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31 lip 2015 · Act 4, scene 3. Juliet sends the Nurse away for the night. After facing her terror at the prospect of awaking in her family’s burial vault, Juliet drinks the potion that Friar Lawrence has given her. Enter Juliet and Nurse. Ay, those attires are best.
Shakespeare’s original Romeo & Juliet text is extremely long, so we’ve split the text into one Act & Scene per page. All acts & scenes are listed on the Romeo & Juliet original text page, or linked to from the bottom of this page. ACT 4, SCENE 3. Juliet’s chamber. Enter JULIET and Nurse.
Monologue spoken by Mercutio in Act 2, Scene 4: More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O, he is the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and proportion; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and the third in your bosom: the very butcher of a silk button, a duellist, a duellist; a gentleman ...
SCENE III. Juliet's chamber. / Enter JULIET and Nurse / JULIET / Ay, those attires are best: but, gentle nurse, / I pray thee, leave me to my self to-night, / For I have need of.
Romeo and Juliet Translation Act 4, Scene 3. Ay, those attires are best. But, gentle Nurse, I pray thee, leave me to myself tonight, For I have need of many orisons To move the heavens to smile upon my state, Which, well thou know’st, is cross and full of sin. Yes, those clothes are the best.
Good night. Get thee to bed and rest, for thou hast need. Juliet. Farewell. [Exit Lady Capulet and Nurse] God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. That almost freezes up the heat of life. I'll call them back again to comfort me. Nurse! — What should she do here? My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
A side-by-side translation of Act 4, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
