snaith// Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1 extract tension question
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- Created on: 28-05-17 14:06
An extract from Act 3, scene 1 Tybalt
Tybalt
Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford
No better term than this: thou art a villain.
Romeo
Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee
Doth much excuse the appertaining rage
To such a greeting. Villain am I none;
Therefore farewell, I see thou knowest me not.
Tybalt
Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries
That thou hast done me, therefore turn and draw.
Romeo
I do protest I never injuried thee,
But love thee better than thou canst devise,
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love,
And so, good Capulet—which name I tender
As dearly as mine own—be satisfied.
Mercutio
O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!
Alia stoccato carries it away.
Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?
Tybalt
What wouldst thou have with me?
Mercutio
Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your
nine lives; that I mean to make bold withal, and
as you shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of
the eight. Will you pluck your sword out of his
pilcher by the ears? Make haste, lest mine be
about your ears ere it be out.
Tybalt
I am for you.
Romeo
Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.
Mercutio
Come, sir, your passado.
Romeo
Draw, Benvolio, beat down their weapons.
Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage!
Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath
Forbid this…
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