Act 1
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JULIET Come hither, Nurse. What is yond gentleman?
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JULIET Come over here, nurse. Who is that gentleman?
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NURSE The son and heir of old Tiberio.
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NURSE He is the son and heir of old Tiberio.
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JULIET
130What’s he that now is going out of door?
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JULIET Who’s the one who’s going out the door right
now?
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NURSE Marry, that, I think, be young Petruchio.
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NURSE Well, that one, I think, is young Petruchio.
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JULIET What’s he that follows here, that would not dance?
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JULIET Who’s the one following over there, the one who
wouldn’t dance?
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NURSE I know not.
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NURSE I don’t know his name.
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JULIET Go ask his name.—If he be married.
135My grave is like to be my wedding bed.
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JULIET Go ask. (the nurse leaves) If
he’s married, I think I’ll die rather than marry
anyone else.
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NURSE His name is Romeo, and a Montague,
The only son of your great enemy.
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NURSE
(returning) His name is Romeo.
He’s a Montague. He’s the only son of your worst
enemy.
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JULIET
(aside) My only love sprung from my
only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
140Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathèd enemy.
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JULIET
(to herself) The only man I love is
the son of the only man I hate! I saw him too early without knowing
who he was, and I found out who he was too late! Love is a monster
for making me fall in love with my worst enemy.
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NURSE What’s this? What’s this?
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NURSE What’s this? What’s this?
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JULIET A
rhyme I learned even now
Of one I danced withal.
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JULIET Just a rhyme I learned from somebody I danced with at the
party.
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One calls within “Juliet!”
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Somebody calls, “Juliet!” from
offstage.
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NURSE Anon,
anon!
Come, let’s away. The strangers all are gone.
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NURSE Right away, right away. Come, let’s go. The strangers are
all gone.
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Exeunt
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They exit.
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