Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 3 William Shakespeare
"Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 3" features Lady Capulet discussing Juliet's potential marriage to Paris, highlighting themes of youthful love, familial pressure, and the conflict between duty and desire. The scene captures the tension between generations.
Genre: #Classical
Release Year: 1597
Lyrical Meaning: Explores love and societal expectations.
Cultural Impact: A foundational work influencing countless adaptations in literature and theater.
SCENE III. A room in Capulet's house.
Enter LADY CAPULET and Nurse
LADY CAPULET
Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.
NURSE
Now, by my maidenhead, at twelve year old,
I bade her come. What, lamb! what, ladybird!
God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!
Enter JULIET
JULIET
How now! who calls?
NURSE
Your mother.
JULIET
Madam, I am here.
What is your will?
LADY CAPULET
This is the matter:--Nurse, give leave awhile,
We must talk in secret:--nurse, come back again;
I have remember'd me, thou's hear our counsel.
Thou know'st my daughter's of a pretty age.
Enter LADY CAPULET and Nurse
LADY CAPULET
Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.
NURSE
Now, by my maidenhead, at twelve year old,
I bade her come. What, lamb! what, ladybird!
God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!
Enter JULIET
JULIET
How now! who calls?
NURSE
Your mother.
JULIET
Madam, I am here.
What is your will?
LADY CAPULET
This is the matter:--Nurse, give leave awhile,
We must talk in secret:--nurse, come back again;
I have remember'd me, thou's hear our counsel.
Thou know'st my daughter's of a pretty age.
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