at dawn
  • Lady Capulet informs Juliet of her arranged marriage which she refuses
  • Capulet is outraged and threatens to disown her
• “fire eyed fury be my conduct now”


  Scene 1

  Romeo uses harsh alliteration to show his anger at Tybalt before killing him
• “One word ‘banished’ hath slain ten thousand Tybalts”


  Scene 2

  Juliet is saying that Romeo's banishment is worse than her cousin's death
• “Banishment? Be merciful, say death.”


  Scene 3

  Romeo is saying that being separated is worse than death
• “It was the nightingale, not the lark”


  Scene 5

  Juliet uses light and dark imagery to show their separation from society and encourage Romeo not to leave