Day: 8 December 2015

So in this scene Friar Laurence tells Romeo that the prince has sent Romeo to banishment and Romeo is upset because he can’t see Juliet.

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 Romeo has been banished, Juliet is overwhelmed by grief.