Romeo and Juliet, Act 3 Scene 4 runs 37 lines of dialogue, spoken by 3 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 123 lines. This scene is part of Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet.
Full Dialogue
Capulet ♂
Things have fall'n out, sir, so unluckily,
That we have had no time to move our daughter:
Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly,
And so did I:–Well, we were born to die.
'Tis very late, she'll not come down to-night:
I promise you, but for your company,
I would have been a-bed an hour ago.
That we have had no time to move our daughter:
Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly,
And so did I:–Well, we were born to die.
'Tis very late, she'll not come down to-night:
I promise you, but for your company,
I would have been a-bed an hour ago.
Paris ♂
These times of woe afford no time to woo.
Madam, good night: commend me to your daughter.
Madam, good night: commend me to your daughter.
Lady Capulet ♀
I will, and know her mind early to-morrow;
To-night she is mew'd up to her heaviness.
To-night she is mew'd up to her heaviness.
Capulet ♂
Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender
Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled
In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not.
Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed;
Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love;
And bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday next–
But, soft! what day is this?
Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled
In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not.
Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed;
Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love;
And bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday next–
But, soft! what day is this?
Paris ♂
Monday, my lord,
Capulet ♂
Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon,
O' Thursday let it be: o' Thursday, tell her,
She shall be married to this noble earl.
Will you be ready? do you like this haste?
We'll keep no great ado,–a friend or two;
For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late,
It may be thought we held him carelessly,
Being our kinsman, if we revel much:
Therefore we'll have some half a dozen friends,
And there an end. But what say you to Thursday?
O' Thursday let it be: o' Thursday, tell her,
She shall be married to this noble earl.
Will you be ready? do you like this haste?
We'll keep no great ado,–a friend or two;
For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late,
It may be thought we held him carelessly,
Being our kinsman, if we revel much:
Therefore we'll have some half a dozen friends,
And there an end. But what say you to Thursday?
Paris ♂
My lord, I would that Thursday were to-morrow.
Capulet ♂
Well get you gone: o' Thursday be it, then.
Go you to Juliet ere you go to bed,
Prepare her, wife, against this wedding-day.
Farewell, my lord. Light to my chamber, ho!
Afore me! it is so very very late,
That we may call it early by and by.
Good night.
Go you to Juliet ere you go to bed,
Prepare her, wife, against this wedding-day.
Farewell, my lord. Light to my chamber, ho!
Afore me! it is so very very late,
That we may call it early by and by.
Good night.
37 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Capulet | 31 | 83.8% |
| Paris | 4 | 10.8% |
| Lady Capulet | 2 | 5.4% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 31 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 12 lines.
Total speakers on stage
3 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 3
This is Scene 4 of 5 in Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet.
Scene length vs. play average
At 37 lines, this scene is shorter than the Romeo and Juliet average scene in Romeo and Juliet (~123 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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