Romeo and Juliet begins with Juliet and her mother. The pair is preparing for a great party that Juliet’s family, the Capulets. The event was created to help find Juliet a husband. In the very beginning of the play, Juliet seems very fragile, like a small flower, which has just sprouted from the earth. For example, Lady capulet and the Nurse are exchanging thoughts on Juliet’s age, and the Nurse proclaims: “She’s not fourteen… Come Lammas Eve shall she …show more content…
He is banished because he got in a sword fight with Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, one of Romeo’s friends. Romeo accidentally killed Tybalt. He was enraged and acted very irrationally, an action that earned him exilement. Juliet is fully unaware of the news until the nurse tells her. “...Romeo banished… he is banished… Oh god!” (3.2.69-71). At first Juliet does not believe the Nurse, she could not imagine her true love doing such an evil deed. Eventually Juliet comes to terms with her predicament and comforts herself by weeping. Juliet is now wilting, as she is in denial that she will never see Romeo again. “The devil art thou that dost torment me thus?” (3.2.43) Juliet is wailing to the Nurse, trying to devise a plan that will reconnect the two lovers again. On the last night that Romeo has in Verona, he spends it with his true love, Juliet. When the lovely morning peers through Juliet’s window and causes that lark to sing, Romeo gets up to leave. Juliet does not want him to leave so she acts delusional and tries to convince Romeo to stay. “Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark.” (3.5.1-2). Romeo insists that the bird was truly the lark and exits to his house, so he can prepare for his exile. This leaves Juliet to continue weeping. The Nurse tries to comfort Juliet so her tears can be at bay, but she only makes it worse. “Weeping and wailing over Tybalt’s corse… Mine shall be spent… for Romeo’s banishment.” (3.2.130-131). Juliet is unaware of this at the time, but both of her parents think that she is mourning over Tybalt, so they arrange her to marry Paris, a family friend two days from