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4,136 | 1112_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Outside on the Verona street, Benvolio and Mercutio wait around for Romeo to meet them. Tybalt and Petruccio see them first, and start a quarrel. Tybalt makes it clear that he is looking for Romeo, whom he wants to punish for sneaking into the Capulets' masked party the previous day. When Romeo arrives, overj... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nA public place.",
"Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, and Men.",
"Ben. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire.\n The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.\n And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,\n For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.",
"Mer. Thou art like one of these fel... |
4,137 | 1112_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One At the chapel, Paris speaks to Friar Laurence about his impending wedding to Juliet. Aware of the complications that will arise from this new match, the Friar is full of misgivings. Juliet, in search of Romeo, arrives at the chapel and finds Paris there. She is forced to speak with him, and he behaves arrogan... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] and County Paris.",
"Friar. On Thursday, sir? The time is very short.",
"Par. My father Capulet will have it so,\n And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.",
"Friar. You say you do not know the lady's mind.\n Uneven is the course; I... |
4,138 | 1112_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Romeo wanders the streets of Mantua, mulling over a dream he had the night before where Juliet was dead. Then, Balthasar arrives from Verona with the news of Juliet's apparent suicide. Romeo immediately orders Balthasar to prepare a horse so he can rush to Verona and see Juliet's body. Meanwhile, he writes a ... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nMantua. A street.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep\n My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.\n My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,\n And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit\n Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.\n I dr... |
4,139 | 1112_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the streets of Verona, two young Capulet servants, Sampson and Gregory, are hanging out and trash-talking the Montagues. Those are some loyal servants. Then some young Montague servants show up. Sampson and Gregory want to put their money where their mouths are, i.e., kick some Montague butt--but the Prince of Veron... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nVerona. A public place.",
"Enter Sampson and Gregory (with swords and bucklers) of the house\nof Capulet.",
"Samp. Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals.",
"Greg. No, for then we should be colliers.",
"Samp. I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.",
"Greg. Ay, while you live, draw y... |
4,140 | 1112_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, Lord Capulet is hanging out with County Paris, Verona's #1 most Eligible Bachelor. Capulet says something like "I'm getting too old for this whole family feud thing and so is Lord Montague--I'm sure we can work something out to keep the peace." But Paris has other things on his mind, like, "Hey, can I marry ... | [
"Scene II.\nA Street.",
"Enter Capulet, County Paris, and [Servant] -the Clown.",
"Cap. But Montague is bound as well as I,\n In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,\n For men so old as we to keep the peace.",
"Par. Of honourable reckoning are you both,\n And pity 'tis you liv'd at odds so long... |
4,141 | 1112_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Capulet house, Juliet's mother, Lady Capulet, comes in to tell her daughter about Paris's proposal. But Juliet's nurse first delivers a long, semi-bawdy speech about Juliet's infancy and toddler years. Her rambling, tangent of a speech reveals the following information: the Nurse had a baby named Susan who was a... | [
"Scene III.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Capulet's Wife, and Nurse.",
"Wife. Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.",
"Nurse. Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old,\n I bade her come. What, lamb! what ladybird!\n God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!",
"Enter Juliet.",
"Jul. How n... |
4,142 | 1112_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo and his posse are getting ready to sneak into the Capulets' party. Luckily, it's a costume party, so they can wear masks. Romeo and Mercutio trade insults and there's some naughty talk about love, in particular, what to do to when "love pricks like a thorn." Mercutio's solution? "If love be rough with you, be rou... | [
"Scene IV.\nA street.",
"Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, with five or six other Maskers;\nTorchbearers.",
"Rom. What, shall this speech be spoke for our excuse?\n Or shall we on without apology?",
"Ben. The date is out of such prolixity.\n We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf,\n Bearing a Tar... |
4,143 | 1112_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the shindig, Capulet welcomes his guests to the party and invites everyone to get their groove on. He also threatens that if any young girl refuses to dance, he'll tell everyone she "hath corns" on her feet. Now, for the moment we've all been waiting for. Romeo sees Juliet dancing and...falls in love at first sight.... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's house.",
"Servingmen come forth with napkins.",
"1. Serv. Where's Potpan, that he helps not to take away?\n He shift a trencher! he scrape a trencher!\n 2. Serv. When good manners shall lie all in one or two men's\n hands, and they unwash'd too, 'tis a foul thing.\n 1. Serv. Away wi... |
4,144 | 1112_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo doesn't want to leave the Capulet's property, so he ditches his friends and hides out in the orchard behind the Capulet house. Benvolio and Mercutio try to find him. Unaware that Romeo now has the hots for Juliet, they shout lots of filthy things about Rosaline hoping that Romeo will come out to defend Rosaline's... | [
"ACT II. Scene I.\nA lane by the wall of Capulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo alone.",
"Rom. Can I go forward when my heart is here?\n Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.\n [Climbs the wall and leaps down within it.]",
"Enter Benvolio with Mercutio.",
"Ben. Romeo! my cousin R... |
4,145 | 1112_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo is wandering aimlessly around the Capulet backyard when guess-who appears on the balcony. "What light through yonder window breaks?" he asks. He then answers his own question. "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!" Just when you think Romeo is cray-cray, Juliet is talking to herself, too. "O Romeo, Romeo, where... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.",
"Enter Juliet above at a window.",
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grie... |
4,146 | 1112_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | That Romeo sure is fast because the next thing we know, Romeo tracks down Friar Laurence, who has been out foraging for medicinal plants and herbs for one of his concoctions. also tell us that it wasn't uncommon for clergymen to practice or dabble in medicine--after all, a visit to the physician was an expense that man... | [
"Scene III.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] alone, with a basket.",
"Friar. The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night,\n Check'ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light;\n And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels\n From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels. Non, ere ... |
4,147 | 1112_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mercutio and Benvolio still haven't figured out where Romeo is. It turns out that Tybalt has sent Romeo a message that goes something like this: "I'm going to beat you up with my sword." But lovelorn Romeo is in no condition to face Tybalt in a duel, right? History Snack: Many Elizabethans believed that love basically ... | [
"Scene IV.\nA street.",
"Enter Benvolio and Mercutio.",
"Mer. Where the devil should this Romeo be?\n Came he not home to-night?",
"Ben. Not to his father's. I spoke with his man.",
"Mer. Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline,\n Torments him so that he will sure run mad.",
"Ben. Tyba... |
4,148 | 1112_act_2,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In an orchard at the Capulet place, Juliet waits for the Nurse to come back with a message from Romeo. When the Nurse comes back, she plays a little game by refusing to tell Juliet anything and complaining about her aching back. Finally, the Nurse gives in and tells Juliet to run to Friar Laurence's cell where Romeo is... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Juliet.",
"Jul. The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;\n In half an hour she 'promis'd to return.\n Perchance she cannot meet him. That's not so.\n O, she is lame! Love's heralds should be thoughts,\n Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams\... |
4,149 | 1112_act_2,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back at Friar Laurence's place, the priest tries to convince Romeo to calm down a little. Marriage is for the long term, you see. "These violent delights have violent ends," he warns. Unfortunately, it goes in one ear and out the other. Brain Snack: If you're a Twilight fan, you're probably thinking that Friar Laurence... | [
"Scene VI.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar [Laurence] and Romeo.",
"Friar. So smile the heavens upon this holy act\n That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!",
"Rom. Amen, amen! But come what sorrow can,\n It cannot countervail the exchange of joy\n That one short minute gives me in her sigh... |
4,150 | 1112_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Things are starting to heat up--as they usually do in Act 3 of Shakespeare's plays. Benvolio and Mercutio are hanging out as usual, trading insults and mocking the Capulets. Trouble materializes in the form of Tybalt, who is trying to find Romeo so he can get back at him for crashing the Capulet party. Tybalt provokes ... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nA public place.",
"Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, and Men.",
"Ben. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire.\n The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.\n And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,\n For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.",
"Mer. Thou art like one of these fel... |
4,151 | 1112_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet, who hasn't heard about the whole murder/ revenge killing thing, is watching the clock for nightfall, when Romeo is supposed to sneak into her room. When the Nurse enters, Juliet realizes right away that something has gone wrong. First, Juliet thinks Romeo has been killed. Nope: her husband has just murdered her... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Juliet alone.",
"Jul. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,\n Towards Phoebus' lodging! Such a wagoner\n As Phaeton would whip you to the West\n And bring in cloudy night immediately. Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,\n That runaway eyes may wi... |
4,152 | 1112_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo is hiding out at Friar Laurence's, and Friar updates him on the Tybalt situation. The Friar wants him to see the banishment as good news--yay for no executions?--but Romeo is too focused on the never seeing Juliet again part. There's a knock at the door. It may be the Prince's men. Eek. The Friar tells Romeo to h... | [
"Scene III.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar [Laurence].",
"Friar. Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man.\n Affliction is enanmour'd of thy parts,\n And thou art wedded to calamity.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. Father, what news? What is the Prince's doom\n What sorrow craves acquaintanc... |
4,153 | 1112_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Paris is still hanging around hoping he can marry Juliet. Unfortunately, Juliet's still way depressed about Tybalt/Romeo. Of course, her parents don't know about the Romeo part, and Juliet's grief for Tybalt seems so extreme to her father that he changes his mind about waiting a few years before she is married. What be... | [
"Scene IV.\nCapulet's house",
"Enter Old Capulet, his Wife, and Paris.",
"Cap. Things have fall'n out, sir, so unluckily\n That we have had no time to move our daughter.\n Look you, she lov'd her kinsman Tybalt dearly,\n And so did I. Well, we were born to die.\n 'Tis very late; she'll not come down... |
4,154 | 1112_act_3,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo and Juliet wake after their first and only night together. They don't want to say good-bye, but they know Romeo will be killed if he gets caught in Verona, especially if he also happens to be in Juliet's bed. Before Juliet has time to fix her hair or anything, her mother comes in. They manage to have a conversati... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo and Juliet aloft, at the Window.",
"Jul. Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.\n It was the nightingale, and not the lark,\n That pierc'd the fearful hollow of thine ear.\n Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree.\n Believe me, love, it was the ni... |
4,155 | 1112_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Paris has stopped by Friar Laurence's church to make plans for his upcoming marriage to Juliet. The Friar is quietly freaking out, since he's not a big fan of enabling bigamy. Juliet rushes in to see the friar talking with the last person on earth she wants to see: Paris. "Happily met, my lady and my wife," Paris says ... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] and County Paris.",
"Friar. On Thursday, sir? The time is very short.",
"Par. My father Capulet will have it so,\n And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.",
"Friar. You say you do not know the lady's mind.\n Uneven is the course; I... |
4,156 | 1112_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet comes home, all fake-humble and repentant. She apologizes for being a bratty teenager and says she'll marry Paris. Lord Capulet is overjoyed and decides the marriage will take place the next day, even if he has to stay up all night making preparations. | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Father Capulet, Mother, Nurse, and Servingmen,\n two or three.",
"Cap. So many guests invite as here are writ.\n [Exit a Servingman.]\n Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.",
"Serv. You shall have no... |
4,157 | 1112_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet convinces the Nurse and Lady Capulet to leave her alone, then takes out the potion the Friar gave her. She worries for a brief moment that it might be real poison, and then freaks herself out by imagining what it'll be like to awake surrounded by a bunch of dead bodies, including the fresh corpse of her cousin T... | [
"Scene III.\nJuliet's chamber.",
"Enter Juliet and Nurse.",
"Jul. Ay, those attires are best; but, gentle nurse,\n I pray thee leave me to myself to-night;\n For I have need of many orisons\n To move the heavens to smile upon my state,\n Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin.",
"Enter... |
4,158 | 1112_act_4,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Everyone is bustling around cheerfully trying to get things ready for the wedding that morning. No one has realized yet that the bride has a serious case of cold feet. | [
"Scene IV.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Lady of the House and Nurse.",
"Lady. Hold, take these keys and fetch more spices, nurse.",
"Nurse. They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.",
"Enter Old Capulet.",
"Cap. Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow'd,\n The curfew bell hath rung, 'tis t... |
4,159 | 1112_act_4,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When the Nurse comes to wake Juliet up in the morning, she discovers the girl dead. Oh, bummer. Wonder if they'll get the photographer's deposit back? Then the Friar shows up and takes action, telling them to take Juliet to the tomb, stat. | [
"Scene V.\nJuliet's chamber.",
"[Enter Nurse.]",
"Nurse. Mistress! what, mistress! Juliet! Fast, I warrant her, she.\n Why, lamb! why, lady! Fie, you slug-abed!\n Why, love, I say! madam! sweetheart! Why, bride!\n What, not a word? You take your pennyworths now!\n Sleep for a week; for the next nigh... |
4,160 | 1112_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In exile in Mantua, Romeo wakes up feeling good. He has just had a dream in which Juliet found him dead, but then kissed him back to life. That sound you just heard was the anvil of foreshadowing. Romeo's servant Balthasar arrives with the news from Verona. There's no good way to say this: Juliet's dead. Um, is there a... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nMantua. A street.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep\n My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.\n My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,\n And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit\n Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.\n I dr... |
4,161 | 1112_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Why didn't Romeo get the message Friar Laurence sent him? Because Friar Laurence sent the letter with his friend, Friar John, who was delayed due to an unfortunate mix-up. . Next time, don't use up all your minutes, Friar. Friar John comes back without having delivered the letter, and Friar Laurence is getting a baaaaa... | [
"Scene II.\nVerona. Friar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar John to Friar Laurence.",
"John. Holy Franciscan friar, brother, ho!",
"Enter Friar Laurence.",
"Laur. This same should be the voice of Friar John.\n Welcome from Mantua. What says Romeo?\n Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.",
"John... |
4,162 | 1112_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Capulet tomb seems to be a popular locale. When Romeo approaches, Paris is already there, sadly tossing flowers. He gets an alert from him page that someone is approaching and steps aside to see who it is. When Romeo arrives on the scene, he gets a hammer and a crowbar from Balthasar and hands Balthasar a letter fo... | [
"Scene III.\nVerona. A churchyard; in it the monument of the Capulets.",
"Enter Paris and his Page with flowers and [a torch].",
"Par. Give me thy torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof.\n Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.\n Under yond yew tree lay thee all along,\n Holding thine ear close to the ho... |
4,139 | 1112_romeo_and_juliet:_summary_&_analysis_act_1_scene_1_|_romeo_and_jul1et_play_summary_&_study_gu1de_|_cl1ffsnotes_shakespeare_central | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens with a brawl on the streets of Verona between servants from the affluent Montague and Capulet households. While attempting to stop the fight, Benvolio is drawn into the fray by Tybalt, kinsman of the Capulets. The fight rapidly escalates as more citizens become involved and soon the heads of both househ... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nVerona. A public place.",
"Enter Sampson and Gregory (with swords and bucklers) of the house\nof Capulet.",
"Samp. Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals.",
"Greg. No, for then we should be colliers.",
"Samp. I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.",
"Greg. Ay, while you live, draw y... |
4,140 | 1112_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Paris, a relative of the prince, asks Capulet for his daughter Juliet's hand in marriage. Capulet is initially reluctant to give his consent because Juliet is so young. Finally, however, he agrees to the match if Paris can gain Juliet's consent. Capulet invites Paris to a feast to be held that night. Capulet sends off ... | [
"Scene II.\nA Street.",
"Enter Capulet, County Paris, and [Servant] -the Clown.",
"Cap. But Montague is bound as well as I,\n In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,\n For men so old as we to keep the peace.",
"Par. Of honourable reckoning are you both,\n And pity 'tis you liv'd at odds so long... |
4,141 | 1112_romeo_and_juliet:_act_1_scene_3_summary_&_analys1s_|_shakespeare_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lady Capulet questions Juliet regarding her feelings about marriage and then informs Juliet of Paris' proposal. When her mother mentions that Paris will attend the feast that evening, Juliet reacts with dutiful reserve, whereas her nurse, recalling incidents from Juliet's childhood, volunteers a bawdier response. | [
"Scene III.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Capulet's Wife, and Nurse.",
"Wife. Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.",
"Nurse. Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old,\n I bade her come. What, lamb! what ladybird!\n God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!",
"Enter Juliet.",
"Jul. How n... |
4,142 | 1112_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio, and others from the Montague household make their way to the Capulet feast. With their masks concealing their identity, they resolve to stay for just one dance. Because Romeo continues to be lovesick for Rosaline, Mercutio teases him for being such a stereotypical hopeless lover. Mercutio the... | [
"Scene IV.\nA street.",
"Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, with five or six other Maskers;\nTorchbearers.",
"Rom. What, shall this speech be spoke for our excuse?\n Or shall we on without apology?",
"Ben. The date is out of such prolixity.\n We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf,\n Bearing a Tar... |
4,143 | 1112_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo and his fellow attendees arrive at the Capulet feast. The guests are greeted by Capulet, who reminisces with his cousin about how long it has been since they both took part in a masque. Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her instantly. Tybalt recognizes Romeo's voice and sends for his rapier to kill him. A ... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's house.",
"Servingmen come forth with napkins.",
"1. Serv. Where's Potpan, that he helps not to take away?\n He shift a trencher! he scrape a trencher!\n 2. Serv. When good manners shall lie all in one or two men's\n hands, and they unwash'd too, 'tis a foul thing.\n 1. Serv. Away wi... |
4,144 | 1112_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene takes place outside the Capulet orchard. Romeo hopes to see Juliet again after falling in love with her at first sight during the Capulet masquerade ball. He leaps the orchard wall when he hears Mercutioand Benvolio approaching. His friends are unaware that Romeo has met and fallen in love with Juliet. Mercu... | [
"ACT II. Scene I.\nA lane by the wall of Capulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo alone.",
"Rom. Can I go forward when my heart is here?\n Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.\n [Climbs the wall and leaps down within it.]",
"Enter Benvolio with Mercutio.",
"Ben. Romeo! my cousin R... |
4,145 | 1112_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo stands in the shadows beneath Juliet's bedroom window. Juliet appears on the balcony and thinking she's alone, reveals in a soliloquy her love for Romeo. She despairs over the feud between the two families and the problems the feud presents. Romeo listens and when Juliet calls on him to "doff" his name, he steps ... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.",
"Enter Juliet above at a window.",
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grie... |
4,146 | 1112_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo arrives at Friar Laurence's cell as day breaks. The Friar is collecting herbs and flowers while he postulates on their powers to medicate and to poison. Romeo tells him of his love for Juliet and asks the Friar to marry them later that day. The Friar is amazed and concerned at the speed with which Romeo has trans... | [
"Scene III.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] alone, with a basket.",
"Friar. The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night,\n Check'ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light;\n And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels\n From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels. Non, ere ... |
4,147 | 1112_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Now, the morning after the Capulet feast, Mercutio and Benvolio search for Romeo. Mercutio blames Romeo's absence on his love for the "pale, hard-hearted wench," Rosaline. Benvolio has discovered that Tybalt has sent Romeo a challenge to duel, and Mercutio is amused at the thought of an encounter between Romeo, the rom... | [
"Scene IV.\nA street.",
"Enter Benvolio and Mercutio.",
"Mer. Where the devil should this Romeo be?\n Came he not home to-night?",
"Ben. Not to his father's. I spoke with his man.",
"Mer. Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline,\n Torments him so that he will sure run mad.",
"Ben. Tyba... |
4,148 | 1112_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Three hours after sending the Nurse for news from Romeo, Juliet waits impatiently for her return. The Nurse, knowing of Juliet's eagerness, deliberately teases the young bride-to-be by withholding the word of the upcoming wedding. Instead, the Nurse complains about her aches and pains. The Nurse finally relents when Ju... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Juliet.",
"Jul. The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;\n In half an hour she 'promis'd to return.\n Perchance she cannot meet him. That's not so.\n O, she is lame! Love's heralds should be thoughts,\n Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams\... |
4,149 | 1112_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo and Friar Laurence wait for Juliet, and again the Friar warns Romeo about the hastiness of his decision to marry. Romeo agrees, but boldly challenges "love-devouring death" to destroy his euphoria. The friar then warns, These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which... | [
"Scene VI.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar [Laurence] and Romeo.",
"Friar. So smile the heavens upon this holy act\n That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!",
"Rom. Amen, amen! But come what sorrow can,\n It cannot countervail the exchange of joy\n That one short minute gives me in her sigh... |
4,150 | 1112_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | During the heat of the day, Benvolio and Mercutio are loitering on the streets of Verona when Tybalt arrives looking for Romeo. Benvolio wishes to avoid a confrontation with the Capulets; however, Mercutio is deliberately provocative and tries to draw Tybalt into an argument so that they can fight. Romeo appears and Ty... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nA public place.",
"Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, and Men.",
"Ben. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire.\n The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.\n And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,\n For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.",
"Mer. Thou art like one of these fel... |
4,151 | 1112_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet waits impatiently for night to fall so that she can celebrate her wedding night with Romeo. The Nursearrives and in her grief, misleads Juliet into thinking that Romeo has been killed. When the Nurse eventually reveals that it is Tybalt who is dead, Juliet's fears are only slightly relieved. Upon hearing that Ro... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Juliet alone.",
"Jul. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,\n Towards Phoebus' lodging! Such a wagoner\n As Phaeton would whip you to the West\n And bring in cloudy night immediately. Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,\n That runaway eyes may wi... |
4,152 | 1112_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Friar Laurence tells Romeo that the Prince has sentenced him to banishment rather than death. Romeo is distraught because he regards banishment as a form of living death when he cannot be with Juliet. The Friar tries to reason with Romeo, but young Romeo is inconsolable -- "with his own tears made drunk." The Nurse arr... | [
"Scene III.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar [Laurence].",
"Friar. Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man.\n Affliction is enanmour'd of thy parts,\n And thou art wedded to calamity.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. Father, what news? What is the Prince's doom\n What sorrow craves acquaintanc... |
4,153 | 1112_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Late on Monday evening, Capulet and Paris discuss how Juliet's grief over Tybalt's death has prevented Paris from continuing his courtship of Juliet. Suddenly, as Paris prepares to leave, Capulet offers him Juliet's hand in marriage. He tells Paris that Juliet will obey his patriarchal wishes and marry Paris on Thursda... | [
"Scene IV.\nCapulet's house",
"Enter Old Capulet, his Wife, and Paris.",
"Cap. Things have fall'n out, sir, so unluckily\n That we have had no time to move our daughter.\n Look you, she lov'd her kinsman Tybalt dearly,\n And so did I. Well, we were born to die.\n 'Tis very late; she'll not come down... |
4,154 | 1112_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At dawn on Tuesday morning, Romeo and Juliet make their final exchanges of love before Romeo leaves for Mantua. The lovers try to resist the coming day that heralds their separation by pretending that it is still night and that the bird they hear is the nightingale and not the lark, a morning bird. However, the ominous... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo and Juliet aloft, at the Window.",
"Jul. Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.\n It was the nightingale, and not the lark,\n That pierc'd the fearful hollow of thine ear.\n Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree.\n Believe me, love, it was the ni... |
4,155 | 1112_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On Tuesday morning, Paris tells Friar Laurence of his proposed marriage to Juliet -- a wedding scheduled to take place in two days. The Friar expresses concern that the wedding has been arranged too quickly, and he offers various reasons to delay the ceremony. Paris believes that Capulet hastened the nuptials out of co... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] and County Paris.",
"Friar. On Thursday, sir? The time is very short.",
"Par. My father Capulet will have it so,\n And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.",
"Friar. You say you do not know the lady's mind.\n Uneven is the course; I... |
4,156 | 1112_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet returns to the Capulet house to find wedding preparations well underway. She tells her father that she will abide by his wishes and agree to marry Paris. Lord Capulet is so overjoyed at the news that he decides to move the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday. Lady Capulet protests, saying that such quick notice d... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Father Capulet, Mother, Nurse, and Servingmen,\n two or three.",
"Cap. So many guests invite as here are writ.\n [Exit a Servingman.]\n Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.",
"Serv. You shall have no... |
4,157 | 1112_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet and her nurse make the final preparations for the wedding that is to take place the following morning. Lady Capulet offers her assistance, but Juliet asks to be left to her prayers and sends the Nurseand her mother away. Juliet then reflects on the Friar's plan. She wonders if the Friar has given her actual pois... | [
"Scene III.\nJuliet's chamber.",
"Enter Juliet and Nurse.",
"Jul. Ay, those attires are best; but, gentle nurse,\n I pray thee leave me to myself to-night;\n For I have need of many orisons\n To move the heavens to smile upon my state,\n Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin.",
"Enter... |
4,158 | 1112_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The time is 3 a.m., and Lord Capulet has not been to bed. The Capulet household has been alive throughout the night with frenetic wedding preparation activities. The day begins to break, and Capulet hears music signaling that Paris is approaching the house. He orders the Nurse to awaken Juliet. | [
"Scene IV.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Lady of the House and Nurse.",
"Lady. Hold, take these keys and fetch more spices, nurse.",
"Nurse. They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.",
"Enter Old Capulet.",
"Cap. Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow'd,\n The curfew bell hath rung, 'tis t... |
4,159 | 1112_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens early on Wednesday morning. The Nurse enters Juliet's room and discovers her seemingly lifeless body on the bed. The Nurse tries to wake her, but believing her to be dead, cries out to the family in desperation. The Capulets, Friar Laurence, and Paris enter the room in response to the Nurse's cries. The... | [
"Scene V.\nJuliet's chamber.",
"[Enter Nurse.]",
"Nurse. Mistress! what, mistress! Juliet! Fast, I warrant her, she.\n Why, lamb! why, lady! Fie, you slug-abed!\n Why, love, I say! madam! sweetheart! Why, bride!\n What, not a word? You take your pennyworths now!\n Sleep for a week; for the next nigh... |
4,160 | 1112_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Mantua, Romeo mistakenly believes that his dreams portend good news because he dreamed that Julietfound him dead but revived him with her kisses. Romeo's servant, Balthasar, then reports to Romeo that Juliet has died. Romeo, controlling his grief, makes plans to return to Verona. He offers a poor apothecary a large ... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nMantua. A street.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep\n My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.\n My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,\n And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit\n Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.\n I dr... |
4,161 | 1112_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Friar Laurence discovers that Friar John, the messenger he sent to Mantua with a letter to Romeo explaining that Juliet is alive, has been quarantined because of an outbreak of the plague and prevented from leaving Verona. Friar Laurence then hurries to the Capulet tomb because it is nearly time for Juliet to wake. | [
"Scene II.\nVerona. Friar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar John to Friar Laurence.",
"John. Holy Franciscan friar, brother, ho!",
"Enter Friar Laurence.",
"Laur. This same should be the voice of Friar John.\n Welcome from Mantua. What says Romeo?\n Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.",
"John... |
4,162 | 1112_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Paris arrives at the Capulet tomb to lay flowers in Juliet's memory. His page warns him that someone is approaching, and they hide in the bushes outside the tomb. Romeo appears with Balthasar and breaks into the tomb on the pretext of seeing Juliet one last time. Balthasar, apprehensive about what Romeo is going to do ... | [
"Scene III.\nVerona. A churchyard; in it the monument of the Capulets.",
"Enter Paris and his Page with flowers and [a torch].",
"Par. Give me thy torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof.\n Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.\n Under yond yew tree lay thee all along,\n Holding thine ear close to the ho... |
4,139 | 1112_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sampson and Gregory, two servants of the house of Capulet, stroll through the streets of Verona. With bawdy banter, Sampson vents his hatred of the house of Montague. The two exchange punning remarks about physically conquering Montague men and sexually conquering Montague women. Gregory sees two Montague servants appr... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nVerona. A public place.",
"Enter Sampson and Gregory (with swords and bucklers) of the house\nof Capulet.",
"Samp. Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals.",
"Greg. No, for then we should be colliers.",
"Samp. I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.",
"Greg. Ay, while you live, draw y... |
4,140 | 1112_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On another street of Verona, Capulet walks with Paris, a noble kinsman of the Prince. The two discuss Paris's desire to marry Capulet's daughter, Juliet. Capulet is overjoyed, but also states that Juliet--not yet fourteen--is too young to get married. He asks Paris to wait two years. He assures Paris that he favors him... | [
"Scene II.\nA Street.",
"Enter Capulet, County Paris, and [Servant] -the Clown.",
"Cap. But Montague is bound as well as I,\n In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,\n For men so old as we to keep the peace.",
"Par. Of honourable reckoning are you both,\n And pity 'tis you liv'd at odds so long... |
4,141 | 1112_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Capulet's house, just before the feast is to begin, Lady Capulet calls to the Nurse, needing help to find her daughter. Juliet enters, and Lady Capulet dismisses the Nurse so that she might speak with her daughter alone. She immediately changes her mind, however, and asks the Nurse to remain and add her counsel. Bef... | [
"Scene III.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Capulet's Wife, and Nurse.",
"Wife. Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.",
"Nurse. Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old,\n I bade her come. What, lamb! what ladybird!\n God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!",
"Enter Juliet.",
"Jul. How n... |
4,142 | 1112_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | O, then I see Queen Mab has been with you. . . .She is the fairies' midwife. . . . Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio, all wearing masks, have gathered with a group of mask-wearing guests on their way to the Capulets' feast. Still melancholy, Romeo wonders how they will get into the Capulets' feast, since the... | [
"Scene IV.\nA street.",
"Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, with five or six other Maskers;\nTorchbearers.",
"Rom. What, shall this speech be spoke for our excuse?\n Or shall we on without apology?",
"Ben. The date is out of such prolixity.\n We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf,\n Bearing a Tar... |
4,143 | 1112_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the great hall of the Capulets, all is a-bustle. The servants work feverishly to make sure all runs smoothly, and set aside some food to make sure they have some enjoyment of the feast as well. Capulet makes his rounds through groups of guests, joking with them and encouraging all to dance. From across the room, Rom... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's house.",
"Servingmen come forth with napkins.",
"1. Serv. Where's Potpan, that he helps not to take away?\n He shift a trencher! he scrape a trencher!\n 2. Serv. When good manners shall lie all in one or two men's\n hands, and they unwash'd too, 'tis a foul thing.\n 1. Serv. Away wi... |
4,145 | 1112_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the early morning, Friar Lawrence enters, holding a basket. He fills the basket with various weeds, herbs, and flowers. While musing on the beneficence of the Earth, he demonstrates a deep knowledge of the properties of the plants he collects. Romeo enters and Friar Lawrence intuits that Romeo has not slept the nigh... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.",
"Enter Juliet above at a window.",
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grie... |
4,146 | 1112_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Later that morning, just before nine, Mercutio and Benvolio wonder what happened to Romeo the previous night. Benvolio has learned from a Montague servant that Romeo did not return home; Mercutio spouts some unkind words about Rosaline. Benvolio also relates that Tybalt has sent a letter to Romeo challenging him to a d... | [
"Scene III.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] alone, with a basket.",
"Friar. The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night,\n Check'ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light;\n And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels\n From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels. Non, ere ... |
4,147 | 1112_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the Capulet orchard, Juliet impatiently waits for her nurse, whom she sent to meet Romeo three hours earlier. At last the Nurse returns, and Juliet anxiously presses her for news. The Nurse claims to be too tired, sore, and out of breath to tell Juliet what has happened. Juliet grows frantic, and eventually the Nurs... | [
"Scene IV.\nA street.",
"Enter Benvolio and Mercutio.",
"Mer. Where the devil should this Romeo be?\n Came he not home to-night?",
"Ben. Not to his father's. I spoke with his man.",
"Mer. Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline,\n Torments him so that he will sure run mad.",
"Ben. Tyba... |
4,148 | 1112_act_2,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Romeo and Friar Lawrence wait for Juliet to arrive at the cell. An ecstatic Romeo brashly states that he does not care what misfortune might come, as it will pale in comparison to the joy he feels right now. Friar Lawrence counsels Romeo to love moderately and not with too much intensity, saying, "these violent delight... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Juliet.",
"Jul. The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;\n In half an hour she 'promis'd to return.\n Perchance she cannot meet him. That's not so.\n O, she is lame! Love's heralds should be thoughts,\n Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams\... |
4,150 | 1112_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | O, I am fortune's fool! Act 3, scene 1 As they walk in the street under the boiling sun, Benvolio suggests to Mercutio that they go indoors, fearing that a brawl will be unavoidable should they encounter Capulet men. Mercutio replies that Benvolio has as quick a temper as any man in Italy, and should not criticize o... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nA public place.",
"Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, and Men.",
"Ben. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire.\n The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.\n And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,\n For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.",
"Mer. Thou art like one of these fel... |
4,151 | 1112_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Capulet's house, Juliet longs for night to fall so that Romeo will come to her "untalked of and unseen". Suddenly the Nurse rushes in with news of the fight between Romeo and Tybalt. But the Nurse is so distraught, she stumbles over the words, making it sound as if Romeo is dead. Juliet assumes Romeo has killed hims... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Juliet alone.",
"Jul. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,\n Towards Phoebus' lodging! Such a wagoner\n As Phaeton would whip you to the West\n And bring in cloudy night immediately. Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night,\n That runaway eyes may wi... |
4,152 | 1112_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Friar Lawrence's cell, Romeo is overcome with grief, and wonders what sentence the Prince has decreed. Friar Lawrence tells him he is lucky: the Prince has only banished him. Romeo claims that banishment is a penalty far worse than death, since he will have to live, but without Juliet. The friar tries to counsel Rom... | [
"Scene III.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar [Laurence].",
"Friar. Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man.\n Affliction is enanmour'd of thy parts,\n And thou art wedded to calamity.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. Father, what news? What is the Prince's doom\n What sorrow craves acquaintanc... |
4,153 | 1112_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris walk together. Capulet says that because of the terrible recent events, he has had no time to ask his daughter about her feelings for Paris. Lady Capulet states that she will know her daughter's thoughts by the morning. Paris is about to leave when Capulet calls him back and makes what ... | [
"Scene IV.\nCapulet's house",
"Enter Old Capulet, his Wife, and Paris.",
"Cap. Things have fall'n out, sir, so unluckily\n That we have had no time to move our daughter.\n Look you, she lov'd her kinsman Tybalt dearly,\n And so did I. Well, we were born to die.\n 'Tis very late; she'll not come down... |
4,154 | 1112_act_3,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Just before dawn, Romeo prepares to lower himself from Juliet's window to begin his exile. Juliet tries to convince Romeo that the birdcalls they hear are from the nightingale, a night bird, rather than from the lark, a morning bird. Romeo cannot entertain her claims; he must leave before the morning comes or be put to... | [
"Scene V.\nCapulet's orchard.",
"Enter Romeo and Juliet aloft, at the Window.",
"Jul. Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.\n It was the nightingale, and not the lark,\n That pierc'd the fearful hollow of thine ear.\n Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree.\n Believe me, love, it was the ni... |
4,155 | 1112_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In his cell, Friar Lawrence speaks with Paris about the latter's impending marriage to Juliet. Paris says that Juliet's grief about Tybalt's death has made her unbalanced, and that Capulet, in his wisdom, has determined they should marry soon so that Juliet can stop crying and put an end to her period of mourning. The ... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nFriar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar, [Laurence] and County Paris.",
"Friar. On Thursday, sir? The time is very short.",
"Par. My father Capulet will have it so,\n And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.",
"Friar. You say you do not know the lady's mind.\n Uneven is the course; I... |
4,156 | 1112_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Juliet returns home, where she finds Capulet and Lady Capulet preparing for the wedding. She surprises her parents by repenting her disobedience and cheerfully agreeing to marry Paris. Capulet is so pleased that he insists on moving the marriage up a day, to Wednesday--tomorrow. Juliet heads to her chambers to, ostensi... | [
"Scene II.\nCapulet's house.",
"Enter Father Capulet, Mother, Nurse, and Servingmen,\n two or three.",
"Cap. So many guests invite as here are writ.\n [Exit a Servingman.]\n Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.",
"Serv. You shall have no... |
4,163 | 1112_act_4,_scenes_3-5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In her bedchamber, Juliet asks the Nurse to let her spend the night by herself, and repeats the request to Lady Capulet when she arrives. Alone, clutching the vial given to her by Friar Lawrence, she wonders what will happen when she drinks it. If the friar is untrustworthy and seeks merely to hide his role in her marr... | [
"Scene III.\nJuliet's chamber.",
"Enter Juliet and Nurse.",
"Jul. Ay, those attires are best; but, gentle nurse,\n I pray thee leave me to myself to-night;\n For I have need of many orisons\n To move the heavens to smile upon my state,\n Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin.",
"Enter... |
4,160 | 1112_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Then I defy you, stars. On Wednesday morning, on a street in Mantua, a cheerful Romeo describes a wonderful dream he had the night before: Juliet found him lying dead, but she kissed him, and breathed new life into his body. Just then, Balthasar enters, and Romeo greets him happily, saying that Balthasar must have come... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nMantua. A street.",
"Enter Romeo.",
"Rom. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep\n My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.\n My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,\n And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit\n Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.\n I dr... |
4,161 | 1112_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At his cell, Friar Lawrence speaks with Friar John, whom he had earlier sent to Mantua with a letter for Romeo. He asks John how Romeo responded to his letter. Friar John replies that he was unable to deliver the letter because he was shut up in a quarantined house due to an outbreak of plague. Friar Lawrence becomes u... | [
"Scene II.\nVerona. Friar Laurence's cell.",
"Enter Friar John to Friar Laurence.",
"John. Holy Franciscan friar, brother, ho!",
"Enter Friar Laurence.",
"Laur. This same should be the voice of Friar John.\n Welcome from Mantua. What says Romeo?\n Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.",
"John... |
4,162 | 1112_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the churchyard that night, Paris enters with a torch-bearing servant. He orders the page to withdraw, then begins scattering flowers on Juliet's grave. He hears a whistle--the servant's warning that someone is approaching. He withdraws into the darkness. Romeo, carrying a crowbar, enters with Balthasar. He tells Bal... | [
"Scene III.\nVerona. A churchyard; in it the monument of the Capulets.",
"Enter Paris and his Page with flowers and [a torch].",
"Par. Give me thy torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof.\n Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.\n Under yond yew tree lay thee all along,\n Holding thine ear close to the ho... |
4,164 | 1977_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As the play opens, Hippolytus announces to Theramenes, his tutor and friend, his intention of leaving Troezen. Hippolytus is the son of Theseus, king of Troezen and Athens, by his first love, the Amazon Antiope. Theseus is now married to Phaedra, the daughter of his old enemy, Minos of Crete, but he has been gone from ... | [
"ACT I SCENE I",
"HIPPOLYTUS, THERAMENES",
"HIPPOLYTUS\n My mind is settled, dear Theramenes,\n And I can stay no more in lovely Troezen.\n In doubt that racks my soul with mortal anguish,\n I grow ashamed of such long idleness.\n Six months and more my father has be... |
4,165 | 1977_scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Oenone says that the queen has risen from her sickbed but wants to take the air alone. The two men retire, and Phaedra arrives; she has barely the strength to walk, but it is not clear whether her weakness is physical or mental. Her train of thought is incoherent, and her words are not so much uttered as forced from he... | [
"SCENE II\n HIPPOLYTUS, OENONE, THERAMENES",
"OENONE\n Alas, my lord, what grief was e'er like mine?\n The queen has almost touch'd the gates of death.\n Vainly close watch I keep by day and night,\n E'en in my arms a secret malady\n Slays her, and all her sen... |
4,166 | 1977_scenes_4-5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A servant arrives with startling news: Theseus is dead. Hippolytus has learned of his father's death from a ship just arrived in port, and Athens is in an uproar. A new ruler must be chosen: Some support the legitimate claim of Phaedra's oldest son, others favor Hippolytus, some even want to put Aricia on the throne. I... | [
"SCENE IV\n PHAEDRA, OENONE, PANOPE",
"PANOPE\n Fain would I hide from you tidings so sad,\n But 'tis my duty, Madam, to reveal them.\n The hand of death has seized your peerless husband,\n And you are last to hear of this disaster.",
"OENONE\n What say you,... |
4,167 | 1977_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aricia has just been told by her companion, Ismene, that Hippolytus wishes to see her, that Theseus is dead, and that she is no longer a prisoner. Aricia finds it hard to credit so much good news at once. She is disinclined to believe the story of Theseus' death -- that he descended alive into hell and was unable to re... | [
"ACT II SCENE I",
"ARICIA, ISMENE",
"ARICIA\n Hippolytus request to see me here!\n Hippolytus desire to bid farewell!\n Is't true, Ismene? Are you not deceived?",
"ISMENE\n This is the first result of Theseus' death.\n Prepare yourself to see from every sid... |
4,168 | 1977_scenes_2-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hippolytus enters and confirms Ismene's reports. Theseus is dead: Aricia is henceforth free to go where she pleases, to marry if she wills. But Hippolytus has more to add. Athens is uncertain whom to choose to succeed Theseus as its ruler: Phaedra's older son; Aricia; or himself. He himself is content to be king of Tro... | [
"SCENE II\n HIPPOLYTUS, ARICIA, ISMENE",
"HIPPOLYTUS\n Lady, ere I go\n My duty bids me tell you of your change\n Of fortune. My worst fears are realized;\n My sire is dead. Yes, his protracted absence\n Was caused as I foreboded. Death alone,\n Endin... |
4,169 | 1977_scenes_5-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Phaedra is hesitant and trembling, telling Oenone in an aside that she has forgotten everything she meant to say. Oenone reminds her that her son's fate depends upon her skill in handling Hippolytus, and when she confronts him, she addresses him with all the dignity of a queen. Hippolytus, she says, has lost a father, ... | [
"SCENE V\n PHAEDRA, HIPPOLYTUS, OENONE",
"PHAEDRA (to OENONE)\n There I see him!\n My blood forgets to flow, my tongue to speak\n What I am come to say.",
"OENONE\n Think of your son,\n How all his hopes depend on you.",
"PHAEDRA\n I hear\n ... |
4,170 | 1977_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Left alone with Oenone after hearing that she is the new regent of Athens, Phaedra confesses that she shares Hippolytus' views on her ability to rule. She cannot even govern her own emotions; how is she to govern a great state? Oenone urges her to take up her duties and forget Hippolytus, but Phaedra says it is too lat... | [
"ACT III Scene I",
"PHAEDRA, OENONE",
"PHAEDRA\n Ah! Let them take elsewhere the worthless honours\n They bring me. Why so urgent I should see them?\n What flattering balm can soothe my wounded heart?\n Far rather hide me: I have said too much.\n My madness... |
4,171 | 1977_scenes_4-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Theseus, Hippolytus, and Theramenes appear, and Theseus goes eagerly toward his wife, but she refuses his embrace, saying she is no longer worthy of it, and flees. Troubled, Theseus asks Hippolytus the meaning of this strange welcome. Hippolytus, embarrassed, suggests that Theseus ask Phaedra to explain; for his part, ... | [
"SCENE IV\n THESEUS, HIPPOLYTUS, PHAEDRA, OENONE, THERAMENES",
"THESEUS\n Fortune no longer fights against my wishes,\n Madam, and to your arms restores--",
"PHAEDRA\n Stay, Theseus!\n Do not profane endearments that were once\n So sweet, but which I am unwo... |
4,172 | 1977_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Theseus has heard Oenone's story, and he is wild with rage and grief. He cannot doubt that his son has threatened and assaulted his wife; he has seen with his own eyes the sword which Hippolytus left behind with the women. But why did Phaedra herself not tell him the truth? Oenone explains that Phaedra wished only to s... | [
"ACT IV Scene I\n THESEUS, OENONE",
"THESEUS\n Ah! What is this I hear? Presumptuous traitor!\n And would he have disgraced his father's honour?\n With what relentless footsteps Fate pursues me!\n Whither I go I know not, nor where know\n I am. O kind affect... |
4,173 | 1977_scenes_4-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Phaedra enters, distraught, and begs Theseus not to kill his son, not to put upon her conscience the guilt of such a crime. Theseus reassures her that he has not touched Hippolytus; Neptune will revenge him. Phaedra, yet more alarmed, begins to question, but Theseus cuts her off and tells her that not only are Hippolyt... | [
"SCENE IV\n PHAEDRA, THESEUS",
"PHAEDRA\n My lord, I come to you, fill'd with just dread.\n Your voice raised high in anger reach'd mine ears,\n And much I fear that deeds have follow'd threats.\n Oh, if there yet is time, spare your own offspring.\n Respect y... |
4,174 | 1977_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hippolytus is indeed saying farewell to Aricia, and she is protesting, but not against the separation. She fears the effect of Theseus' curse and urges her lover to tell his father the truth before he goes. But Hippolytus cannot speak; it is not a son's place to tell his father what sort of woman he has for a wife. He ... | [
"ACT V SCENE I\n HIPPOLYTUS, ARICIA",
"ARICIA\n Can you keep silent in this mortal peril?\n Your father loves you. Will you leave him thus\n Deceived? If in your cruel heart you scorn\n My tears, content to see me nevermore,\n Go, part from poor Aricia;... |
4,175 | 1977_scenes_4-5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Disturbed by Oenone's hints, Theseus realizes that he himself still has doubts and calls the guards to bring Oenone to him so that he may question her further. But Panope, one of Phaedra's waiting women, has shocking news for him. Phaedra has driven Oenone from her presence, and Oenone has thrown herself into the sea. ... | [
"SCENE IV",
"THESEUS (alone)\n What is there in her mind? What meaning lurks\n In speech begun but to be broken short?\n Would both deceive me with a vain pretence?\n Have they conspired to put me to the torture?\n And yet, despite my stern severity,\n What pl... |
4,176 | 1977_scenes_6-7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is too late. Theramenes, Hippolytus' tutor, bursts in to tell Theseus that Hippolytus is dead. As they were leaving the gates of Troezen, Hippolytus driving in his chariot, a strange cry came from the sea, and Hippolytus' horses grew restive. Then, in the sea, a great wave arose, from whose foam a monster, half-bull... | [
"SCENE VI\n THESEUS, THERAMENES",
"THESEUS\n Theramenes, is't thou? Where is my son?\n I gave him to thy charge from tenderest childhood.\n But whence these tears that overflow thine eyes?\n How is it with my son?",
"THERAMENES\n Concern too late!\n ... |
4,177 | 1515_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Antonio is hanging out with his friends Salerio and Solanio on a street in Venice. Antonio is a sad bunny, though he claims he doesn't know why. Instead of trying to cheer him up, his friends Solanio and Salerio volunteer reasons why he might be depressed. They suggest that maybe he's worried about all the big ventures... | [
"ACT 1. SCENE I.",
"Venice. A street",
"[Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO]",
"ANTONIO.\nIn sooth, I know not why I am so sad;\nIt wearies me; you say it wearies you;\nBut how I caught it, found it, or came by it,\nWhat stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,\nI am to learn;\nAnd such a want-wit sadness ma... |
4,178 | 1515_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We now meet Portia, who turns out to be more than a spoiled little rich girl. Portia complains to her woman-in-waiting , Nerissa, that she's tired of the world. Nerissa points out that being rich doesn't exempt one from problems. Portia retorts that it's easier to give advice than take it. Then she clues us in about wh... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house",
"[Enter PORTIA and NERISSA.]",
"PORTIA.\nBy my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this\ngreat world.",
"NERISSA.\nYou would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the\nsame abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet, for aught I\nsee, they are a... |
4,179 | 1515_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back on the mean streets of Venice, Bassanio wheels and deals with Shylock, a Jewish merchant. Bassanio wants 3,000 ducats, or gold coins, on Antonio's credit, with the stipulation that he'll pay them back in three months. Shylock notes that Antonio is likely good for the money, but still, all the man's cash is tied up... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"Venice. A public place",
"[Enter BASSANIO and SHYLOCK.]",
"SHYLOCK.\nThree thousand ducats; well?",
"BASSANIO.\nAy, sir, for three months.",
"SHYLOCK.\nFor three months; well?",
"BASSANIO.\nFor the which, as I told you, Antonio shall be bound.",
"SHYLOCK.\nAntonio shall become bound; well... |
4,180 | 1515_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Portia is still at Belmont having a chat with the Prince of Morocco. He says that though his skin is darker, his blood is as red and his love as true as any pale northern guy. Still, the Prince says he wouldn't change his skin color except to change Portia's thoughts about him. Portia, feeling magnanimous, says it isn'... | [
"ACT 2. SCENE I.",
"Belmont. A room in PORTIA's house.",
"[Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE of MOROCCO, and his\nFollowers;\nPORTIA, NERISSA, and Others of her train.]",
"PRINCE OF Morocco.\nMislike me not for my complexion,\nThe shadow'd livery of the burnish'd sun,\nTo whom I am a neighbour, and near b... |
4,181 | 1515_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lancelot Gobbo, Shylock's servant, stands before Shylock's house, having a very serious and hilariously muddled conversation with himself about his desire to quit his job. He says his conscience tells him to stay with Shylock out of loyalty, but some fiend in his brain is telling him he should run away. He reasons croo... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"Venice. A street",
"[Enter LAUNCELOT GOBBO.]",
"LAUNCELOT. Certainly my conscience will serve me to run from this\nJew my master. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts me, saying\nto me 'Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot' or 'good Gobbo' or\n'good Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs, take the sta... |
4,182 | 1515_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Shylock's house, Jessica, who is his rebellious daughter, laments Lancelot's impending departure. Living in Shylock's house is apparently miserable, and Lancelot was always a good distraction from the surrounding misery. Giving him a gold coin, she instructs Lancelot to take a letter to Lorenzo, who should be at Bas... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The same. A room in SHYLOCK's house.",
"[Enter JESSICA and LAUNCELOT.]",
"JESSICA.\nI am sorry thou wilt leave my father so:\nOur house is hell, and thou, a merry devil,\nDidst rob it of some taste of tediousness.\nBut fare thee well; there is a ducat for thee;\nAnd, Launcelot, soon at supper sha... |
4,183 | 1515_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lorenzo, Graziano, Solanio, and Salerio all meet at a street in Venice to discuss a plot they've concocted that is not quite ready to be carried out. Lorenzo suggests that they slip away during dinnertime and disguise themselves, but Salerio points out that they don't have torchbearers , and Solanio thinks the whole th... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"The same. A street",
"[Enter GRATIANO, LORENZO, SALARINO, and SALANIO.]",
"LORENZO.\nNay, we will slink away in supper-time,\nDisguise us at my lodging, and return\nAll in an hour.",
"GRATIANO.\nWe have not made good preparation.",
"SALARINO.\nWe have not spoke us yet of torch-bearers.",
"S... |
4,184 | 1515_act_2,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In front of Shylock's house, Shylock chats with Lancelot, who's just brought him the dinner invitation from Bassanio. Lancelot is a clown and a servant. Like all Shakespearean clown figures, Lancelot's job is to fool around, make smart-alecky comments, and bag on all the other characters in the play. Shylock says Lance... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"The same. Before SHYLOCK'S house",
"[Enter SHYLOCK and LAUNCELOT.]",
"SHYLOCK.\nWell, thou shalt see; thy eyes shall be thy judge,\nThe difference of old Shylock and Bassanio:--\nWhat, Jessica!--Thou shalt not gormandize,\nAs thou hast done with me;--What, Jessica!--\nAnd sleep and snore, and ren... |
4,185 | 1515_act_2,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Graziano and Salerio wait outside Shylock's house for Lorenzo to show up. Graziano notes that he should be early, since he is moved by love, which makes time run fast. Graziano, ever a cynic, compares love to a banquet: you're famished when you first sit down at the table, but you're never hungry when you get up. In ot... | [
"SCENE 6.",
"The same.",
"[Enter GRATIANO and SALARINO, masqued.]",
"GRATIANO.\nThis is the pent-house under which Lorenzo\nDesir'd us to make stand.",
"SALARINO.\nHis hour is almost past.",
"GRATIANO.\nAnd it is marvel he out-dwells his hour,\nFor lovers ever run before the clock.",
"SALARINO.\nO! ten ... |
4,186 | 1515_act_2,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Portia's place in Belmont, we again find Portia with the Prince of Morocco. We finally get the details of her father's scheme for picking her suitor. There are three chests, made of gold, silver, and lead respectively, each with an inscription. The gold chest says, "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire." ... | [
"SCENE 7.",
"Belmont. A room in PORTIA's house.",
"[Flourish of cornets. Enter PORTIA, with the PRINCE OF MOROCCO,\nand their trains.]",
"PORTIA.\nGo draw aside the curtains and discover\nThe several caskets to this noble prince.\nNow make your choice.",
"PRINCE OF MOROCCO.\nThe first, of gold, who this ins... |
4,187 | 1515_act_2,_scene_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Salerio and Solanio are, yet again, hanging about the streets of Venice. They gossip about the latest news: Bassanio's ship has sailed with Graziano but not Lorenzo. Shylock found his daughter had disappeared and raised the Duke of Venice from his sleep to find her. They didn't locate Jessica, but the Duke did find out... | [
"SCENE 8.",
"Venice. A street",
"[Enter SALARINO and SALANIO.]",
"SALARINO.\nWhy, man, I saw Bassanio under sail;\nWith him is Gratiano gone along;\nAnd in their ship I am sure Lorenzo is not.",
"SALANIO.\nThe villain Jew with outcries rais'd the Duke,\nWho went with him to search Bassanio's ship.",
"SALA... |
4,188 | 1515_act_2,_scene_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Portia's house in Belmont, yet another suitor, the Prince of Arragon , has come to try his hand at the casket game. Portia welcomes the man half-heartedly, and all are reminded that this particular recreation has some rules. The Prince of Arragon lists the rules so we all know what's up: first, he can never tell any... | [
"SCENE 9.",
"Belmont. A room in PORTIA's house.",
"[Enter NERISSA, with a SERVITOR.]",
"NERISSA.\nQuick, quick, I pray thee, draw the curtain straight;\nThe Prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath,\nAnd comes to his election presently.",
"[Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF ARRAGON, PORTIA, and\ntheir T... |
4,189 | 1515_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Solanio and Salerio meet again in the Venetian streets to gossip. Salerio sadly reports there's still a rumor out there that one of Antonio's ships has been wrecked, and he hasn't been able to find anyone to disprove it. They lament that Antonio's fortunes are poor, but they're interrupted by Shylock or, as they say, t... | [
"ACT 3. SCENE I.",
"Venice. A street",
"[Enter SALANIO and SALARINO.]",
"SALANIO.\nNow, what news on the Rialto?",
"SALARINO.\nWhy, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath a ship\nof rich lading wrack'd on the narrow seas; the Goodwins, I think\nthey call the place, a very dangerous flat and fatal, w... |
4,190 | 1515_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At her house in Belmont, Portia pleads with Bassanio and reveals her preference for him. She asks him to hang out with her for a month or two before he takes the casket test, as she'd rather have him around for a while before he's forced to leave her company if he makes the wrong choice. She carefully says her feeling ... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"Belmont. A room in PORTIA's house.",
"[Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and Attendants.]",
"PORTIA. I pray you tarry; pause a day or two\nBefore you hazard; for, in choosing wrong,\nI lose your company; therefore forbear a while. There's something tells me, but it is not love,\nI would ... |
4,191 | 1515_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a street in Venice, Shylock presses the jailer to go after Antonio, calling Antonio a fool who lent out money for free. Antonio keeps trying to plead his case, but to no avail. Shylock is hell-bent on having Antonio seized. He says they've sworn an oath, and he insists on getting the bond that was sworn for. Shylock... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"Venice. A street",
"[Enter SHYLOCK, SALARINO, ANTONIO, and Gaoler.]",
"SHYLOCK.\nGaoler, look to him. Tell not me of mercy;\nThis is the fool that lent out money gratis:\nGaoler, look to him.",
"ANTONIO.\nHear me yet, good Shylock.",
"SHYLOCK.\nI'll have my bond; speak not against my bond.\nI... |
4,192 | 1515_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Belmont, Lorenzo is practicing his flattery on the ladies as usual, except this time it's with Bassanio's new wife--in front of Jessica! He compliments her for bearing the absence of her new husband so graciously and nobly. Still, he says, if Portia knew what a great guy Antonio is, and how good he is to her husband... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"Belmont. A room in PORTIA's house.",
"[Enter PORTIA, NERISSA, LORENZO, JESSICA, and BALTHASAR.]",
"LORENZO.\nMadam, although I speak it in your presence,\nYou have a noble and a true conceit\nOf godlike amity, which appears most strongly\nIn bearing thus the absence of your lord.\nBut if you knew... |
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