ACT III Scene 1 Square. Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, page and servants. Benvolio Please, Mercutio, let us go. Today it's hot. Capulets are everywhere. We cannot avoid trouble, And the blood boils in our veins from the heat. Mercutio You are like those who, entering a tavern, put their sword on the table with the words: “Bring it, Lord!”, and grab it at the second glass unnecessarily. BENVOLIO Am I like that? MERCUTIO My dear, you are as passionate as everyone else in Italy, and as prone to recklessness and reckless in inclinations. BENVOLIO Really? MERCUTIO Or not? He still doubts! After all, you are ready to attack with your fists anyone who has one more or less hair in their beard than you, or just because a person eats chestnuts, while your eyes are chestnut-colored. Your head is stuffed with fisticuffs, like an egg with healthy food, and, just like an egg, it’s soft-boiled with eternal brawls. Didn't you beat a man because he coughed in the street and woke up your dog lying in the sun? Didn't you attack the tailor who dared to put on a new pair before Easter, or someone else for tying up new shoes with old ribbons? And so-and-so wants to teach me peace! Benvolio If I loved quarrels as you do, I would insure myself for an hour and a quarter. MERCUTIO Insure yourself! Oh, a guarantee! Enter Tybalt and others. Benvolio I bet my head, here is Capulet. MERCUTIO I guarantee with my heel, I don't care. Tybalt Follow me, friends! I'll talk to them. - A word or two, no more, gentlemen! MERCUTIO A word or two? Tell me how important it is! I thought it was a blow or two. Tybalt I am always ready at your service, just give me a reason. MERCUTIO Is it still necessary to give it? Tybalt Mercutio, are you in company with Romeo? MERCUTIO In company? What an expression this is! What are we, in an artel of traveling musicians? If so, don't be angry. Here is my bow, with which I will make you jump. I like it! In company! Benvolio It is in vain that we make noise among the crowd. One of two things: let's retire - or we'll discuss the dispute with a cold soul and go our separate ways. They are watching from everywhere. MERCUTIO And to your health. For that eye. Let them watch. I won't budge. Romeo enters. Tybalt Leave me alone! Here is the person I need. Mercutio Your man? What is he assigned to? Apparently, to be your opponent in your duel. Tybalt Romeo, the essence of my feelings for you can all be expressed in a word: you are a scoundrel. Romeo Tybalt, the nature of my feelings for you commands me to forgive your blind malice. I'm not a bastard at all. Be healthy. I see you don't know me at all. Tybalt Words cannot calm the irritation that you always excite. ROMEO It's not true, I didn't offend you. And soon news will reach you, Which will make us closely related. Let's part as friends, Capulet! You hardly know how dear you are to me. MERCUTIO Cowardly, contemptible submission! I must wash away her shame with blood! How, Pied Piper Tybalt, are you leaving? (Draws his sword.) Tybalt What exactly do you want from me? Mercutio One of your nine lives, cat king, in anticipation of the other eight, which I will knock out next. Draw your sword by the ears before I grab you by your own! TYBALT Readily! (Draws his sword.) Romeo Mercutio, leave it! MERCUTIO Well, my sir, where is your passado? They fight. ROMEO Take out your sword, Benvolio! Knock the weapons out of their hands. Gentlemen, be ashamed! Tybalt! Mercutio! The prince banned massacres on the streets of Verona. Wait, Tybalt! Mercutio! From under Romeo's hand, Tybalt wounds Mercutio and escapes with his accomplices. Mercutio Stabbed! The plague has taken both of your families! And he left and was safe? BENVOLIO Big shot? Mercutio Scratch. But even this is enough. Where is my page? Run, boy, for a doctor. The page leaves. ROMEO Take heart, the wound is not deep. Mercutio Well, of course, the wells are deeper and the church doors are wider. But enough of this. Call me tomorrow and they will tell you that I was running back. For this world I am over-peppered, the matter is clear. The plague has taken both of your families! Oh, the dog, and the rat, and the cat! Scratch a man to death! Shameless scoundrel! Learned to fight from a book! Why the hell are you stuck between us? I was wounded by your hand! ROMEO I wanted to separate you. Mercutio Vedi, Benvolio, Somewhere. I'm going to lose my feelings now. The plague has taken both of your families! Because of you, I became food for worms. Everything is ashes! Benvolio leaves with Mercutio. ROMEO He is my friend and kinsman of the prince And he is seriously wounded because of me. I silently bore a mortal insult: Tybalt insulted me in front of everyone, Tybalt, who soon became my family for more than an hour! Thanks to you, Juliet, I am becoming too soft. Benvolio returns. Benvolio Romeo, our Mercutio is gone. His fearless spirit ascended to the sky, Turning away from the earth with contempt. Romeo Bad day! One murder is a bad omen for the future. Tybalt returns. Benvolio You see, here comes bloody Tybalt again! ROMEO How, unharmed and at the height of glory? Was he killed? Shut up, kindness! Fiery-eyed wrath, I am yours from now on! Tybalt, take back the scoundrel Who told me! The spirit of Mercutio has not yet flown so far, so as not to long for you as a traveling companion. You or I will share this path. TYBALT No, only you. You've rubbed elbows with him in your life, go ahead! ROMEO Let's see who! They fight. Tybalt falls. Benvolio Run, Romeo! Alive! The townspeople are on the move. You stabbed Tybalt. You will be sentenced to death for murder. Why are you standing? Run immediately! Romeo Fate is a mocker! Benvolio Why do you hesitate? Romeo leaves. The townspeople enter. First Citizen Where did the thug Tybalt run off to? Mercutio is dead. Stop the scoundrel! Benvolio Here is your Tybalt. First Citizen I warn you: You are under arrest. Follow me, sir! Enter the prince with his retinue, the Montagues, the Capulets, their wives and others. Prince Who set an example for stabbing? Benvolio Most Serene Prince, order the cause of this bloodshed to be restored. By the hand of Romeo Mercutio himself was killed and killed before. Lady Capulet Tybalt! Tybalt! Child of my brother! O husband! O prince! Oh, terrible loss! Our kindred blood has been shed! Seek her from Montague, good prince! Here he stands - a murderer and a scoundrel! Prince I ask, who is the self-governor? Benvolio It is Tybalt who prostrates himself here. He insulted Romeo. The offended one endured the insult and, on the contrary, tried as best he could to cool Tybalt. But Tybalt didn’t care at all, He continued to rage. Then Mercutio intervened, they grappled, and off they went. They fought for a long time with equal strength. Spinning almost all the time between swords, Romeo asked them to stop, But he himself brought the fatal outcome closer: From under his hand, the brave Mercutio was wounded to death. Tybalt fled and thought about hiding, but then he returned. Then Romeo lost his temper, And before I could figure it out, Tybalt lay lifeless on the ground And Romeo fled from the consequences. Here is a reliable move of the fight. I am responsible for the report with my life. Lady Capulet He is from the Montague family. For him, truth is not more important, but kinship. There were twenty of them, and they barely defeated Tybalt with the whole crowd. Seize Romeo, prince! He is a murderer and according to the law he must be executed. Prince Romeo was an instrument of retribution. Who will we condemn for Mercutio? Montague Romeo is the smallest of all. He was friends with him and took revenge on the killer, as you would have noted. Prince And for this arbitrary act he will be immediately deported to a foreign land. And I’m doubly tired of your discord Since it’s costing me the lives of loved ones. I will impose such a penalty on you that you will appreciate my patience. I don’t attach value to tears and prayers; they will not atone for your guilt. When Romeo does not leave the edge, Nothing will save him from death. Clear the area! Remove the dead man. Forgiving a murderer means killing. They leave. Scene 2 Capulet's Garden. Juliet enters. Juliet Rush faster, fiery horses, towards the evening goal! If Phaeton were your charioteer, you would have rushed long ago, and darkness would have fallen on the earth. O night of love, spread your dark canopy, So that those hiding can secretly look at each other and Romeo Came to me unheard and invisible. After all, those who love see everything in the light With the excitement of lighting up faces. Love and night live by the instinct of the blind. Great-grandmother in black, prim night, Come and teach me a game in which the loser is a profit, And the stake is the integrity of two creatures. Hide how your blood burns with shame and fear, Until suddenly it becomes bolder And understands how pure everything is in love. Come, night! Come, come, Romeo, My day, my snow, glowing in the darkness, Like frost on a raven's plumage! Come, holy, loving night! Come and bring Romeo to me! Give it to me. When he dies, cut him into small stars, and everyone will fall so in love with the firmament of the night that they will ignore the day and the sun. I bought a house of love, but was not given the rights, and I myself was sold to another, but not handed over. And the day is dreary, like the eve of the festivities, When a new thing is sewn, but it is not yet possible to put it on. But here comes the nanny With news from Romeo, and then Any tongue is as eloquent as the sky. The nurse enters with ropes. What news, nanny? What is this: Ropes for Romeo? Nurse Yes, ropes. (Throws them to the ground.) Juliet Why are you wringing your hands? What happened to you? Nurse Our destruction! The end of the world! Killed, killed, darling, killed, Killed, sick, gave his soul to God! Juliet Is heaven really so heartless? Nurse Not heaven, but your dear Romeo. And I'm a fool! Who could have expected it? Juliet Why are you torturing me, you devil? Hell would howl from this torture! So, did Romeo commit suicide? Yes or no? This “yes” will kill me more accurately than the glance of a basilisk. One such “yes” and I’m not me And I’ll never be myself again. Answer me: yes or no, and don’t waste words, To make you happy or to finish you off. The nurse saw the wound herself. Here it is. Here on my chest. God forbid! And how much blood, so much blood! Pool of blood! The white itself is white, like a canvas. I literally froze when I saw it. Juliet O heart! Broke bankrupt! To jail, eyes! Close yourself to freedom. Become dust again, dust. I will bury Romeo and myself in the same coffin. Nurse Tybalt, Tybalt! Dear friend Tybalt! What a speech! What a treatment! Why should I survive you! Juliet How is this whirlwind changing direction? Romeo killed and Tybalt killed? Have I lost my husband? Lost your brother? Why doesn't the archangel's trumpet sound? Who is still alive when such people are gone? Nurse Tybalt alone is killed, Romeo lives. He stabbed Tybalt and went into exile. Juliet Did Romeo shed Tybalt's blood? Nurse Yes. Believe it or not, he spilled it, he spilled it! JULIET Oh, bush of flowers with a lurking snake! A dragon in a charming guise! A fiend with an angelic face! Fake pigeon! Wolf in sheep's clothing! A nonentity with the features of a deity! Empty appearance! Contradiction! Saint and scoundrel in one flesh! What is nature doing in the underworld, When she infuses Satan With such a captivating appearance? Why is the worthless text bound so well? Where does the impostor come from in such a palace? Nurse No man has any conscience or honor. All pretense, Empty seduction and deception. A sip of liquor! These sorrows will soon drive me, an old woman, into a grave. Shame on your Romeo! Juliet Come to your senses! Romeo was not born for shame, Shame is ashamed to touch his forehead. On this unblemished face Could the honor of being crowned be crowned. It's baseness that I dared to scold him. Nurse Why should you praise your brother's murderer? Juliet Should I judge my wife? Poor husband, Where can you hear a kind word, When your wife won’t say it either In the third hour of marriage? Oh, the robber, he killed his cousin! But would it have been better if this robber had killed you in a fight, brother? Go back to your origins, tears! You are out of place. Tributaries of melancholy, you bear tribute to happiness by mistake. My husband is alive, whom Tybalt wanted to kill. Tybalt, who wanted to kill him, was killed. Everything worked out fine. So why am I crying? I heard the word. I feel sorry for Tybalt, but it’s worse. I would be glad to forget him, but my memory is full of him, like a villain with remorse. "Tybalt is slain and your Romeo banished." This is the word "Exiled". This sound is worse than the death of a thousand Tybalts. Tybalt's end is enough, But if I'm bored alone and need company, say Following the news of Tybalt's end About the death of mother or father, Or both, if really necessary. But to pile up Tybalt's corpse with the Words: "Romeo is banished" is too much And it means destroying mother, father, Tybalt, and Romeo and Juliet. “Romeo is expelled” is the depth of Despair without edge and without bottom! Where are my father and mother, tell me, nanny? Nurse They weep over Tybalt without end. Don't you want to join them? I'll take you. Juliet No need, nanny. Let them cry themselves. I don't make Romeo cry. And hide the rope ladder. Strings, oh so many failures! You are also disappointed: you were waiting for Romeo, but he is in exile. You were forced so that, clutching at the knots, he penetrated me under the cover of darkness, And now you are lying around without a goal. Here, even without you, they were widowed as brides. Take them, nanny... I’ll lie down on the bed - Not the groom, but to wait for imminent death. Nurse Well, so be it. I know where Romeo is. Take comfort, baby. I will find it and deliver it by evening. I'll go now. He's in the monastery. Juliet Put a ring on his nameless one, And let him come to say goodbye at dawn. They leave. Scene 3 Friar Lorenzo's cell. Brother Lorenzo enters. Brother Lorenzo Romeo, come out. Come out, you unfortunate one! Sadness has fallen in love with you. You are married to sorrow. Romeo enters. ROMEO Father, what news? What does the verdict say? What evil would still like to get to know me? Brother Lorenzo You're right. With you, everything is bad in friendship. I brought news of the prince's decision. ROMEO Is he transferring the case to the Last Judgment? Brother Lorenzo Oh no, why? His decision is softer: You are sentenced to exile, not death. ROMEO Oh, better have pity and say it's to death! The nearness of exile is harder for me than death. Don't say a word about expulsion. Brother Lorenzo You have been expelled from Verona. Be patient. Everything is ahead, the light is not a wedge. Romeo Outside the walls of Verona there is no life anywhere, But only hell, purgatory and torture. Whether to be expelled from life or doomed to death - I don’t see any difference here. When you tell me about this, You hand me an ax on a tray, So that you can chop off my head with a smile. Brother Lorenzo Ungrateful! After all, according to the law, you are worthy of death, but you still live. So are you blind that you don't see mercy? ROMEO What mercy! It is a revenge. The firmament is only above Juliet. A dog, a mouse, any small fry Live under him and have the right to see her, But not Romeo. Dung flies have Much more weight and meaning than Romeo: they are allowed to come into contact with the snow-white miracle of Juliet's hand and steal the blessing of her bashful lips, but not Romeo. This is not allowed. He is in exile, and the flies have full rights! And you said that deportation is not death? You would have poisoned me or stabbed me, rather than pester me with this idle talk. Exile! Exile is an expression greeted with screams in hell. And you, priest, friend, sage, mentor, could you call me an exile? Brother Lorenzo Fool in love, let me speak. ROMEO You will speak of exile again. Brother Lorenzo In protection from your melancholy thoughts, I will carry philosophy with you into exile, companion of the persecuted. Romeo Exile again? This is not the outcome. Your wisdom will not create Juliet, It will not move the walls, it will not abolish the Order. Philosophy is no help. Brother Lorenzo Well, then madmen have no ears. ROMEO Madmen are deaf, and seers are blind. Brother Lorenzo Let us talk about your affairs. ROMEO Be silent about what you do not understand! If only you were as young as me; Loved Juliet; the hour since he got married; Killed Tybalt; I was just as sad and went into exile, you could rightfully judge that. Then you would tear out your hair and roll on the floor, Taking measurements of a coffin for yourself. They knock on the door. Brother Lorenzo They knock. Get up. Hurry, Romeo! Hide! ROMEO Why! I am still hidden from everyone by a wall of impenetrable sadness. They knock. Brother Lorenzo Do you hear the knocking? Leave. They knock. Who's there? Now. - Get up. You will be detained. Go to the reading room. Oh, how stubborn you are! They knock. Now! What impatience! Who's there! Who do you want? From whom? Nurse (off stage) Open the door, then I will answer. This is Juliet's Nurse. Brother Lorenzo Good morning. The nurse enters. Nurse Holy Father, tell me, where is Romeo, my lady's husband? Friar Lorenzo He's on the floor and drunk with tears. Nurse What a coincidence! Exactly like her. Brother Lorenzo Sympathy of Hearts. Affinity of soul. The nurse lies like that and cries, Lies there - that’s all. But you can’t, you can’t! Get up, sir, get up! You are a man, it doesn't suit you. Romeo Ah, nurse! Nurse Here comes the "ah"! We will all die and we will not escape death. Romeo Are you talking about Juliet? So how? What with her? I probably seem like a villain to her? After all, I stained Her childhood memory with my own blood. How is her health? How is her life? Where is she now? What does she say about our marriage? Nurse What does he say? Roars, roars roars. Now he falls on the bed, now he jumps up, now he shouts “Romeo,” now “Tybalt,” And again he falls on his back. Romeo Romeo! Ah, this name is death for her, As it was death for her family. Tell me, where do the names nest in us? I will destroy this premises. (Takes out his sword.) Brother Lorenzo Hold your hand, you madman! Answer: Are you a man? You are a woman with tearfulness, And with the blindness of your actions you are a wild beast. Effeminacy in the guise of a man! A beast with a human face! You surprised me. I swear by holy orders, I thought better of you. Have you killed Tybalt? So, should you Kill yourself and at the same time kill Your wife, who lives with you? What is wrong with your family and heaven and earth, which you betray to blasphemy? They all united in you, not to fall apart. By this you disgrace Your nature and love and mind. Without using your triple wealth, you are like a miser-usurer. Your nature is a wax doll, When it is not revived by fearlessness. Your love is a game of a vain oath, When it is to the detriment of those who love. Your mind is like gunpowder in a clumsy soldier, Which is torn in his hands, Meanwhile, it was created for self-defense. Stand up, man! For whom you died, Your Juliet is alive. This is happiness. No matter how Tybalt wanted to kill you, You yourself killed Tybalt. Happiness again. Think how much luck is pouring in, And you are angry at your own fate! Look, look, such a bad ending. Go to Juliet on a date at night, As decided, and calm her down, But return before the guards round, Otherwise you won’t be able to get to Mantua. Be in Mantua while there is a reason to open your marriage and reconcile at home. Then we will ask you to be returned, And the joy will be two hundred times stronger than the grief of the current parting. Nurse, tell the hostess to go to bed early today in the house, and sleep comes from tears anyway, and so that she can wait for Romeo to come to her. Nurse Oh my God, my God! Night until morning Stand and listen. Here it is, scholarship! I'll tell you that you're coming, I'll report. ROMEO And I'm getting ready to hear a reprimand. Nurse She sent you a ring, sir. Make sure you don't be late somehow. (Exits.) Romeo How I came to life from all this! Brother Lorenzo Go. Good night. So, remember, One of two things: leave before the guard, or sneak in in the morning in disguise. Be in Mantua. I will send information from time to time with your servant about how your affairs are progressing. It's time. Give me a hand. See you soon! Romeo I go to her, and I can’t hear my feet beneath me, Otherwise I couldn’t part with you. Goodbye! They leave. Scene 4 A room in the Capulet house. Enter Capulet, Lady Capulet and Paris. Capulet We have a misfortune, Count, and until now My daughter and I have not yet spoken. Tybalt was doted on here. But death is death. It's quite late already. Juliet won't come down from above anymore. If it weren’t for your company, believe me, I, too, would have gone to bed an hour ago. Paris Days of mourning are not the time for matchmaking. Milady, bow to your daughter. Lady Capulet I will bow and learn everything from her. She is completely consumed by the loss. Capulet Paris, I know the daughter, and I guarantee: She will love you. It's a ridiculous idea for her to disobey. Check on Her before bed, wife, and prepare Her for what our future son has in mind. And this Wednesday... However, what do we have? Paris Today is Monday. Capulet Monday? Perhaps it’s early on Wednesday - we won’t have time. Then on Thursday. So, on Thursday, tell her, it has been decided to marry her and Paris. Will you be ready? Do you agree? No noise. Two or three friends, that's all. And then Tybalt - and suddenly there is fun, gossip, Isn’t it so? Two or three families. Is it convenient for Thursday, tell me directly? Paris It’s a pity that Thursday is not tomorrow, not now. Capulet Excellent. So on Thursday. Now go. And you go to Juliet. Order that she prepare for the wedding. Farewell, Count. Shine, my servants! It's so late that it will soon be too early. Good night! They leave. Scene 5 Juliet's room. Romeo and Juliet. Juliet Are you leaving? It's not yet dawn. We were deafened not by the voice of a lark, but by the singing of a nightingale. He sings at night over there, on the pomegranate tree. Believe me, my dear, this is a nightingale. ROMEO No, it was the lark's clique, the Herald of the Dawn. Its rays blush the clouds. The lamp of the night Burned to the ground. A day was born in the mountains and tiptoes towards the peaks. I need to leave in order to live, Or stay and say goodbye to life. Juliet That streak is not at all the light of dawn, But the glow of some luminary, Rising to illuminate your path To Mantua with the fire of a torchbearer. Stay a little longer. What's your hurry? ROMEO Let them be captured and executed. Since you agree, I will stay with you even more so. So be it. That darkness is not the darkness of dawn, but the shine of the moon. Not a lark's song Above us resounds the vaults of the sky. It's easier for me to stay than to leave. Well, death is death! That's what Juliet wants. Let's talk. It's not yet dawn. Juliet You can't, you can't! Run quickly: it’s dawning, it’s dawning! The loudmouth lark hurts our ears with his clumsiness, And the master of trills seems to make a noise! He doesn’t trill, but he deceives those who love him, and he seems to have the eyes of a toad. No, toads are wonderful against larks! He reminded us by singing that it was light and that the time had come for us to part. Now run: the shine of the morning is becoming more and more rosy. ROMEO A rosy day and a darker farewell. The nurse enters the room. Nurse Juliet! Juliet Nanny? The nurse Mother is coming. It's getting light. Be a little careful. (Leaves.) Juliet Through the window - day, and joy - from the window! ROMEO Let us embrace. Goodbye! I'll jump into the garden. Juliet Will you leave like this, my friend, my husband, my treasure? Let me know about myself every time all this time. There are so many days in a minute, That, surely, I will age a hundred years, Until I meet my Romeo again. ROMEO I will send news from abroad to anyone who will undertake to carry it. Juliet Will we ever see each other again? ROMEO Probably. And all this torment will serve as a memory for us later. Juliet Oh God, I have an evil eye! You seemed to me from here, from above, Lowered to the bottom of the grave And, if you believe the eye, terribly pale. ROMEO Sorrow devours us, and it drinks our blood. You're pale too. Bye Bye! (Leaves.) Juliet Fate, you are considered Changeable. If so, fate, then really be fickle and keep him far away forever. Lady Capulet (offstage) Are you up, daughter? Juliet Who speaks to me? Are you, mother? Haven't you gone to bed yet? Or have you gotten up? What do you need so early? Lady Capulet How are you, Juliet? Juliet I feel uneasy. Lady Capulet Are you still crying about the murdered man? But you cannot wash Him out of the ground with tears, and if you wash Him, you will not revive Him. Enough. Crying in moderation is a sign of great love, And crying without moderation is a sign of stupidity. Juliet What if the loss is so great? Lady Capulet After all, the lost does not see your tears. Juliet Yes, I pour them of my own free will. Lady Capulet You are not crying because Tybalt is gone, But because the scoundrel who killed him is alive. Juliet What a scoundrel? Lady Capulet Romeo! Juliet (aside) He and meanness are in no way compatible. - God knows, no one has ever tormented my heart like that! Lady Capulet All because he still lives. Juliet Lives and is beyond my reach. I will avenge Tybalt myself. Lady Capulet We too will take revenge, you can rest assured. I will send you to Mantua, where they say the criminal is hiding. There they will be able to mix Poisons into his food. He will hurry to visit Tybalt, And this will restore your peace. Juliet It's true that I will never rest, Until Romeo is in my hands. Find a person to send, And I’ll find Romeo’s poison myself. I will create such a poison for him that, believe me, he will fall asleep in peace. Oh, what a torment it is to hear this name and not be able to rush to him, so that out of love for the unfortunate Tybalt he would be strangled to death in his arms! Lady Capulet Make me a mixture, and I will get a messenger. Now I will tell you joy. Juliet At times like these, joy comes in very handy. So, what does this joy consist of? Lady Capulet Your father is full of concern for you. To entertain you, he chose a day for the holiday. We never dreamed of such an unexpected celebration. Juliet Well, good morning. When is the holiday? Lady Capulet Thursday, my dear. On Thursday, the Beautiful Count Paris, your betrothed, invites us in the morning to the Church of Peter, to marry you. Juliet I swear by St. Peter's Church and Peter, I don't fit in with Paris! What a rush! They drive you down the aisle, When the groom doesn't even show his eyes. Thank you Notify my father that it’s too early for me to get married, and if necessary, I’d rather marry Romeo than marry Paris. What joy! Lady Capulet Here he comes. Tell him yourself. Let's see how he takes these speeches. Enter Capulet and the nurse. Capulet Sunset is accompanied by dew, Nephew's sunset is marked by downpour. Streams again? Still in tears? It looks like such a puny body, But it struggles like a ship at sea, With an abyss of tears and a hurricane of sighs - Until a new silence reigns. Well how are you? Have you already informed Her of our command, wife? Lady Capulet Said, but she doesn't want to listen, Refuses. Thanks. Capulet What? What? I can not hear. Repeat. Don't want to? Thanks? She didn't understand All this honor? It’s not obvious to her, How many times is the groom more noble than us? Isn't she proud of our find? Juliet I should be grateful, but I'm not proud. What pride is there in that which is hated? But your wasted labor is also dear to me. Capulet That's logic! Sorry, I don't understand. Where is the connection? Sometimes “grateful” and “proud”, sometimes “not proud” and suddenly “not grateful”. Drop those things, mama's daughter! What is your pride and gratitude to me? But on Thursday, please, go and get married in the temple with Paris, or I will drag you on a rope. What holds the soul, cholera, carrion! I got bold! Lady Capulet Are you crazy? JULIET Father, I beg you tearfully on my knees, Let me just say a word! Capulet Not a sound! Everything is known in advance. On Thursday, be in church or never come into my sight again! Be silent, be silent! They grumbled, fools, that we have only one daughter, but in fact this one has many, so she bothered us! Ooh, vile! Nurse God forbid, sir! You can’t talk about your daughter like that. Capulet Why, teacher, with a pointer? They would go to the neighbors to wag their tongues! Nurse I'm not lying in vain. Capulet Go to God! Nurse You can't even open your mouth? The Capulets tell you, Talk to your neighbors over a glass! This is not a pub. Lady Capulet You are too hot. CAPULET All this is driving me crazy. God! Wherever I was and whatever I was up to, Whether at a party or at home, forever, day and night, My thought was to find Her a groom. And finally he is found. A rich man, a handsome man, a noble man, Well-mannered, the embodiment of all virtues, a dream and a dream, and this creature squeaks: “I don’t want to! I can’t! It’s too early for me. Sorry.” You can not? Fine. I forgive you. But please go ahead and feed wherever you want, just not with me anymore. Keep in mind, I'm not wasting words. You have two days to think, And if you are my daughter, then you will marry, And if not, wander, starve, And you may hang yourself: God knows, then I am no longer your father. So, think about it. This is not a joke. (Exits.) Juliet Is there really no compassion in heaven? They can see right through my misfortune. Oh, mother, don’t throw me out! Postpone the marriage for a month, a week, or put Tybalt in the crypt! Lady Capulet Everything has been discussed. Do as you please. Be quiet. I won't say another word. (Exits.) Juliet Oh my God! Oh nurse! What to do? My vow is in heaven, I have a husband. How can I return my oath from heaven to earth, Before my husband flies from the earth? Why does fate forge such shackles for defenseless creatures like me? Well, what do you say, nanny? Is there really no consolation? Nurse There is consolation. Romeo in exile. He will be careful not to meddle with you and demand you. That's why I would marry the count. He's a darling. Romeo is a small fry Compared to him. You won't find such a thunderstorm in the eyes of eagles. Your new marriage will outshine the first one with its benefits. And your current husband is so far away, That it is like a dead man, the same benefit. Juliet Do you speak from the heart? Nurse From the heart. Juliet Amen! Nurse What? Juliet You reborn me. Go downstairs and tell your mother: I will bring Lorenzo repentance for the sin of disobedience to his father. Nurse I'll go and tell you. This is a commendable step! (Exits.) Juliet After all, here it is, here it is, original sin. O demon tempter! What is more vile: To push me into a lie or to blaspheme Romeo with the same language with which She praised him so many times? Break, break! There is an abyss between us, nanny. And if the monk does not help me, There is a means to die in my hands. (Leaves.)
Tybalt is one of the heroes of Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet", the cousin of Juliet Capulet on the maternal side. He is strongly attached to Juliet and is extremely protective of her. Tybalt's bad attitude towards the Montague family is explained by his difficult childhood and poor upbringing. As events unfold, he is killed by Romeo in revenge for the dastardly murder of Mercutio. Tybalt did not know that Romeo and Juliet were secretly married. When Romeo, not paying attention to the malicious attacks directed at himself, called him “brother” in a fit of kindred feelings, Tybalt did not show due respect. For this, Romeo's best friend, Mercutio, challenged him to a duel.
Tybalt behaved dishonestly and stabbed the latter from under Romeo’s hand. Before his death, Mercutio cursed both families for their enmity. In desperation, Romeo challenged Tybalt to a duel and killed him. After Tybalt's death, he had to leave Verona and go to Mantua. Meanwhile, the Capulets were looking for revenge, wanting to find and kill the unfortunate young man in any way. Juliet promised to avenge her brother herself, but secretly hoped to escape with Romeo. Despite all their efforts, the fate of the young people was tragic. They both died. Only after their death did the Montague and Capulet families make peace among themselves.
We all know this classic hero of the famous work of William Shakespeare as an unhappy fifteen-year-old boy in love. “There is no sadder story in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet...” The names of these two lovers were first used by Luigi da Porto in 1524 in his play “The Story of Two Noble Lovers.” The events took place in Verona. This plot became so popular during the Renaissance that in 1554 Matteo Bandello would write a short story, in 1562 Arthur Brooke would write the poem “Romeo and Juliet,” and Shakespeare would take this story as a basis and create his world-famous tragedy.
Plot of the story
The main character appears on the scene immediately after a short fight between two servants of the warring noble families of Montague and Capulet in the city of Verona. Romeo Montague is sad and melancholy, he experiences feelings of unrequited love for Rosaline. In order to have some fun, Benvolio and Mercutio's friends persuade him to secretly go with them under masks to the Capulets' masquerade ball. As a result, Romeo is recognized and he leaves the ball, but during this time he manages to see the owner’s daughter, Juliet. They fall in love with each other at first sight, and only then find out that both belong to families that are mortal enemies.
And here, discussing the topic: “Romeo: characteristics of a hero,” it should be noted that the young man turned out to be very brave and persistent. One night he comes under Juliet's balcony and confesses his love to her. Young lovers take an oath of love and fidelity and want to get married secretly. They entrust this task to a friend, Friar Lorenzo. But then an unexpected event occurs: Romeo kills Tybalt, Juliet's brother. Romeo is expelled from Verona.
Death of Lovers
At this time, Juliet's parents are preparing her for her wedding to Paris. She is forced to ask for help from Friar Lorenzo, who offers her to drink a potion that will put her to sleep for two days, so that everyone will think that she has died. That’s exactly what happened, but the news explaining that Juliet’s death was imaginary did not reach Romeo.
Beside himself with grief, having learned about the death of his beloved, he returned to Verona and went to the Capulet crypt, where he met Paris and killed him. And after that he drank poison and died near Juliet. When she woke up, seeing Romeo dead, she immediately killed herself with a dagger. After this, the Montague and Capulet families stopped their senseless war, which led to the death of their beloved children.
Romeo: characteristics
At the very beginning of the work, the author depicts his hero as a completely inexperienced young man who is completely absorbed by love, or rather, a far-fetched passion for Rosalind, an unapproachable and very absurd beauty. Romeo understands his crazy behavior, but still, like a moth, he flies to the fire. Friends do not approve of his choice, because they understand that his passion is artificial, he is bored with the reality around him, and he deliberately invented all this for himself. His soul is still too pure and naive, and she can mistake an ordinary hobby for true love. It must be said that Romeo was an ardent dreamer; the characteristics of his nature indicate that he longs for love, but only in order to establish himself in it. He wants to become a winner over the indifferent and arrogant Rosalind. He thinks that this will help him raise his authority among his friends and grow in his own eyes.
Romeo and Juliet
When he sees sweet Juliet at the ball, all his false feelings dissipate, he immediately forgets about Rosalind. Now his love is genuine, which regenerates and elevates him. After all, by nature he is endowed with a tender and sensitive heart, which senses approaching trouble even before they decide to go to the enemy house of the Capulets for a holiday. He tried to resist this, but it turned out to be useless for him to fight fate, since strong passion still prevailed over Romeo. His characterization states that he is quick-tempered and not ready to come to terms with circumstances. First, he kills Juliet's brother Tybalt out of revenge for the murder of his friend Mercutio, and then he also kills the innocent Paris.
Conclusion
Shakespeare does not show himself to be a moralist here; he does not make his heroes positive or negative. Romeo's appearance doesn't particularly interest him. He shows the tragic path of everyone who cannot curb their destructive passions, which took power over such a bright, vulnerable and sublime soul as Romeo’s.
Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet", act one - summary
Scene one. The Montagues and Capulets, two noble families from the Italian city of Verona, are in a mortal feud with each other. Shakespeare's tragedy begins with a scene of an armed altercation between the servants of these families. In the midst of the fight, Tybalt (Lady Capulet's nephew) and Benvolio (Montague's nephew) appear. The benevolent Benvolio tries to separate the fighting, but the eccentric, cocky Tybalt interferes by rushing at him. The heads of both clans also appear on stage, scolding each other. Prince Escalus of Verona, who came to the noise, demands an end to the fratricide and summons both fathers of families to his court.
Lady Montague asks Benvolio if he met her son, Romeo, today. Benvolio replies that he saw Romeo early in the morning in the grove at the city gates, but he clearly desired solitude and disappeared among the trees. Lady Montague is concerned that her son has been tormented by some kind of melancholy lately; he doesn't want to communicate with anyone. Benvolio decides to find out the reason for this melancholy.
Romeo just enters. To Benvolio's question, he replies that he is tormented by unrequited love. His beloved is cold as ice, as if she had taken a vow of celibacy. Benvolio advises Romeo to cure his hopeless passion by turning his attention to other girls. But Romeo does not believe that he can forget his love.
Scene two. Young handsome Paris, a relative of the Duke of Verona, wooes Capulet's 14-year-old daughter, Juliet. The bride's father says that Juliet is still too young, but he will agree to the marriage if she wants him. Capulet, however, advises Paris to attend the annual holiday in their house today, where many beauties will gather. Perhaps he will find himself another betrothed there.
Benvolio also learns about the holiday from the Capulets. He invites Romeo to go there and see if, among other ladies, it is possible to forget about passion, which seems fatal. The original enemies of the Montague family will never be allowed into the Capulet house, but Benvolio and Romeo decide to sneak in, disguised as mummers.
Romeo and Juliet. Film 2013
Scene three. Lady Capulet, in the presence of the nurse, tells Juliet about Paris's proposal, praising his brilliant virtues. Juliet says that due to her youth, she had not yet thought about marriage. Lady Capulet advises her to look at Paris and appreciate him at today's ball. The daughter agrees to do this only out of respect for her mother.
Scene four. Romeo, Benvolio and their merry friend Mercutio go to the Capulets' ball as mummers. Along the way, Romeo talks about his prophetic dream, where it was revealed to him: what will arise at this ball will untimely shorten his life. Mercutio convinces his friend not to believe in dreams. Romeo says: “he who guides my ship has already set sail” - and draws the Capulets into the house, no matter what.
Scene five. The Capulets begin a magnificent celebration. The bully Tybalt hears the voice of Romeo Montague among the guests. He tries to find and kill this enemy, but the head of the family imperiously tells him to calm down.
Dressed as a monk, Romeo immediately singles out Juliet from all the ladies present, not yet knowing who she is. He approaches the beauty and, asking permission, kisses her hand. Juliet is fascinated by the stranger's appeal. The vigilant nurse calls her back to her mother.
Romeo learns from the nurse: the girl he just talked to is the daughter of his family’s worst enemy. Then Juliet sends the nurse to find out who the young man was who kissed her hand. He says his name - Romeo Montague.
Stills from the feature film “Romeo and Juliet” (1968) with immortal music by Nino Rota
Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet", act two - summary
Scene one. Late in the evening, Romeo climbs over the wall into the garden of the Capulet house. Benvolio and Mercutio condemn this crazy act of his. [Cm. full text of act 2.]
Scene two. Romeo is hiding at Juliet's balcony. She soon comes out to him and speaks loudly to herself about her passion for Romeo, lamenting that he belongs to a hostile family. Hearing Juliet's speeches, Romeo comes out of hiding and confesses his love to her. The amazed Juliet experiences shame and hesitation. It seems to her that the young man may be cunningly deceiving her. But he swears that he wants to marry her. Juliet tries to leave the balcony twice and returns twice. In the end, the lovers are persuaded: tomorrow morning Juliet’s messenger will come to Romeo to find out the time and place of their wedding. Romeo decides to ask his confessor, Franciscan monk Lorenzo, to marry him.
Scene three. Brother Lorenzo sorts through the medicinal herbs he has collected in his cell, while discussing nature’s tendency to mix good and evil principles. There is no good that does not simultaneously contain evil. Just as in the same plant the flowers are often healing, but the roots and leaves are poisonous, so the passions of the soul can be beneficial if a person does not overstep reasonable limits in them, and destructive when their strength is excessive.
Romeo enters the cell. He tells Lorenzo, his confessor, that he has stopped suffering for his former lover, Rosaline, has fallen madly in love with Juliet Capulet and asks to secretly marry him to her. The monk gently reproaches the young man for his inconstancy: in his hobbies he goes too far, and this can lead to bad things. However, Friar Lorenzo agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet. He hopes that their marriage will help end the bloody feud between the Montagues and Capulets.
Scene four. Benvolio and Mercutio wait for the missing Romeo, and he soon appears. Mercutio caustically ridicules his friend’s too ardent love passions, his excessive tendency to “ooh” and “aah.” The nurse sent by Juliet to Romeo and her servant Peter enter. Mercutio calls the nurse an old bawd and leaves.
Romeo tells the nurse: let Juliet come to brother Lorenzo at noon, as if for confession. He will marry them. During this visit, a reliable person will hand over a rope ladder to the nurse herself. Tonight she must lower it from Juliet's window so that Romeo can climb there.
Scene five. Returning to Juliet, the nurse tells her what she heard from Romeo.
Scene six. Brother Lorenzo performs the secret wedding of Romeo and Juliet, again reminding the groom before the ceremony: “Violent feelings have a violent end.”
Juliet. Artist J.W. Waterhouse, 1898
Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet", act three - summary
Scene one. Faithful friend Mercutio knows that Tybalt Capulet is looking for a way to kill Romeo. On the day of the wedding performed by Lorenzo's father, Mercutio and Benvolio meet Tybalt in the city square. To save Romeo, Mercutio starts a quarrel with Tybalt and enters into a sword fight with him. [Cm. full text of Act 3.]
At this time, Romeo appears in the square. He tries to separate the fighters. Taking advantage of this, Tybalt wounds Mercutio from under Romeo’s hand and disappears. Benvolio takes the wounded man away, and after a while returns with the news that he has died.
Tybalt also returns to the square. Romeo enters into a duel with him and kills him. The families of the Montagues and Capulets gather at the scene of the events, and Prince Escalus of Verona also comes. Although Benvolio says that Romeo was not the instigator of the fight, the prince condemns him for murder and banishes him from the city.
Scene two. Juliet is looking forward to meeting her husband Romeo in the evening. But the nurse who came in told her that he had killed her cousin Tybalt and was condemned to exile. Hot Juliet initially curses Romeo in a passionate outburst, but her love passion overpowers her hatred. Juliet says that for the sake of her husband she is ready to despise the memory of not only Tybalt, but even her mother and father. She sends the nurse to Romeo to tell him to come at night.
Scene three. Romeo moans loudly in Friar Lorenzo's cell. Exile will separate him from Juliet. Lorenzo persuades the young man to calm down and thank fate that he was not condemned to death. Lorenzo advises Romeo to live in neighboring Mantua until he finds a reason to open his marriage to Juliet. This publicity may reconcile their two families, and their friends will be able to persuade Romeo to be returned back.
The nurse enters and tells Romeo: Juliet found out about his murder of Tybalt, but she is still waiting for him at her place tonight. From this news, the desperate Romeo comes to life.
Scene four. Father and mother marry Juliet to Paris. The wedding is scheduled in three days.
Scene five. Early in the morning, Romeo and Juliet, with stormy outpourings of mutual love, say goodbye after spending the night together. When Romeo finally begins to descend the stairs from the window, he seems lowered into a coffin to Juliet looking down at him. Romeo also tells Juliet that she looks pale.
Farewell to Romeo and Juliet on the balcony. Artist F.B. Dixie, 1884
Immediately after Romeo leaves, her father and mother come to the grief-stricken Juliet. She explains her tears by longing for Tybalt. Juliet's parents inform her that in three days she will marry Paris. Juliet violently refuses. Her father rudely shouts at her, calling her vile and ungrateful: her parents found her a much more noble groom, and she is also stubborn. The father says: if Juliet does not marry Paris, he will kick her out of the house.
When her parents leave, Juliet decides to go to the priest Lorenzo.
Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet", act four - summary
Scene 1. Having learned that Paris will marry Juliet in the coming days, priest Lorenzo is confused. An excited Juliet comes to him. She asks Lorenzo to find some way out of the situation, threatening that otherwise she will commit suicide. [Cm. full text of Act 4.]
The priest, an expert in herbs, finds the only way to avoid marriage with Paris. He has a special tincture. If Juliet agrees to drink it, she will fall into such a deep sleep that everyone will mistake her for dead. This state will last 42 hours. During this time, Juliet will be buried in the family crypt, and Lorenzo will send a messenger to Romeo in Mantua. At night, Romeo will arrive at the cemetery, pick up his awakened wife from the crypt and take her with him.
Lorenzo warns that this method is very risky. But Juliet, in a fit of desperate determination, agrees to his plan, takes the bottle with the tincture and leaves.
Scene 2. At the Capulet house they are preparing for the wedding feast. Returning from the priest, Juliet pretends to be cheerful and tells her parents that she no longer wants to resist marriage to Paris. The overjoyed father decides to speed up the wedding before his daughter changes her mind and reschedules it for tomorrow.
Scene 3. Juliet retires to her room. The thought that she might wake up in a terrible tomb among the dead before Romeo appears terrifies her. But Juliet overcomes him, drinks the bottle and falls on the bed.
Scene 4. The next morning, Capulet's father and mother send a nurse to wake Juliet before the groom arrives.
Scene 5. Seeing Juliet lifeless on the bed, the nurse screams that she is dead. Relatives come running, and Paris comes too. Everyone takes Juliet for dead. Brother Lorenzo reassures the mourners with the words that the deceased is now in heaven, and offers to immediately transfer her to the crypt right in her wedding dress.
Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet", act five - summary
Scene 1. Romeo in Mantua is worried about the long absence of news from Lorenzo. Romeo is also amazed at the strange dream he saw: he was lying dead, but Juliet came up to him and brought him back to life with a kiss. At this moment, his family’s servant Balthazar, who came from Verona, enters and reports: Juliet has died. In gloomy despair, Romeo goes to a nearby medicinal shop and buys the strongest poison from the pharmacist for a large sum, deciding to commit suicide near the body of his wife. [Cm. full text of act 5.]
Scene 2. Friar Giovanni, sent by Lorenzo with a letter to Romeo in Mantua, returns and says that he could not go there: he was not allowed out of Verona due to the spread of the infection and quarantine. Lorenzo urgently sends another message to Romeo. Fearing that he will not make it to the crypt before his wife awakens, Lorenzo decides to open the tomb himself at night and shelter Juliet until Romeo takes her.
Scene 3. An inconsolable Paris comes to Juliet at the cemetery with a bouquet of flowers. At the same time, Romeo and Balthazar appear. Romeo begins to open the Capulet family's crypt with a pickaxe. Paris, seeing this, decides that the Capulets' enemy Romeo was planning to mock the bodies of Tybalt and Juliet, whom he had killed. He runs up to him and tries to arrest him. Romeo convinces Paris that he is “preparing reprisals against himself here,” but he does not believe and enters into a duel with him with swords.
Romeo kills Paris. The page accompanying the latter runs to call the cemetery guard. Paris, dying, asks Romeo to bring him into the crypt to Juliet. Romeo brings him in, already dead, lovingly examines his wife’s facial features one last time, kisses her, drinks the poison and dies.
Brother Lorenzo comes to the cemetery with a crowbar and a shovel. Balthazar tells him that Romeo killed someone at the crypt door and then disappeared inside. Lorenzo enters the tomb and sees Romeo and Paris dead.
At this time, Juliet awakens. Lorenzo says her husband and fiancé are dead. Hearing the noise of the approaching guards, the priest convinces the girl to immediately leave with him from here. But she says that she will not survive Romeo’s death. Grabbing her husband's dagger, Juliet plunges it into her chest and dies.
Juliet near Romeo's dead body. Artist J. Wright of Derby, 1790
The guards come running. The Prince of Verona arrives, and then members of the Capulet and Montague families. Everyone mourns bitterly over the bodies of the dead. Lorenzo explains the essence and details of the case. The Capulets and Montagues learn for the first time that their children have been married. The common grief inclines the heads of families to generous reconciliation. Romeo's father promises to erect a golden statue of Juliet, and Juliet's father promises to erect the same statue of Romeo. Shakespeare ends his tragedy with the words put into the prince’s mouth: “the story of Romeo and Juliet will remain the saddest in the world.”
The finale of Shakespeare's tragedy. Reconciliation of the heads of the Capulet and Montague families over the dead bodies of children. Artist F. Leighton, c. 1850s
Tybalt is one of the minor characters in William Shakespeare's world famous classic play, the tragedy called Romeo and Juliet.
He belongs to the Capulet family. Tybalt is the cousin of Juliet, the main character of the tragedy. He is the nephew of Lady Capulet. The character first appears in the work in the opening act.
The author endowed this character with a terrible character: arrogant and hot-tempered. He supports the idea of blood feud between the Montague and Capulet families and in every possible way provokes their members into quarrels. He was raised to be a rude and cruel person. Perhaps it was his character that led to a tragic end for all members of both families, because after the murder of Tybalt, Romeo was expelled from Verona as punishment. But at the same time, he loves his sister, treats her very kindly and tries to protect her. The man takes care of Juliet in every possible way, he is truly attached to her. Due to his hot-tempered and scandalous temper, Tybalt does not know how to compromise and resolve disagreements without violence. Very often, this character deliberately provokes an opponent with impartial statements addressed to him in order to start a fight with him.
Tybalt did not know that Romeo and Juliet had secretly gotten married and hid this fact from their families, so he treated the young man without due respect. During another quarrel with the Montague family, Tybalt kills Mercutio. Moreover, he does this vilely and deliberately, violating the code of duels of that time. Benvolio asked him to help stop the fight, but Tybalt did not listen to him, but on the contrary, became the instigator of a new confrontation. For this act, Romeo challenges him to a duel. During the battle, Romeo avenges the death of his best friend and kills Tybalt. It was for this murder that the younger Montague was expelled from Verona, and the enmity between the two revered families intensified even more, which led to a tragic end for them.
With the help of this character, Shakespeare shows the reader the moral principles and social system of Verona during the Middle Ages. His life positions are a vivid example of the pattern of behavior common to the intelligentsia at that time.
Characteristics and image of the hero.
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