s Juliet before telling Romeo's message about marrying secretly that afternoon. Scene vi begins at the Friar’s cell. Friar Laurence and Romeo await the arrival of Juliet. He calls the potential wedding ceremony a "holy act" but also says that "these violent delights have violent ends." Juliet enters, Romeo compares her to a blazing light, and Friar Laurence marries the two in holy matrimony Act III starts with a duel scene, which takes place in Verona. Benvolio suggests that he and Mercutio lay low, because the "Capels" are in the street. Mercutio says that Benvolio only anticipates a fight because he is by nature a hot-tempered man. The "Capels" do, in fact, arrive led by Tybalt who tests Mercutio's temper. Romeo then enters, and Tybalt challenges him to a fight. But Romeo refuses to fight: even after Tybalt calls him a villain, Romeo wishes him well. Mercutio is furious by his Romeo’s "dishonorable, vile submission!" He draws his sword and fights with Tybalt. Romeo breaks them up, but this just gives Tybalt the chance to stab Mercutio. Mercutio is seriously wounded and curses the Capulet and the Montague families with "a plague a' both houses." Benvolio, who returns with the news that Mercutio is dead, carries Mercutio off stage. When Tybalt comes back again, Romeo fights with him and Tybalt is slain. Romeo runs from punishment by the Prince, crying out that he is "fortune's fool." The Prince follows a group of citizens to the place of the fight. Benvolio recounts what has occurred. Recognizing that Tybalt was the instigator of the confusion, the Prince spares Romeo from a death penalty, but banishes him from Verona. At the Capulet house, Juliet is unaware of what has happened. She can’t wait to elope with Romeo. The Nurse arrives and says "he's dead." Juliet assumes that "he" is Romeo, but the Nurse then tells her that "Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished." Juliet fixes upon the word "banished," and says that she wou...
