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Come, night. Come, Romeo. Come, thou day in night,
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven’s back.
Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-browed night,
Give me my Romeo. And when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
Unaware that Romeo has killed Tybalt and has been banished from Verona in the previous scene, Juliet begins Act 3, Scene 2 with a long soliloquy that is filled with sexual inuendoes based on Elizabethan slang. Read more about the hidden meanings in this part of Juliet’s soliloquy in Quotes by Theme: The Complex Relationship Between Love and Sex (the third quote) and in Quotes by Character: Juliet (the sixth quote).
Oh, I have bought the mansion of a love,
But not possessed it, and though I am sold,
Not yet enjoyed.
With these lines, Juliet continues her Act 3, Scene 2 soliloquy by describing her feelings about the relationship between love and sex. Read more about how Juliet expresses these feelings with these words in Quotes by Theme: The Complex Relationship Between Love and Sex (the fourth quote).
So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes
And may not wear them.
Juliet concludes her soliloquy at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2 with these words in which she metaphorically compares her annoyance at having to wait for her wedding night to an impatient child wanting to wear new clothes. Read more about this quote in Quotes by Character: Juliet (the seventh quote). You can also read about the ways in which impatience partially defines Juliet in the play in Quotes by Theme: The Tragedy of Dying Young (the third quote).
Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but “ay,”
And that bare vowel I shall poison more
Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice.
After Juliet’s Act 3, Scene 2 soliloquy, the Nurse enters with the intention of telling Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt and been banished. But she does such a poor job of conveying this information that Juliet believes it is Romeo who has been killed, which leads her to speak these words. Read more about this quote in Quotes by Symbol: Poison.
