He tells Juliet she'll get her butt to the church or he'll drag her there. Then he starts calling her names. Speak not; reply not; do not answer me. My fingers itch. Out on her, hilding. It's so bad, Lady Capulet tries to rein him in and Juliet begs him to listen to her for just a second. But Capulet has lost it.
He throws some more nasty names at Juliet and then says that having her for a daughter is a curse. Hold your tongue. Good Prudence, smatter with your gossips, go.
Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play, Alone, in company, still my care hath been To have her matched. I cannot love. I am too young. I pray you, pardon me. Graze where you will, you shall not house with me. I do not use to jest. Thursday is near. Lay hand on heart; advise. Both the Nurse and Lady Capulet try to intervene, but Lord Capulet is too hot under the collar to stop yelling and listen.
He tells Juliet that she's his, and he wants to give her to his friend. He adds that if she doesn't marry Paris, he'll throw her out in the street; she can beg for food or starve. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. After Lord Capulet storms out, Juliet turns to her mother for help. How could a mother turn her own daughter out of the house? Juliet begs her mother to find a way even to delay the marriage with Paris.
But Lady Capulet says she's done with Juliet, and she storms out, too. O nurse, how shall this be prevented? My husband is on Earth, my faith in heaven. How shall that faith return again to Earth Unless that husband send it me from heaven By leaving Earth? Comfort me; counsel me. Hast thou not a word of joy? Some comfort, nurse.
With no one else to turn to, Juliet seeks comfort from the Nurse. Juliet makes a case for not abandoning her hubby: She's already married, so marrying Paris would be a sin against God, as well as an unthinkable betrayal of Romeo.
Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the County. An eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath. The Nurse disagrees. Romeo is gone, and Paris is here. And marrying Paris would be a step up on the social ladder. He's better looking and a much better catch. Also, he's not a hated enemy, and um, there's no other option. Unless you count starving on the street which, clearly, the Nurse does not.
Juliet asks her if that's her final answer, and the Nurse says it absolutely is. Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue Which she hath praised him with above compare So many thousand times? Go, counselor. Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. If all else fail, myself have power to die. Juliet cannot believe this is happening. Even the nurse isn't on her side anymore. Juliet has only one ally left: Friar Lawrence.
If he can't help her, suicide might be her only option. Believe me. Test your knowledge Take the Act 3, scene 5 Quick Quiz. Read the Summary Read the Summary of Act 3, scene 5. Popular pages: Romeo and Juliet. Take a Study Break. Original Text. Modern Text. I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fingers itch. Out on her, hilding!
You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so. Hold your tongue, Good prudence. Smatter with your gossips, go. Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play, Alone, in company, still my care hath been To have her matched.
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