![]() ![]() ![]() But by and by comes back to Romeo, Who had but newly entertained revenge, And to ’t they go like lightning, for ere I Could draw to part them was stout Tybalt slain. Trigger warning: Act 5 contains material discussing and portraying suicide. Resolved to find her and join her in death, Romeo first visits an apothecary and bribes him to obtain an illegal (and lethal) poison. Romeo, he cries aloud, “Hold, friends! Friends, part!” and, swifter than his tongue, His agile arm beats down their fatal points, And ’twixt them rushes-underneath whose arm An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled. In Shakespeares most well-known tragedy, two young star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet Overview Images Slideshows Commentary Bibliography This play has become the adored icon for doomed romantic love, although the first two acts have a verve and humor missing in the concluding downbeat scenes, which are usually heavily cut. Balthasar, a friend of Romeo’s, brings him news that Juliet is dead and lies in the Capulet tomb. All this uttered With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bowed, Could not take truce with the unruly spleen Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio’s breast, Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point, And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats Cold death aside and with the other sends It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity, Retorts it. ![]() Romeo, that spoke him fair, bade him bethink How nice the quarrel was and urged withal Your high displeasure. Tybalt here slain, whom Romeo’s hand did slay. ![]()
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