What happens in Act 3, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet?
robertwilliam Editor Debater $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); Well, it’s a scene that falls into four main sections. First, we get Romeo and Juliet waking up together after they’ve consummated their marriage, and frightened, talking about whether Romeo has yet to leave or not. The more light it grows, the less chance there is that Romeo can escape from the Capulet household safely, so he has to make away in the darkness. It also marks the last time the lovers see each other alive: JUL: O, think’st thou we shall ever meet again? ROM: I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come. Then there’s an often-overlooked little section between Juliet and her mother, Lady Capulet, in which Shakespeare makes it clear that they are not on the same wavelength. Juliet says one thing, talking about Romeo, and rich in rather-obvious double meaning, and Lady Cap
