“Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death, And therefore have I little talked of love, For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. Now, sir, her father counts it dangerous That she do give her sorrow so much sway, And in his wisdom hastes our marriage To stop the inundation of her tears— Which, too much minded by herself alone, May be put from her by society. Now do you know the reason of this haste” (4,1,6-15). | Who: ParisWhere: Act 4 Scene 1To: Friar Lawrence |
“I would I knew not why it should be slow’d” (4,1,16). | Who: Friar LawrenceWhere: Act 4 Scene 1To: Himself |
“Thy face is mine, and thou hast slander’d it” (4,1,35). | Who: ParisWhere: Act 4 Scene 1To: Juliet |
Hold, then. Go home, be merry. Give consent To marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow. Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone. Let not the Nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distillèd liquor drink thou off, When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease. No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To wanny ashes, thy eyes’ windows fallLike death when he shuts up the day of life. Each part, depriv’d of supple government, Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death. And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk deathThou shalt continue two and forty hours, And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comesTo rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead. Then, as the manner of our country is, In thy best robes uncovered on the bier Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vaultWhere all the kindred of the Capulets lie. In the meantime, against thou shalt awake, Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, And hither shall he come, and he and IWill watch thy waking, and that very night Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. And this shall free thee from this present shame, If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear, Abate thy valor in the acting it” (4,1,89-120). | Who: Friar LawrenceWhere: Act 4 Scene 1To: Juliet |
“Tush, I will stir about, And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife: Go thou to Juliet, help deck up her; I’ll not to bed tonight; let me alone, I’ll play huswife for this once. What ho! They are all forth. Well, I will walk myself To County Paris, to prepare up him Against tomorrow. My heart is wondrous light, Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim’d” (4,2,40-47). | Who: CapuletWhere: Act 4 Scene 2To: Lady Capulet |
“Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body Upon a rapier’s point. Stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee” (4,3,56-58). | Who: JulietWhere: Act 4 Scene 3To: Herself |
“Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up, I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste, Make haste, the bridegroom he is come already, make haste, I say” (4,4,25-28). | Who: CapuletWhere: Act 4 Scene 4To: Nurse |
“What, dress’d, and in your clothes, and down again? I must needs to wake you. Lady, lady, lady! Alas, alas! Help, help! my lady’s dead! O weraday that ever I was born! Some aqua-vitae, ho! My lord! My lady!” (4,5,12-16). | Who: NurseWhere: Act 4 Scene 5To: Juliet and herself |
“O me, O me, my child, my only life! Revive, look up, or I will die with thee. Help, help! Call help” (4,5,19-21). | Who: Lady CapuletWhere: Act 4 Scene 5To: Nurse |
“Send for the county, go tell him of this. I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning” (4,2,23-24). | Who: CapuletWhere: Act 4 Scene 2To: Nurse |
Ready to go, but never to return. O son! The night before thy wedding day Hath death lain with thy wife. There she lies, Flower as she was, deflowered by him.Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir. My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all. Life, living, all is Death’s” (4,5,34-40). | Who: CapuletWhere: Act 4 Scene 5To: Paris |
“Ay, those attires are best, but, gentle Nurse, I pray thee leave me to myself tonight: For I have need of many orisons To move the heavens to smile upon my state, Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin” (4,3,1-5). | Who: JulietWhere: Act 4 Scene 3To: Nurse |
“No, madam. We have cull’d such necessaries As are behooveful for our state tomorrow. So please you, let me now be left alone, And let the Nurse this night sit up with you. For, I am sure, you have your hands full all In this so sudden business” (4,3,7-12). | Who: JulietWhere: Act 4 Scene 3To: Lady Capulet |
Romeo and Juliet Act Four Quote Cards
August 11, 2019